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MEMORIAL RECORD. 



HMOS ROGERS HARLOW, de- 
ceased, as one of the honored 
pioneers of the Upper Peninsula, 
was inseparably connected with the 
history of this section of the State, and was 
a prominent factor in its development and 
advancement, taking an active part in all 
that pertains to the welfare of the commu- 
nity. He was born in Shrewsbury, Massa- 
chusetts, April 23, 181 5, and was a lineal 
descendant of Captain William Harlow, who 
came to the Plymouth Colony in the year 
1642. It is related in Thatcher's history of 
Plymouth that at the close of King Philip's 
war, when the fort built by the Pilgrims at 
Plymouth was no longer needed as a defense 
against the Indians, it was taken down and 
its timbers sold to William Harlow, who 
used the same in the construction of his 
house. The old house is still standing, and 
during the summer of 1887 was identified 
as the one built and occupied by William 
Harlow more than 200 years ago, the fact 
being established by one of his descendants, 
William T. Harlow, of Worcester, Massa- 
chusetts, and Hon. William T. Davis, ex- 
member of Congress, and the author of the 
Landmarks of Plymouth. An interesting 
letter, giving an account of the discovery 
and identification of the house, was pub- 



lished in the New England Home Journal at 
Worcester, and copied into the Marquette 
Mining Journal of August 22, 1887. 

Many of Mr. Harlow's ancestors on both 
sides lived in the towns of Duxbury and 
Marshfield in the old colony. His parents, 
Abner and Persis (Rogers) Harlow, were 
born in Plymouth county, and removed to 
Shrewsbury in 18 13. Here Mr. Harlow 
received a common-school education, and in 
1830, at the age of fifteen, went to Wor- 
cester, Massachusetts, to learn the trade of 
machinist, the terms of his apprenticeship 
being that he should serve until he was 
twenty-one years of age, and should receive, 
in addition to his board, six weeks' school- 
ing and $40 in money per year. The fail- 
ure of his employer in 1834 released him 
from the unexpired part of his engagement; 
but, having been a diligent and apt appren- 
tice and withal pleased with his occupation, 
he had made such rapid progress that in 1835 
he was qualified to engage in the manufac- 
ture of woolen machinery on his own ac- 
count, which occupation he followed suc- 
cessfully until June, 1849. 

In the meantime, Mr. Harlow was mar- 
ried. On the 23d of April, 1839, he 
wedded Elizabeth M. Barber of Worcester, 
who died at that place, January 29, 1840, 



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leaving an infant son, George Prentice Har- 
low. On the 28th of September, 1843, Mr. 
Harlow married Olive Lavira Bacon, who 
still survives him, — a most estimable lady, 
and who was his companion for nearly half 
a century, sharing with him the privations 
and hardships incident to the settlement of 
a new country. She is now seventy-two 
years of age, but is still bright and active, 
both in mind and body. 

When the discovery of iron ore on Lake 
Superior became widely known, companies 
were formed for the purpose of developing 
ing and utilizing the ore. The first com- 
pany of the kind to operate in this region 
was the Jackson Iron Mining Company, 
organized in 1846, in which year it took 
possession of the Jackson mines, twelve 
miles west of Marquette. Mr. Harlow and 
others at Worcester had in contemplation 
the organization of a company to operate in 
the section known as Moody's location. 
They deemed it advisable to move with cau- 
tion. Mr. Harlow went to Boston to consult 
with Professor Whitney, who with Professor 
Foster had conducted the geological survey 
of the Upper Peninsula, but whose valuable 
report had not been published. On the 5th 
of March, 1849, Mr. Harlow organized the 
Marquette Iron Company, consisting of 
himself, W. A. Fisher and Edward Clark, of 
Worcester, Massachusetts, and Robert J. 
Graveraet, of Mackinac, Michigan. While 
the company was making preparation for 
the shipment of its supplies and equip- 
ments, Mr. Graveraet, with nine others 
from Mackinac, went forward to secure 
possession of the mines and to begin 
operations, arriving at Moody's location 
early in May. Among this party were 
Hon. Peter White, then a lad of eight- 
een years. Dr. E. C. Rogers, a brother of 



Randolph Rogers, the sculptor, James 
Chapman and others. Samuel Moody, pro- 
prietor of the location, and John H. Mann, 
had been there during the previous summer 
and winter. Mr. Harlow and his party 
from Worcester, consisting of his wife, 
daughter, mother-in-law, Mrs. Martha W. 
Bacon, Mr. Edward Clark, and a number of 
mechanics and employes, arrived at Sault 
de Ste. Marie, July 2, 1849, by steamers 
from Buffalo and Detroit. It was the chol- 
era season and excessively hot on the lower 
lakes. The disease broke out on board 
the steamer which brought them to the 
West, and the captain died on that trip. 
Mr. Harlow's party, however, had changed 
boats at Detroit, but cholera also broke out 
on this trip and one of the passengers died be- 
fore reaching Mackinac. Mr. Harlow made 
arrangements to leave his family at Sault 
de Ste. Marie in care of the Baptist mission, 
and came on with the rest of the party with 
such provisions as they could take on board 
the little schooner. Fur Trader, arriving at 
Carp River, now Marquette, July 6, 1849. 
Casting anchor ten miles out in the lake 
in a dead calm, they fired the little swivel 
on board as a signal, and were met and 
rowed to shore in the Mackinac boat by 
some of their men who had preceded them, 
— Lorenzo Wheelock, Major Clark, and a 
carpenter named Jacobs. There were on 
board at this arrival Amos R. Harlow and 
Edward Clark, of the company; Charles 
John, of the Jackson Forge; Samuel Moody, 
one of the proprietors of Moody's location; 
James Kelley, a carpenter; Pierson Cowee; 
and a man named Gates, a machinist. At 
the Jackson Forge, twelve miles west, were 
Philo M. Everett, superintendent of the 
works, A. N. Barney and family, Edward 
Kidney and family, Joshua Hodgkins and 



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family, James Peters, James McKerchie, 
and Nahum Keyes. Charley Kobogum, the 
Indian landlord, kept the only place of en- 
tertainment at the landing, — the Cedar 
House referred to in Mr. White's reminis- 
cences. Both Mr. White and Mr. Harlow 
testitied to the good fare of fish, duck, fresh 
venison and vegetables from the Indian gar- 
den near the lake shore, with wliicli they 
were regaled after their surfeit of salt pork 
and stale bread on board the boat. Charley 
Kobogum was very famous as a landlord, 
and Mr. Harlow boarded in the Indian 
shanty with him until he had erected a small 
house of his own. Peter White, who went 
to Moody's location in May, thus refers to 
the arrival of Mr. Harlow: 

" On the loth of July we came away 
from the montains bag and baggage, arriv- 
ing at the • lake shore,' as we then termed 
it, before noon. Mr. Harlow had arrived 
with quite a number of mechanics, some goods 
and lots of money, and what was better than 
all we got a glimpse of some female faces. 
We were all much excited and buoyant with 
the hope of bright and dazzling prospects 
before us. At one o'clock that day we com- 
menced clearing the site of the present city 
of Marquette. We began by chopping off 
the trees and brush at the point of rocks 
near the blacksmith shop just south of the 
shore end of the Cleveland ore docks." 

On the 13th of July, Mr. Harlow started 
on his return trip to Massachusetts, and Mr. 
Graveraet and Mr. Clark went by way of 
Lake Michigan to Milwaukee to hire labor- 
ers. The former returned in due time with 
a large number of employees, mostly Ger- 
man and French, but Mr. Clark was taken 
with cholera and died on his way back to 
Sault Ste. Marie. At least his disease is sup- 
posed to have been cholera, although it may 



have been the malignant ship fever, which 
made a hospital of the little settlement upon 
the arrival of the emigrants from Milwaukee, 
and so frightened the Indians that most of 
them fled precipitately up the lake in their 
canoes. In the latter part of August, Mr. 
Harlow returned. His family had preceded 
him by a few days, having met with an op- 
portunity to come from the Sault Ste. Marie, 
for the chances to reach here at that time 
were very uncertain, as there were but few 
boats on the lake and none made regular 
trips to this point. Most of the Lake Sup- 
erior boats went to Ontonagon, and if any of 
them turned aside to convey either freight 
or passengers here, it was because extra in- 
ducements were offered them. The small 
propellers. Napoleon and Independence, 
were the only ones then plying on Lake 
Superior, and the little schooner, Fur 
Trader, was about the only resource of the 
settlers at Iron Bay. 

Mr. Harlow brought on from Worcester 
a thirty-five-horse-power engine and boilers, 
sets of machinists' tools, the necessary 
machinery and appliances for a forge, circu- 
lar-saw mill, etc. After some delay, they ar- 
rived here on the Fur Trader, commanded 
by Captain Calvin Ripley. There was then 
no dock or land for vessels, and the rock in 
the harbor, afterward known as Ripley's 
Rock, was used as a dock for the time 
being. The schooner, being of light draft, 
was brought up alongside of the rock and the 
heavy machinery unloaded thereon, and a 
slide or track constructed thence to the 
shore. In this manner the engine was 
landed, and the boilers were plugged at both 
ends and floated or rolled to the shore. Not 
merely in getting their first plant established, 
but in the progress of their work, many dif- 
ficulties arose which it was impossible for 



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men inexperienced in mining and making 
iron to anticipate, and then the distance was 
too great to get anything that was needed. 
Mr. Harlow was a good machinist and per- 
fectly at home in a well ordered machine 
shop; but here were conditions which his 
experience had not encountered. To all of 
them the business was new, to be prose- 
cuted under new circumstances, and many 
necessary appliances had to be improvised; 
yet "Yankee genius," as on thousands of 
other occasions, was equal to the emergency. 

In October, 1849, Mr. Harlow put in 
operation a steam sawmill — the first in Mar- 
quette — and the night following sawed the 
shingles and shingled the first house in the 
place by moonlight. Those who have wit- 
nessed an Indian summer moonlight upon 
the soft autumn landscape near the bay may 
well imagine the beauty of the scene, but it 
is probable that Mr. Harlow was so anxious 
to secure shelter for his wife and family that 
the thought of utility, more than of beauty, 
was with him. It is ever thus. We think 
of things and experiences in the light of 
whatever most absorbs us at the time. In 
order to appreciate the beauties of nature 
we must have leisure from the pressing de- 
mands made upon us by daily labor. Pre- 
vious to this Mr. Harlow's family had occu- 
pied the little cedar hut upon- the bank. 
The Indians here at that time were kind and 
hospitable, and friendly relations existed 
between them and the settlers. 

On the 30th of November, 1849, the 
first postoffice was established, under the 
name of Worcester, in honor of Mr. Har- 
low's Eastern home, and Mr. Harlow was 
appointed Postmaster. The first settlers 
seem not to have been aware that the name 
of Marquette had been given to the county 
and township, which now bear the memorial 



name of the famous Jesuit father, as early 
as 1843, but such was the fact, although it 
was not known by whom the name was pro- 
posed in the legislature. The act estab- 
lishing the county was passed March 9, 
1843, '^nd that establishing the township 
March 16, 1847. Marquette county was at 
first attached to Houghton for justicial pur- 
poses and was not organized as a separate 
county until September 4, 185 1. The 
township of Marquette was not organized 
until July 15, 1S50. The first election was 
held at the house of Mr. Harlow, in accord- 
ance with a notice signed by Robert J. 
Graveraet, Samuel Moody, Lorenzo Hard- 
ing, H. B. Ely and Amos R. Harlow, at the 
date last mentioned. Mr. Harlow was 
chosen Supervisor, Highway Commissioner 
and Justice of the Peace. Soon after the 
organization of the township the name of 
the postoffice was changed to Marquette. 
The mails at first were received monthly, 
being carried by packers in winter on snow- 
shoes and deposited in a tree at Lake Michi- 
gamme at the junction of the Carp river and 
Menominee trails to L'Anse. 

Supplies for Marquette at this early 
time were mostly procured — at great risk 
in stormy weather — from Sault. Ste Marie. 
In November, 1849, Mr. Harlow dispatched 
thither a Mackinac sailing boat for some 
necessary articles. The boat was wrecked 
near White Fish Point and all on board 
perished. Of the five bodies three were 
found, — two on the boat and one the next 
spring on the beach where it had been cast 
by the waves. 

Hon. S. P. Ely, in his historical address, 
dates the founding of Marquette from the 
arrival of Mr. Harlow and his party in July, 
1849. Our subject, therefore, is justly 
regarded as the founder of the city. Of 



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those who came with him or were sent by 
his company none remain save Hon. Peter 
White, who was his contemporary and 
active coadjutor in building up the city 
from its foundation. The Marquette forge, 
at which Mr. Harlow produced the first iron 
bloom, was located near the lake shore, 
just south of Superior street, and was put 
in operation by him July 6, 1850, the anni- 
versary of his arrival. It continued in 
operation somewhat irregularly until the 
spring of 1853, when the Marquette Iron 
Company was consolidated with the Cleve- 
land Iron Company. The latter continued 
to operate the forge until it was destroyed 
by fire in the winter of 1858. 

About the same time that he started the 
forge he laid out the first plat of the village 
of Marquette. This plat, somewhat modi- 
fied and changed as to its streets, was 
recorded by the Cleveland Iron Company 
September 8, 1854, and was known as the 
Cleveland Plat. In August, 1852, Mr. 
Harlow purchased of the Government the 
land and interest known as the New York 
mine. It is situated at Ishpeming, and is 
still the property of the Harlow estate. 
After the consolidation of the Marquette 
and Cleveland companies he turned his 
attention to lumbering, and the manage- 
ment of his large estate in the city and his 
farms in the vicinity. He made si.\ ad- 
ditions to the city. 

The diary kept by Mr. Harlow during 
the first si.x years of his residence here 
furnishes excellent data respecting the 
pioneer days of the city. The first religious 
service held in Marquette was by Professor 
Williams, of Allegheny College, who came 
to the peninsula for his health, and in 
August, 1849, by invitation of Mrs. Harlow, 
preached in her home. The Indians brought 



in logs and placed them round the room for 
seats, covering them with cedar boughs for 
cushions. There was but one corner of the 
room floored, and that was a sort of plat- 
form for the stove; on a part of this the 
preacher stood. In 1850 the Marquette 
Company sent hither Dr. Morse, a regular 
Congregational minister, and also a phy- 
sician, holding a diploma from the Vermont 
Medical College. He preached here one 
year and returned to New Hampshire. In 
1857 Mr. Harlow and his family aided in 
organizing the first Presbyterian Church of 
Marquette, and have since been exemplary 
members. Mr. Harlow was an official in 
the church and one of its most liberal sup- 
porters. In politics, in early life he was a 
Whig, but was a supporter of the Repub- 
lican party from its organization. He 
never sought or held office except such as 
was conferred upon him without his seeking, 
he having then acted as Justice of the 
Peace, Supervisor, County Clerk, Alder- 
man, Notary Public, etc. His honor and 
integrity were above question and his influ- 
ence on the side of morality and religion 
were strongly felt. 

As a business man, Mr. Harlow was suc- 
cessful. Unlike many who have devoted 
their energies to pioneer industries under 
the hard and exhausting conditions of a new 
country, he was able to save out of his vari- 
ous enterprises a comfortable competence. 
It is true indeed that he did not continue 
wholly in the mining interests, and it is per- 
haps due to the secret of his success that his 
versatile mind enabled him to manage a 
variety of interests and to turn to account 
whatever seemed most promising. Thus, 
while others clung to their dead mining 
stock and sank with it, he turned to the liv- 
interests of lumbering, farming and real es- 



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tate. He was the owner of large real-estate 
interests in this city, including some of the 
best business blocks, and the ample and 
most beautiful private park, in which stands 
his residence. This is called Crescent Park 
from the form of the main terrace or em- 
bankment which circles nearly around it. 
On the top of this is the principal drive. 
The central portion is in the general form of 
a basin, diversified with slopes, terraces and 
mounds. The highest mound is called Lily 
Hill, and is crowned with a large granite 
bowlder. Near the center of the basin is a 
trout pond, formed by a living spring which 
flows out from among ferns and mosses. 
The Park, which is about seven acres in 
extent, is covered with every variety of 
native tree, shrub, plant and flower. Mr. 
Harlow had the ground laid out as a sur- 
prise to his wife upon her return from one 
of her visits to the East, his design being to 
furnish her with a beautiful and healthy 
open-air retreat, in which she might drive 
her own horse and carriage at her leisure. 
Although the natural situation favored his 
design, it was made with considerable ex- 
pense and has served as the family botanical 
garden. It is now occupied by Mrs. Harlow 
and her son-in-law, Hon. F. O. Clark, a dis- 
tinguished member of the Marquette bar. 
Mr. Harlow died October 3, 1890. His son 
by his first mariage, George P. Harlow, re- 
sides in Omaha, Nebraska. His daughter, 
Ellen J., is the wife of Hon. F. O. Clark. 
This narrative would be incomplete 
without a word in regard to Mrs. Harlow's 
mother, Mrs. Martha \V. Boem, who came 
with Mr. Harlow and family to this north- 
ern shore in 1849. She was one of the 
noblest of the pioneer women of our county. 
Through all the hardships of the early settle- 
ment she afforded a constant example of 



cheerfulness, courage and business energy. 
She lived to see the prosperity of the place 
which she had no small share in founding, and 
passed to her rest full of years and honors. 



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ILLIAM BURT is one of the most 
prominent citizens of Marquette 
county and has done much for its 
upbuilding and advancement. In 
the work of development he has borne an 
active part, has been inseparably connected 
with the history of its business interests, and 
is a worthy representative of that type of 
American character, that progressive spirit, 
which advances the public good while pro- 
moting individual prosperity. He is now 
secretary and treasurer of the Burt Free- 
stone Quarry Company, and is extensively 
engaged in real-estate dealing. 

Mr. Burt was born in Mount Vernon, 
Macomb county, Michigan, October 31, 
1825, and is a son of "William A. and Phoebe 
(Cole) Burt, the former a native of Wor- 
cester county, Massachusetts, and the latter 
of Connecticut. Judge Burt, the father, 
was prominently connected with the history 
of Michigan from an early day. He was an 
inventor of much note, and in 1829 made 
the first typewriter ever manufactured in 
this country. He was also the inventor of 
the solar compass, which is now a great 
favorite and used extensively in making Gov- 
ernment land surveys. He gave to the 
world the equatorial sextant for directing the 
course of ships, and was teaching captains 
the use of this instrument when he was 
taken with an illness that terminated his 
life, in August, 1858. In the political his- 
tory of this State, his name occupies a con- 
spicuous place. He was a Judge and a 
member of the Territorial and State Legis- 



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latures, also a Commissioner of Internal Im- 
provements and District and County Sur- 
veyor. Other members of the family were 
noted for their inventive genius, and John 
Burt was the inventor and patentee of canal 
locks which were used at Sault de Ste. 
Marie. He was also the originator of a 
number of other useful devices, among them 
different processes of manufacturing iron. 
The burial ground of this family, situated in 
Detroit, is said to be one of the most beau- 
tiful in the country, — a fitting place of rest 
for those who have done so much for the 
State. In connection with his other work 
the Judge and his assistants were the first to 
discover iron ore on the Upper Peninsula, 
as positive documents have proven. 

William Burt, whose name begins this 
record, was reared in his native county and 
acquired his education in a log schoolhouse 
situated in the neighborhood. He spent his 
boyhood on a farm and continued to follow 
agricultural pursuits and land surveying as a 
means of livelihood until he had attained 
the age of forty years. He learned the busi- 
ness with his father and older brothers, ex- 
perts in that line, and at the age of twenty 
began the work for himself. He aided in 
surveying a greater part of the Upper Penin- 
sula, coming to this region with his father 
and brothers in 1846. On the 23d of March, 
1847, he was appointed United States 
Deputy Surveyor, and m 1856 was sent to 
survey the north shore, lying along Lake 
Superior, surveying the present site of Du- 
luth, and fixing the meridians, the base lines 
and township boundaries and shore lines. 
He was employed along the north shore for 
two years, when his health gave way owing 
to exposure to all kinds of weather in his 
arduous task. The citizens of that locality 
petitioned the Government that he might 



continue his work, but he was firm in his 
refusal and returned to his home and his 
farming interests. 

It was not long after this that Mr. Burt's 
connection with Marquette county began. 
He has been an important factor in its de- 
velopment since its pioneer days, when its 
lands were wild, its cities still an unsettled 
region, the work of civilization and progress 
having scarcely begun. He with others was 
the first to open a slate quarry at Huron 
Bay and built to it a railroad. He was also 
interested in iron-mining and iron blast fur- 
naces, and is numbered among the pioneers 
in iron-mining. He was associated with 
John A. Bailey, of Detroit, in the manufac- 
ture of mathematical instruments, which he 
carried on for a number of years. He took 
up his residence in Detroit, in May, 1865, 
and made that city his home until June, 
1866, when he made a location in Marquette 
on the site of his present home. Here he 
has passed the succeeding years, and the city 
soon recognized him as one of its most 
valued citizens, — a man to whom she could 
look for aid for her works of public improve- 
ment, a man deeply interested in all that 
pertained to her welfare and promotion. 

For a time Mr. Burt engaged in survey- 
ing and locating land, but after a time 
abandoned that work, his time being fully 
taken up with other business interests. He 
became a director and general manager of 
the Marquette & Pacific Rolling Mill Com- 
pany, and was also a director and stock- 
holder in many other enterprises. For four 
years he was connected with the rolling- 
mill company, and for almost a quarter of a 
century he has been interested in the Burt 
Freestone Company, of which, for a num- 
ber of years, he was general manager, and 
is now secretarj' and treasurer. This com- 



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pany was organized in 1872 by John Burt, 
William Burt, Hiram A. Burt, Alvin C. 
Burt, A. Judson Burt and William Burt, 
and its first officers were John Burt, presi- 
dent; William Burt, treasurer, and William 

A. Burt, secretary. The present officers 
are Hiram A. Burt, president; Stanley A. 
Burt, vice-president; William Burt, secre- 
tary and treasurer, and these constitute the 
board of directors, in connection with Sarah 

B. and Caroline Burt. The quarry is located 
in Marquette and has been leased on royalty 
for fourteen years. Since locating here, 
William Burt, of this sketch, has dealt in 
real estate and is yet engaged in that busi- 
ness. He has erected many residences and 
other buildings in Marquette and now owns 
considerable realty. 

Mr. Burt was married in 1847 to Miss 
Caroline Curtis, a native of Wyoming, New 
York, and to them were born four children, 
three of whom are living: A. Judson, who 
is auditor of the Michigan Southern Rail- 
road and makes his home in Detroit ; William 
A., cashier of the Hurley National Bank, died 
in Hurley, this State, January 15, 1893; 
Charles S., a graduate of West Point and a 
chemist and mechanical engineer, now of 
Chicago, Illinois; and Stanley A., who is an 
accountant of the Michigan Central Railroad 
and a resident of Detroit. The family are 
all inclined by taste and talent to mechanical 
pursuits, and their work in those lines is 
that of experts. 

The business career of William Burt, of 
this record, has been a prosperous one. A 
person is naturally led to inquire into the 
secret of another's success and learn the 
methods he has followed and the plans he 
has pursued which have enabled him to pass 
on the highway of life many who started out in 
the race ahead of him. Success is not a ques- 



tion of genius, as held by many, but rather a 
matter of experience and sound judgment. 
When we trace the character of those who 
stand highest in public esteem, we find that 
in nearly every instance they are those who 
have risen gradually, fighting their way in 
the face of opposition. Self-reliance, con- 
scientiousness, energy, integrity, — these are 
the traits of character that secure the highest 
emoluments and the greatest success, and 
it has been by the exercise of these traits 
that Mr. Burt has become one of the pros- 
perous citizens of Marquette. 

In politics Mr. Burt is a Republican, and 
in religion is a member of the Baptist Church, 
having been a member from his boyhood 
days. 



>^ M. LONGYEAR.— It has been said 
^ that the study of biography yields to 
A 1 noother in point of interest and profit; 
and while it is true that all biogra- 
phies, and more especially those of success- 
ful men, have much in common on account 
of winning prosperity by overcoming the 
obstacles and difficulties in their path, yet 
life sketches of no two individuals are alike. 
From the history of Mr. Longyear we may 
learn much that is inspiring and encourag- 
ing, for he owes his present eminent po- 
sition entirely to his own exertions and his 
honor and integrity. He is a most illustri- 
ous prototype of the self-made man ; a tire- 
less worker, presevering and industrious, and 
with an untarnished name and an unap- 
proachable reputation which has made him 
honored by his fellow-citizens and revered 
by his many friends. 

Mr. Longyear is numbered among the 
native sons of Michigan, for his birth oc- 
curred in Lansing on the 15th of April, 



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1850. His parents, John W. and Harriet 
(Munro) Longyear, were both natives of 
New York, the father of Alsatian ancestry, 
while the mother's people were of Scotch 
lineage. Both families were established in 
America at a very early day in the history 
of this country, and four brothers of the 
Longyear family were soldiers of the Revo- 
lution. The great-grandfather on the ma- 
ternal side was also one of the heroes in the 
war for independence, and members of the 
family participated in the war of 18 12. 
They were generally farming people who 
carried on agricultural pursuits in New Eng- 
land and the East. The Longyear family 
was first established in Ulster county. New 
York, about 1730. The father of our sub- 
ject was a lawyer by profession, being ad- 
mitted to the bar in Jackson county, Mich- 
igan, whither he had removed in the early 
'40s. He practiced in the courts of the 
Lower Peninsula and became a prominent 
man, being sent by his district to Congress 
in 1862, and again in 1864. He was a del- 
egate to the Loyalist Convention in 1 866, 
at Philadelphia, and a member of the Mich- 
igan Constitutional Convention in 1867, and 
at the time of his death was Judge of the 
United States District Court of the Eastern 
district of Michigan, to which position he 
was appointed in 1869. His death occurred 
in 1875, and his widow, who still survives 
him, is yet living, in the city of Lansing. 
They were the parents of four children, 
three of whom are living, namely: John 
M., Dr. Howard W., of Detroit, Mich., and 
Ida S. 

J. M. Longyear spent the greater part of 
his boyhood days in the city of his birth and 
acquired his early education in its public 
schools. He afterward attended Olivet Col- 
lege, also Georgetown College, of the Dis- 



trict of Columbia. He was only fifteen 
years of age when he left school, broken 
down in health, so that he was unable to 
engage actively in any work for some years. 
The year 1872 was largely spent in the 
woods in the Lower Peninsula, and the out- 
door life proved very beneficial, building up 
a vigorous constitution. The following year 
he located in Marquette, Michigan, and be- 
gan examining lands and exploring, and few 
were the wild tracts in Michigan of which 
he knew nothing. He traveled all over the 
State, wherever business called him, examin- 
ing lands both for himself and other people. 
In 1879 he purchased large tracts of both 
timber and mineral lands and has ever since 
been extensively engaged in dealing in wild 
land. He is an excellent judge of such 
property, and quickly and correctly estimates 
the benefit it will give, and in his dealings he 
has been extremely successful, attaining a 
prosperity that is far beyond expectations. 
A boy may sometimes dream of the time 
when he will be a wealthy man, but in the 
early days Mr. Longyear had no expecta- 
tions of acquiring the thousands which he 
to-day possesses. He is now the owner of 
thousands of acres of valuable wild and min- 
eral land, besides owning a vast amount of 
real estate in Marquette. 

There are many enterprises of import- 
ance which have been brought forward in 
the Upper Peninsula and placed upon a pay- 
ing basis that owe at least a part of their 
prosperity to Mr. Longyear. He is now a 
stockholder in the Lake Shore Iron Works, 
and its president; a director in the First 
National Bank of Marquette; a member of 
the Bice Manufacturing Company; a stock- 
holder in various land companies, and many 
other enterprises which have been the means 
of building up the northern Peninsula, adding 



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to the material welfare and promoting its 
upbuilding and advancement. He is also 
interested in the Marquette Opera House. 
Charles Sumner said in one of his brilliant 
orations, " Peace hath its victories more re- 
nowned than those of war;" and surely the 
life of Mr. Longyear has been a victorious 
one. We honor the man who leads forth an 
army to battle for a principle or a cause, 
and why should we withhold our tribute of 
praise from one who leads forth a host of his 
fellow men to the pursuits of honest toil, 
giving them the means of livelihood and 
making self-respecting and honorable citi- 
zens. 

In public office Mr. Longyear has proved 
his loyalty. He was elected Mayor of the 
city of Marquette in 1890, re-elected in 

1 89 1, and during his administration carried 
forward the work of improvement with rapid 
strides. He is a member of the Board of 
Control of the Michigan Mining School, and 
is a member of the Masonic fraternity. 

In 1879 Mr. Longyear was joined in 
wedlock with Miss Mary H. Beecher, and 
they have five children, — Abby, Howard, 
Helen, Judith and Jack. Their home is one 
of the most beautiful and costly residences 
in the Upper Peninsula. The work of build- 
ing was begun in 1890 and completed in 

1892. This palatial home is built of stone, 
lined with a surface brick, and the grounds 
cover an area of about 300 x 500 feet. These 
premises are almost on the edge of Lake 
Superior, commanding a beautiful view of 
the water and surrounding country, and 
there with his family Mr. Longyear spends 
many delightful hciurs. He also spends con- 
siderable time in travel abroad and finds in 
his visits to the old countries one of his 
chief sources of recreation and pleasure. 
His success seems most marvelous, but it 



has come to him not from propitious cir- 
cumstances, but as the reward for far-sight- 
ed dealing, executive ability and keen dis- 
crimination. With a laudable ambition he 
has grasped eagerly every opportunity for 
raising himself to the level of the high stand- 
ard which he has set up, and his resolute 
purpose and commendable diligence have 
attained the goal of his hopes. 



vV^ ENJAMIN J. BROWN, Menominee, 
l/'^L Michigan, is one of the leading 
J^^J members of the bar here and is 
well known all over the Peninsula. 
We take pleasure in presenting to the read- 
ers of this work the following sketch of his 
life: 

Mr. Brown was born in Mt. Vernon, 
Ohio, July 8, 1833, and comes from a line 
of ancestry that has figured prominently in 
the history of this country. Benjamin S. 
Brown, his father, was a native of Bath, 
Virginia, born in 1804. He was a most em- 
inent lawyer, and as an orator ranked with 
S. S. Prentiss, of Mississippi. In his law 
practice he was for a time associated with 
Noah H. Swayne, afterward a Justice of 
the Supreme Court of the United States; 
was also in partnership with Rollin C. 
Hurd, father of Frank Hurd, of Mt. Vernon, 
Ohio. Grandfather Joseph Brown was a 
contractor and builder. He moved from 
Virginia to Ohio at an early day and settled 
in Knox county. A portion of the Ohio 
canal was built by him. He was known as 
Captain Brown, and his son, Benjamin S., 
also had this title, the latter having been 
captain of a military company which he 
equipped at his own expense. Benjamin S. 
Brown was married in 1830 to Catherine C. 
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Her father, Richard S. Thomas, who was a 
descendant of Lord Baltimore, was born in 
Maryland, read law and settled in Bracken 
county, Kentucky. He moved from Ken- 
tucky to Lebanon, Ohio, and from there to 
Missouri, and in the latter State became 
Judge. He died in Missouri. He was an inti- 
mate friend of Henry Clay. Judge McLean 
of the Supreme Court of the United States, 
was at one time a law student in the office 
of Judge Thomas. Jesse B. Thomas, a 
brother of Judge Thomas, was president of 
the convention which framed the constitu- 
tion of Illinois and named the State. He 
was United States Senator from Illinois for 
two terms, and he drew, with his own hand, 
and offered in the Senate, the famous " Mis- 
souri Compromise." He was chairman of 
the Conference Committee upon the bill for 
the admission of Missouri. 

After his service in the Senate he en- 
tered into partnership with Gen. William 
H. Harrison in the real-estate business 
in Ohio. The subject of our sketch is a 
lineal descendant of and takes his name 
from Benjamin Harrison, of Virginia, one 
of the signers of the Declaration of Inde- 
pendence. Benjamin S. Brown departed 
this life in 1838. His widow is still living, 
now a resident of Saginaw, Michigan. In 
their family were three sons and two daugh- 
ters, viz.: Benjamin J., the subject of this 
article; Richard T. , deceased; Jesse B., in 
the railroad business at Indianapolis, Indi- 
ana; Catharine; and one that died in in- 
fancy. 

Mr. Brown was reared and mainly edu- 
cated in his native town, but for a season 
was at Kenyon College. In October, 1854, 
he went to Chicago, Illinois, where, in May 
of the following year, he was admitted to 
the bar of the Supreme Court. He began 



the practice of his profession in Chicago, re- 
maining there, however, only a short time. 
In 1856 we find him at Green Bay, Wis- 
consin, where he made his home until i860. 
From that date until 1865 he was at Oconto, 
Wisconsin, from there went to Saginaw, 
Michigan, and since June i, 1873, has been 
a resident of Menominee, Michigan. All these 
years he has been engaged in the practice of 
law, in which he has attained eminent suc- 
cess. 

Mr. Brown is a man of family. He was 
married in 1862 to Miss Eliza Hart, daugh- 
ter of Edwin and Eliza Hart. Mrs. 
Brown was born in Wisconsin January 4, 
1842, and spent seven years of her life at a 
seminary in Chicago, conducted by a Mrs. 
Lewis. They have had seven children, five 
of whom are living, namely: De Witt, who 
married Miss Margaret Woessner and has a 
family of four children, is a resident of 
Stephenson, Michigan; Franklin H., of 
Menominee, married Miss Charlotte Ault, 
and they have four children; Catharine is 
the wife of Arthur L. Lewis, Menominee; 
and Adelaide and Bessie, at home. Mr. 
Brown and his family are members of the 
Episcopal Church, of which he is a Vest- 
ryman. 

Politically, he is a Republican, and has 
all his life been prominent and active in 
party affairs. In his early career he at- 
tained notoriety for the part he took in the 
" State Rights " controversy in Wisconsin. 
He has served as delegate to various State 
conventions; was Register of Bankruptcy, 
appointed by Chief Justice Chase; served as 
City Attorney of Green Bay; was County 
Judge of Oconto county, and District At- 
torney of the same; and has served as Pros- 
ecuting Attorney, in Menominee. He was 
recommended by a number of the leading 



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men of the country for the office of Inter- 
State Commerce Commissioner. This ap- 
pointment, however, for important reasons 
went west of the Mississippi river. In the 
convention of 1887 he received a large vote 
for the nomination of his party for Justice 
of the Supreme Court of Michigan. He 
came within one vote of receiving the nomi- 
nation for Congress. 

The following is from the Evening Wis- 
consin, December 2, 1891: 
"Wisconsin and Nullification — A Con- 
tribution TO History. 

"A document which will be of value to 
the historian of one of the most curious and 
critical periods in the history of Wisconsin 
and the United States was brought to light 
a day or two ago by a delver of the dusty 
files of the Evening Wisconsin. It is an 
open letter from B. J. Brown, then of 
Green Bay, to Charles Billinghurst, then of 
Juneau, which was published in the issue of 
this journal for August 12, 1859. The cir- 
cumstances under which the letter was put 
forth were these : 

" Sherman M. Booth, arrested for a vio- 
lation of the fugitive-slave law, had been 
discharged upon a writ of habeas corpus by 
the Supreme Court of Wisconsin. The 
Supreme Court of the United States had 
reversed that judgment on the 7th of March, 
1859. On the 19th of March, 1859, the leg- 
islature of Wisconsin had passed a resolution 
declaring the action of the Supreme Court 
of the United States, in assuming juris- 
diction of the case, to be ' an act of arbi- 
trary power, ' and ' without authority, void 
and of no force. ' (See Session Laws of 
1859, at page 248). Upon the issue thus 
raised the Republican party of the State 
divided. The minority, led by Judge Howe, 
disclaiming all sympathy with the object of 



this infamous enactment, asserted that the 
Constitution of the United States created a 
nation and not a mere confederacy. Mr. 
Brown was an intimate personal friend of 
Judge Howe, and wrote the letter at his 
request. The document goes minutely into 
the legal and historical status of the question 
at issue, and demonstrates the heresy of the 
position which the Billinghurst wing of the 
Republican party had assumed. 

" ' As I understand you, ' it says, ' you 
deny the e.xistence of any appellate power 
in the Supreme Court of the United States 
over the judgment of a State Court. * * * 
The whole judicial power of the United 
States must reside in the courts constituted 
by its authority, either in an original or 
appellate form, and inasmuch as the State 
courts do e.xercise concurrent jurisdiction in 
many cases, their judgment must be subject 
to review in the manner and according to 
the limitations prescribed by Congress.' " 

' ' The letter goes on at great length to 
pursue the constitutional and historical 
arguments into all their ramifications, and, 
having conclusively shown the fallacy of the 
nullifiers, closes with the following eloquent 
and, as they seem now, prophetic words : 

" 'In what I have said I claim no merit but 
fairness. Novelty and originality are pecu- 
liar to your side of the question. And I have 
written, too, with no idea that the Republican 
party of this State will ever indorse the doc- 
trine of nullification. I have written be- 
cause a portion of the press have indirectly 
sanctioned it; and because, while much has 
been said on one side of this interesting 
and important question, little has been said 
on the other. I have written because I 
think the principles you maintain are dan- 
gerous to the best interests of the country, 
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of the people, may bring forth unexpected 
and disastrous fruit. I repeat, I have no 
idea the Repubhcan party of the State 
will endorse the doctrine. I do not believe 
it will be mentioned in the State con- 
vention. The platform will, I am satis- 
fied, confine itself to the enunciation of 
the cardinal principles of the party, and 
not vainly attempt to represent every phase 
of individual opinion. You may think as 
you please on this question. I can think 
as I please. We will both work for the 
same great objects as heretofore. 

" ' It would be a melancholy thing if the 
Republican party of the North should take 
into its hands the two-edged sword of nulli- 
fication, only to have it pressed into its own 
vitals by the grasping avarice and ambition 
of the swarming demagogues and speculators 
of Georgia and Mississippi. If now, when 
it has every reason to believe it will succeed 
to the possession of the federal Government, 
it should estop itself by its own acts from 
punishing organized violations of the laws of 
the United States on the subject of tlie slave 
trade. This last suggestion is not altogether 
fanciful, as every one will bear witness 
who has been mindful of the history of 
the country for the last four years. The 
South expects little more at the hands 
of the general Government. The favors 
she has already gained — apples to the sight 
— have proved ashes to the taste. She 
has found popular sovereignty to be a de- 
lusion. The history of Kansas has shown 
her that, without an abundance of slaves at 
low prices, she cannot hope to compete 
with the expansive tendencies of free labor. 
Ambitious, reckless, greedy, the object most 
desired, at least by the extreme South, is 
the reopening of the African slave trade. I 
regret that space precludes more than mere 



suggestion. But is it not possible, nay, is 
it not probable, that one or more of those 
States may formally demand a revival of this 
inhuman traffic, will be met with indignant 
refusal, and will then hurl back defiance to 
the general Government from behind the 
itgis of "State Rights.'" 

" 'The South is the mother of nullifica- 
tion. We need no Solomon to interpret in 
her distressed and anxious visage the vicious 
tenderness she feels for her slimy offspring. 
Let her take it to her bosom; we do not 
want it: she does; and I venture the asser- 
tion that if two years hence we meet it in 
the capitol at Washington we shall be slow 
to acknowledge our brief acquaintance! ' 

' ' The letter had an extensive and 
wholesome influence upon public sentiment. 
The prophecy implied in the language, ' if 
we meet it in Washington two years hence,' 
etc., was fulfilled. Congress was in session 
July, 1 86 1. Secession and the war fol- 
lowed." 



> y^"^ AN H. BALL, who is conceded to be 
I I the leader of the Upper Peninsula 
(f^^J bar and one of the most promi- 
nent members of the legal pro- 
fession in Michigan, was born near Sempro- 
nius, Cayuga county, New York, January 
15, 1836, and is a son of James and Lucy 
(Chandlerj Ball, the former a native of Ver- 
mont and the latter of New York. The ma- 
ternal grandfather was a soldier of the Rev- 
olution and served throughout that struggle, 
valiantly aiding the Colonies in their efforts 
to achieve independence. The paternal 
grandfather was a soldier in the war of 1812. 
He removed from Vermont to New York, 
his people having settled in the former State 
in a very early day in its history. He be- 



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came one of the pioneers of the Empire 
State and subsequently removed to Mich- 
igan about 1836, his last da3's being passed 
in Washtenaw county. By occupation he 
was a farmer, following that pursuit through- 
out his active business life. 

In 1836 James Ball also became a resi- 
dent of Michigan, and lived upon a farm in 
Washtenaw county until called to the home 
beyond this life in the spring of 1852. He 
was quite a prominent man and held a num- 
ber of public offices, the duties of which 
were ever discharged with promptness and 
fidelity. Mrs. Ball long survived her hus- 
band and died at the home of her daughter 
in Atlanta, Georgia, in August, 1892, in 
her ninetieth year. In the family were four 
children: James W. , who died in 1861; 
Dan H. ; Lucius, and Phoebe M., wife of 
Henry Lewis, Atlanta, Georgia. 

In penning this sketch we give the life 
history of one of the most prominent and in- 
fluential citizens of Michigan, who has spent 
almost his entire life within the borders of 
the State. He was brought to Washtenaw 
county during his infancy and his early 
years were passed in a manner not unlike 
that of most farmer lands. He early became 
familiar with the work of the fields, and to 
his father gave the benefit of his services 
until his death. At the age of fifteen, short- 
ly after his father's death, he entered the 
Wesleyan Seminary of Albion, Michigan, 
where he pursued his studies for about a 
year. He then taught school for two years, 
when, wishing to add to his education, he 
entered the Michigan University, of Ann 
Arbor, in the fall of 1856, pursuing the lit- 
erary course. He was dependent upon his 
own resources, and at the end of a year his 
funds had given out and he was therefore 
obliged to leave school. He then resumed 



teaching, and in the meantime took up the 
study of law, which he prosecuted so far, 
that in the fall of 1 860 he was admitted to 
the law department of the Michigan Uni- 
versity. 

At the same time Mr. Ball was admitted 
to the bar and shortly afterward removed to 
Marquette, Michigan, to look after a small 
mercantile business that had been left by his 
deceased brother. The latter had a part- 
ner, Charles H. Towne, but as Captain of a 
company of cavalry he had gone to the war 
to aid in defense of the Union, and Dan H. 
Ball was thus left alone in charge of the 
store, which he carried on for a year. On 
the expiration of that period he sold out and 
shortly afterward purchased an interest in 
the Lake Superior News, also Lake Superior 
Journal, consolidating the two into one, 
which afterward became the Mining Journal. 
For about two years he continued in the 
newspaper business, in connection with 
Alexander Campbell. 

In the fall of 1862 Mr. Ball was appoint- 
ed Register in the United States Land Office 
at Marquette to fill a vacancy caused by the 
death of Dr. James St. Clair. The office 
was a busy place in those days, for the Civil 
war had caused great demand for both iron 
and copper, and there • was a great rush after 
mineral lands in this Peninsula. In the dis- 
charge of his duties he gave such satisfac- 
tion that on the expiration of his term he 
was re-appointed by President Lincoln and 
held the office until 1865. Within this 
period he also practiced law to a limited 
extent, but his attention was mostly taken 
up by other business interests. 

It was also during this period that Mr. 
Ball was married. In May, 1863, he wed- 
ded Miss Emma E. Everett, daughter of 
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Marquette and a prominent citizen. Six 
children have been born to them, of whom 
five are still living, namely: James E. ; 
Emily M. ; Mabel E., wife of W. B. Hill, of 
East Liverpool, Ohio; George E. ; and 
Helen G. 

On leaving the land office and selling his 
newspaper business, Mr. Ball resumed the 
practice of law, which he continued in Mar- 
quette until September, 1866. He then re- 
moved to Houghton, and entered into part- 
nership with James B. Ross, the firm build- 
ing up a large and lucrative business. He 
resided there four years and then he deter- 
mined to return to Marquette, which he ac- 
cordingly did, in September, 1870. He 
however, retained business interests in 
Houghton, as a partner of Mr. Chandler, 
and in Marquette was associated with M. H. 
Maynard. His success here has been most 
gratifying and is a sure evidence of skill and 
ability. Rapidly has he worked his way up- 
ward until he now commands a most ex- 
tensive business and is numbered among the 
foremost members of the bar in the State. 
His son, James Everett, a graduate of the 
literary and law departments of the State 
University, was admitted to partnership in 
1893, and the firm of Ball & Ball now has a 
reputation second to none in the Upper Pen- 
insula. The senior member has also been 
president of the Marquette Building and 
Loan Association since its organization and 
to his legal acumen that institution, with 
deposits greater than those of many banks 
in towns of this size, has owed much of its 
success. 

Mr. Ball has served as Alderman of Mar- 
quette and was Supervisor of the town be- 
fore it was made a city. He was nominat- 
ed for Circuit Judge from the Twenty-fifth 
Circuit, but upon consideration declined the 



honor, as he did not wish to lay aside his 
large law practice. He was prominently 
spoken of as a candidate before the Repub- 
lican State Convention in February, 1895, 
for the office of Justice of the Supreme Court. 
It is only by merit that one can rise in pro- 
fessional circles, and industry, enterprise, 
determination and superior ability have been 
the stepping-stones on which he has climbed 
to his position of eminence. He takes a 
deep and abiding interest in all that per- 
tains to the public welfare and to the up- 
building and advancement of his adopted 
city. He and his wife are members of the 
Episcopal Church, in vjhich he has served 
as Vestryman and Warden for many years. 



,V^ EV. P. C. MENARD, priest in 
I ^T charge of the important parish of 
\ _ P Saint Anne's church at Escanaba, 
Michigan, is one eminently fitted 
for the high and holy office to which he has 
been called, and the functions thereof have 
been so wisely, so tenderly and so con- 
scientiously performed as to well entitle him 
to the high regard of men, and incidentally 
to representation in this volume. 

The Catholic society over which our sub- 
ject has been placed in charge was organ- 
ized about the year 1890, and its growth 
in spiritual and temporal prosperity has 
been of distinctive order. The church 
edifice is one of excellent order, having been 
erected within recent years and being of 
modern and attractive architecture, with 
no attempt at over-elaboration. In con- 
nection with the church there is a com- 
modious building in which the parochial 
school is conducted. The school has an 
enrollment of 300 pupils, and the corps 
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— the Sisters of St. Joseph. The school is 
graded and its work thoroughly systematized, 
a regular course of progressive study having 
been provided. Many of the business men 
of Escanaba and many prominent men of 
other places are numbered among the 
graduates of the institution. In the mem- 
bership roll of the church about 300 families 
are included, representing fully 1,500 com- 
municants. 

Father Peter C. Menard was born in 
Lower Canada on the 28th day of Sep- 
tember, 1845. After a careful preliminary 
discipline he completed the classical course 
in Joliet College, Province of Quebec, and 
then prosecuted his theological studies at 
the Grand Seminary of Montreal, being 
ordained to the priesthood at Marquette, 
Michigan, on the 23d of April, 1875. His 
first charge was that of Saint John's Church 
at Menominee, Michigan, and in addition 
to his prescribed parish he also had charge 
of a large territory contiguous, the whole 
comprising an area of 100 square miles. 
Much of his work was aside from the 
church, and consisted in periodical visita- 
tions to the people isolated in the woods, 
upon farms, etc., and wherever duty called 
him he was there to heed, subordinating his 
personal convenience and comfort for the 
sake of doing good to all whom he could 
bring within the sphere of his influence. 
In August, 1880, Father Menard assumed 
charge of the church at Calumet, there 
being but the one church organization there at 
that time, though at present there are four. 
This church was consecrated as that of the 
Sacred Heart. In 1881 he became the 
priestly incumbent of Saint Joseph's Church 
at Lake Linden, this being the only church 
then organized at that point — the present 
number being three. 



Father Menard became the spiritual head 
of the parish of Saint Anne, Escanaba, June 
I, 1893, and here he has since continued his 
noble work, being thoroughly alive to the 
interests of the section with which he has so 
long been identified. The services at Saint 
Anne's are conducted in the French lan- 
guage, inasmuch as the majority of the 
parishioners are of that nationality. A man 
of tender sympathies and most kindly heart, 
our subject is one who well merits the title 
of philanthropist, though such is his simple 
and semi- unconscious method of doing good 
that his right hand can scarcely know what 
his left hand is doing. He holds the love 
of his parishioners and the esteem and good 
will of all men, and has the high regard of 
those concerned in the higher councils of 
the church, having a broad and practical 
judgment and a high order of scholarship. 
His philanthropy has been most clearly 
shown in the fact that he has reared and 
educated at his own expense six orphan 
children, who have now gone out into the 
world to do for themselves. One is a 
priest in Louisiana and the others are 
variously employed in honorable profes- 
sions. Four other orphan children, vary- 
ing in age from five to ten years, are now in 
his home, where they are being reared and 
educated at his expense and cared for with 
the most tender solicitude. Father Menard 
is devoted to the work of his church, and 
his life has indeed been consecrated. No 
day is so cold or so tempestuous as to pre- 
vent his good Samaritan visits among the 
sick and distressed of his parish. His hand 
is ever open to assist the poor and oppressed 
in every avenue of life. To see him sitting 
in his study with a poor orphan child on 
each knee, caressing and fondling them as 
would a natural parent, gives one the 




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NORTHERN PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN. 



impression that he is indeed a "father to 
the fatherless, " and thus unconsciously, in 
his attitude toward tlie helpless and depend- 
ent, does the true character of the man 
shine forth. 

In addition to his regular parish Father 
Menard has a small class of Cs^tholic people 
at Ford River, whom he visits one Sunday 
in each month, preaching two sermons, 
one in English and one in French. The 
drive of twenty miles across the country is 
often fraught with much inconvenience, but 
no climatic condition is so formidable as to 
prevent his attempting, and usually accom- 
plishing, the trip. 



SH. OSI30RN, senior physician of 
the Calumet & Hecla Mining Com- 
pany, is a son of Leonard and 
Amanda (Smith) Osborn, natives 
respectively of Connecticut and Vermont. 
The father was engaged in agricultural pur- 
suits in Ohio for many years, and his- death 
occurred in the spring of 1862, at the age of 
sixty-five years. 

R. H. Osborn, one of nine children, was 
born at North Bloomtield, Ohio, June 27, 
1S23. He attended school until seventeen 
years of age, after which he taught for three 
years, and then began the study of medicine 
under the preceptorship of Dr. J. J. Elwell, 
of Cleveland. He also attended the Medi- 
cal College of that city, graduating with the 
class of 1849. Mr. Osborn was then en- 
gaged in the practice of his profession at 
Cleveland two years, was engaged in prac- 
tice one year at Mentor, Ohio, and in the 
fall of 1852 he came to Lake Superior, lo- 
cating in Ontonagon county. He was physi- 
cian for several of the large mines there for 
nine years. For the following six years he 



was physician for the National Mining Com- 
pany. In 1868 he came to Calumet and 
was engaged by the Calumet & Hecla Cop- 
per Mining Company, together with Morti- 
mer D. Senter, M. D., to take charge of all 
the employees and their families who be- 
came sick or needed the services of a physi- 
cian. He also had a large private practice, 
which he has been obliged to abandon, as 
his duties at the mine require his entire at- 
tention. He is the oldest physician on Lake 
Superior. In addition to his medical prac- 
tice, the Doctor is vice-president of the 
Merchants & Miners' Bank of Calumet, and 
is a director of the Farmingdale Land & Live 
Stock Company of South Dakota. 

He is a Republican in his political views, 
and was elected to the State Senate for the 
session of 1877-8, to represent the Thirty- 
second district. Dr. Osborn has also held 
several local offices in his township, and has 
been a School Director for twenty-one years. 
Socially, he is a thirty-second degree Mason 
and a Knight Templar. 

He was united in marriage with Miss 
Livonia Chittenden, a native of Cleveland, 
Ohio, who died March 25, 1892, at the age 
of seventy years. 



* y ^ ON. PETER M. PETERSON is 
1^^^ an acknowledged leader in busi- 
jL,r ness, political and official circles in 
Escanaba, is also prominent in 
fraternal connections, and has gained his 
eminence through merit, deserving the honors 
which are conferred upon him and the high 
esteem in which he is held. "Peace," 
said Charles Sumner in one of his brilliant 
orations, ' ' hath her victories no less re- 
nowned than war. " It is not alone the 
man who conquers the enemy on the field of 



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battle that deserves praise, but also he who 
wages the bloodless battles that one must 
encounter in business life, the struggle with 
poverty, hardship and unavoidable difficul- 
ties, and comes off victorious. In such a 
warfare has Mr. Peterson engaged, and the 
strife is one which redounds to his honor. 

Mr. Peterson is a native of Sweden, 
born in Smoland, June 17, 1847. His 
parents were Peter and Christina (Pharson) 
Magnuson, who were also natives of Sweden, 
and in that land spent their entire lives. 
The father was a farmer and died in 1888, 
at the age of sixty-four years. His wife 
passed away September 12, 1894, at the 
advanced age of eighty-five. On both sides 
the family were long-lived people, and 
the paternal grandfather died at the ex- 
treme age of ninety-four, having never been 
sick a day in his life previous to his last 
illness. The maternal grandfather was 
called to the home beyond at the age of 
eighty-eight. In the family to which our 
subject belongs were two sons and a 
daughter; George, who is living with 
Peter; and Carrie, wife of John Anderson, 
a farmer residing near Boone, Iowa. Mrs. 
Magnuson had been married prior to her 
union with the father of our subject and 
had a daughter who still resides in her 
native country. 

At the age of twenty years, Mr. Peter- 
son sailed from Sweden to America, for he 
saw no favorable chance for advancement in 
his native land and believed that better op- 
portunities were here afforded. Accordingly 
he crossed the Atlantic and made his first lo- 
cation in Manistique, Michigan, but soon 
after removed to Fayette, where he engaged 
in carpentering. In Sweden he had learned 
the cabinet-maker's trade and was very 
handy with tools. He remained in Fayette 



until May 15, 1873, when he came to 
Escanaba, erected a dwelling and engaged 
in various pursuits for a time. Later he 
entered the employ of the Chicago & North- 
western Railroad Company, working at the 
carpenter's trade, and was shortly promoted 
to the position of foreman of their extensive 
shops. In 1882 he severed his connection 
with that company in order to engage in 
business for himself, and established a fur- 
niture store, which he carried on in connec- 
tion with a partner, also engaging in con- 
tracting and building. Careful attention to 
the details of his business and fair and hon- 
est dealing won him success, and in 1884 
he extended his interests by purchasing an 
interest in the grocery store of O. V. Lin- 
den, with which he was connected until 
July, 1893, when he sold out. He has also 
recently disposed of his furniture store and 
is now giving his entire attention to the 
sale of sewing-machines, organs and pianos, 
in which he has dealt for the past ten years. 
His trade has steadily increased until his 
business has now assumed extensive propor- 
tions. Mr. Peterson is also the owner and 
manager of Peterson's Opera House, and 
furnishes to the public a good class of enter- 
tainments of various kinds. 

On the 20th of February, 1874, Mr. 
Peterson was united in marriage with Miss 
Sophia Larson, a native of Smoland, Swe- 
den, and they have a family of four daugh- 
ters, — Lottie, Lucy, Huldah and Annie May. 
Lucy is now taking a course in stenography 
and typewriting, and Lottie is pursuing a 
commercial course. The only son of the fam- 
ily, John Adolph, was drowned at the age of 
fourteen years. He left home on the 14th 
of January, 1889, and in company with a 
companion broke through the ice and was 
drowned, his body not being recovered until 



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the following September. This was a most 
terribly severe blow to the parents and fam- 
ily, a loss that will not cease to be felt 
while life remains to them. 

In his political views Mr. Peterson is a 
stanch Republican, and as the standard- 
bearer of his party has frequently led it to 
victory. In 1883 he was elected a member 
of the Board of Supervisors of Delta county, 
and in 1888 was elected County Treasurer, 
serving two years. In 1890 he was the 
people's choice for Mayor of Escanaba, and 
his able administration won the popular 
commendation. All duties of a public na- 
ture are promptly and faithfully performed, 
and in private life he is an honorable, up- 
right man, and withal a true gentleman who 
commands the respect and confidence of all. 
He is a prominent member of the Odd Fel- 
lows society, including the Encampment 
and Rebecca branches of the order; alsc a 
member of the Ancient Order of United 
Workmen and the Knights of the Macca- 
bees. He belongs to the North Star society, 
a benevolent organization confining its mem- 
bership to Swedes, and he and his family 
are consistent members of the Swedish Lu- 
theran Church. 



BEV. CARL P. EDBLOM, pastor of 
the Swedish Lutheran Church in 
Escanaba, Michigan, was born in 
Stamoren, Ed Dalsland, on an es- 
tate donated in former times to the Lutheran 
Church. His birth occurred on the 14th 
of September, 1862, and his early years 
were passed under the parental roof. His 
mother died in her native land on the 9th of 
September, 1891, but the father is still liv- 
ing in Sweden. The gentleman whose name 
heads this record is the only one of the fam- 



ily now hving in America. His brother 
Andrew, who was a shoemaker by trade, 
came to this country and died in Minne- 
apolis of typhoid fever. Three sisters re- 
main in Sweden. 

Mr. Edblom acquired his education in 
public and private schools in his native 
land and at the age of fifteen was employed 
as a teacher in the public schools of his 
native village. In 1882, when twenty years 
of age, he determined to seek a home in 
America, and accordingly crossed the At- 
lantic, locating in Minneapolis, Minnesota. 
In 1884 he entered Gustavus Adolphus Col- 
lege at St. Peter, Minnesota, and was grad- 
uated at that institution in 1891. He was 
editor of the class paper, was the class pres- 
ident and class poet, and had the honor of 
delivering the salutatory at the commence- 
ment e.xercises. In the fall of 1891 he en- 
tered Augustana College and Theological 
Seminary at Rock Island, Illinois, graduat- 
ing in the theological department in 1893. 
Mr. Edblom entered upon the work of 
the ministry as pastor of the Swedish 
Lutheran Church at Aurora, Illinois, where 
he remained for a year and a half, during 
which time he was instrumental in the erec- 
tion of the house of worship. While a stu- 
dent he has served his church as a mission- 
ary to Galveston, Texas, and at several 
points in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Illinois. 
His leisure hours, or rather the time which 
he could get from his school duties, were 
employed in teaching to procure means to 
pay his expenses. In December, 1894, he 
was called to the pastorate of the Swedish 
Lutheran Church in Escanaba, which now has 
a membership of over 450 souls. A parochial 
school is also connected with the church, in 
which some fifty pupils are instructed. The 
church and Sunday-school are in a prosper- 



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ous and flourishing condition and are doing 
a good work in this locality. The society 
now owns property to the value of $10,000. 
The parishioners are mostly business men of 
Escanaba, generally well-to-do, and include 
some of the most prominent people of the city. 
On the 1st of January, 1895, ^^e^- Ed- 
blom was united in the holy bonds of mat- 
rimony with Miss Anna Gustava Chall- 
man, of Batavia, Illinois, an accomplished 
and intelligent lady, who will prove to her 
husband a valuable help in his church v.-ork. 
She was born in Chicago, a daughter of the 
Rev. A. Challman, a minister of the Lu- 
theran Church. Rev. Edblom is untiring 
in his labors, and is both an able pastor and 
preacher, an entertaining and instructive 
speaker and a man who wins and retains the 
confidence and high respect of all with 
whom he has been brought in contact, re- 
gardless of church connections. 



%y^ EV. JOHN H. LEVEDAHL, pas- 
I /^ tor of the Swedish Methodist Epis- 
\ . y copal Church, Escanaba, Michigan, 
was born in Gottland, Sweden, 
October 11, 1867, son of August and Eliza- 
beth Levedahl, natives of that country. The 
father died when John H. was five months 
old, leaving a widow and two children. The 
other son, August, was for twelve years a 
sailor on the Pacific ocean, but for the past 
two years has made his home in California. 
The mother is still living and makes her 
home with the subject of this sketch. 

John H. Levedahl was reared in Sweden 
and received there a fair education in the 
public schools and also attended high school. 
In 1887 he came to America and located at 
Barkville, Delta county, Michigan, where 
he spent about eighteen months, being em- 



ployed during this time as a laborer and 
using every opportunity to learn the English 
language and American customs. In 1889 
he entered the Swedish Theological Semi- 
nary at Evanston, Illinois, where he pur- 
sued a course of study. From this school 
he was assigned to the pastorate of a church 
at Two Harbors, Minnesota, where he served 
a congregation one year, whence he was 
transferred to Calumet, Michigan. He re- 
mained at Calumet two years, was next sent 
to Ironwood, Michigan, and in 1893, was 
assigned to his present position at Escanaba. 
The church over which he presides here is 
the oldest Scandinavian church in the city, 
having been organized about 1877. It has 
a membership of thirty-five, and a prosper- 
ous Sunday-school. And in addition to 
preaching every Sunday morning and eve- 
ning in this church. Rev. Levedahl holds two 
services each month at Bark River, where 
the church organization comprises twenty- 
two members. During the few years he has 
been in the ministry his work has been of a 
substantial character, and wherever he has 
labored his efforts have been highly appre- 
ciated. 

Mr. Levedahl was married in Calumet, 
Michigan, July 17, 1892, to Miss Mary Eng- 
strom, a native of-Humboldt, Michigan, and 
a daughter of Frank and Charlotte Eng- 
strom, natives of Sweden and now residents 
of Calumet, Michigan. Mr. and Mrs. Leve- 
dahl have one child, Ruth Elizabeth, born 
June 4, 1S93. 



* Y ^ ON. EMIL GLASER, Judge of 

1'''^^ the Probate Court of Delta county, 

\ ^ P Michigan, has for almost a quarter 

of a century held this office. What 

higher testimonial could be given of his abil- 



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27 



ity, his fidelity to duty and the confidence 
reposed in him ? His ruhngs are just, his de- 
cisions the result of careful deliberation, and 
Escanaba pays honor to the man who has 
so carefully looked after the judicial inter- 
ests of his adopted count)'. 

A native of Germany, Judge Glaser was 
born in the Duchy of Saxony, on the 23d 
of September, 1840. His parents both died 
in that country, but several of the children 
came to America, four of the brothers being 
residents of Cleveland, Ohio, while one 
sister resides in Escanaba and another in 
Bismarck, North Dakota. The Judge was 
a young man of nineteen \ears when he 
bade adieu to Germany and crossed the At- 
lantic to the New World. His first home 
was in Cleveland, Ohio, where he worked 
at the carpenter's trade, until after the 
breaking out of the Civil war. Feeling that 
the country needed the services of all her 
loyal sons, and prompted by a spirit of 
patriotism, on the first of June, 1861, he en- 
listed for three j^ears' service in Company K, 
Seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry. His 
regiment was attached to the Twelfth Army 
Corps, which participated in many of the 
most important battles, including the en- 
gagements at Antietam, Chancellorsville, 
Gettj-sburg, Lookout Mountain, Mission 
Ridge, Ringgold, Resaca and many others. 
He was finally discharged in Cleveland, 
Ohio, after three years of faithful and meri- 
torious service, during which he was always 
found at his post of duty, true to the old 
flag and the cause it represented. 

While in the Fatherland the Judge 
had learned the barber's trade, which he 
often followed while in the army. On his 
return he opened a shop in Cleveland, car- 
rying on the business there for several years. 
In June, 1866, he made his way to the Lake 



Superior country, settling first in Marquette, 
Michigan, but in the month of September 
he came to Escanaba. For almost thirty 
years he has been numbered among its citi- 
zens, and his value to the community is 
widely recognized. Here he established a 
barber shop, which he conducted for ten 
years, devoting leisure hours to the study of 
law. He possesses a nature not content 
with mediocrity and resolved to enter the 
legal profession and win success in his new 
undertaking. 

In 1868 Mr. Glaser was elected Justice 
of the Peace in Escanaba, and in 1871 re- 
ceived the nomination for the Probate 
Judgeship. The election returns showed 
that he was the people's choice for the 
office, and he entered upon the discharge of 
his duties with a resolve to perform each 
task as it came to him in a prompt and 
faithful manner. To this course he has 
strictly adhered, and on the expiration of 
his first term his fidelitj' won him re-election. 
Since that time he has continuously been 
chosen his own successor, and is now serv- 
ing his sixth term, which, when ended, will 
cover twenty-four years in the office of Pro- 
bate Judge. For some time past he has de- 
voted his entire attention and talents to the 
administration of the affairs of the office. 

In 1863, while home from the armj' on a 
furlough, granted on account of his sickness, 
he having been wounded at Gettysburg, 
Judge Glaser was married. The lady of his 
choice bore the maiden name of Miss Kate 
Walker, and was a native of Cleveland, 
Ohio. She died in 1885, leaving five chil- 
dren, two sons and three daughters, of 
whom Henr}', Emma, Lucy and John still 
survive. Carrie, the j'oungest of the fam- 
ily, died at the age of fifteen years. Lucy 
is now the wife of James H. Clancy, an at- 



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torney of Escanaba, and is the only one 
married. In 1886 the Judge was again 
married, his second union being with Mrs. 
Kate (Gettelman) Ramspeck, by whom he 
has one daughter, Ida, born in 1888. 

The Judge became a member of the Odd 
Fellows Society in 1865 and is now Past 
Grand Master. He is also prominently con- 
nected with the Grand Army of the Repub- 
lic, and is Past Commander of C. F. Smith 
Post, No. 175, G. A. R. , of Escanaba. In 
religious belief he is a Lutheran. In politics 
he is a stalwart Republican, a leader in the 
counsels of his party, and an able advocate 
of its principles. Merit has won him prom- 
inence and ability, and commendable reso- 
lutions have been the stepping stones on 
which he has climbed to the e.xalted place 
which he to-day occupies. 



>T^AMES C. FOSTER, Treasurer of 
M Luce county, Michigan, and mana- 
A J ger of the hardware business of M. 
R. Manhard, at Newberry, is a 
young man of excellent business ability and 
has by his honorable and upright course 
won the confidence and respect of all with 
whom he has had dealings during the nine 
years of his residence at this place. It was 
in 1886 that Mr. Foster became identified 
with Newberry, he having come here at that 
time as clerk in the branch store of Mr. 
Manhard, which was established that year; 
also as assistant Postmaster, under Fred J. 
Stewart. The following year, 1887, when 
only eighteen years of age, he was made 
manager of the establishment, which re- 
sponsible position he retains to the present 
time. As he is one of the leading young 
men of the town, biographical mention of 
him is not inappropriate in this connection. 



A complete sketch, however, cannot be 
given, as much of his life, we hope, yet lies 
before him. 

James C. Foster was born in Lanark 
county, Ontario, December 21, 1869, and 
traces his ancestry back to Scotland, his 
forefathers having resided on the borders of 
that country and England. Thomas Fos- 
ter, his father, was a miller at Brewers 
Mills, near Kingston, Canada. He died in 
1 87 1, at the age of thirty-five years: The 
mother of our subject was before her mar- 
riage Miss Mary Manhard, she being a sister 
of M. R. Manhard, of Marquette, Michigan. 
She is now living in Newberry with her son 
and only child. Mr. Foster concluded 
when a boy to become a machinist, and 
accordingly entered upon an apprenticeship 
to that trade at Smith's Falls, receiving as 
compensation for his work forty-eight cents 
per day. After fifteen months of close con- 
finment in the shop he became dissatisfied 
and abandoned the trade. At the end of 
this time he came to Michigan and was sent 
down to Newberry by his uncle, and, as al- 
ready stated, has been manager of his 
uncle's store since 1887. 

Mr. Foster very early in life got into 
politics as well as into business, his support 
being given to the Republican party, with 
which he has since been connected. He 
was elected Village Trustee the day he cast 
his first ballot; is now completing his second 
term as such officer. In November, 1892, 
he was elected County Treasurer by seven- 
ty-nine majority and was re-elected in 1894 
by 165, the largest majority ever given in 
the county. His re-election to this impor- 
tant position is ample evidence of his popu- 
larity and efficiency. 

Socially he is connected with the I. O. 
O. F. and the A. F. & A. M., in the latter 



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having a membership in the Newberry 
Lodge, Manistique Chapter, and Marquette 
Commandery, and in the lodge occupying 
the office of Senior Deacon. 



\y^\ ROF. J. H. McDonald, the 

1 ■ competent and courageous Super- 
\ intendent of Gladstone public 

schools, was born in Muskingum 
county, Ohio, in 1859, in a pioneer family of 
Scotch-Irish ancestry. His paternal grand- 
father removed from the Old Dominion to 
the •' far West" (Ohio), in 1834, settling on 
a wild tract of land which he cleared and 
put into cultivation, where now the Pro- 
fessor's father, B. M. McDonald, was born. 
The latter followed the calling of his father, 
agriculture, with success, during his active 
life. He married Miss Elizabeth Stevenson, 
whose brother. Prof. R. W. Stevenson, was 
for eighteen years Superintendent of schools 
at Columbus, Ohio. Of the four sons in 
Mr. B. M. McDonald's family, the subject 
of this brief outline is the eldest. 

Early in life he engaged in teaching, 
contracting a fondness for the profession. 
In order better to equip himself for it he be- 
came a student at Lenox Academy, in Iowa, 
and on reaching the junior year entered the 
university at Wooster, Ohio, where he grad- 
uated in 1884. He then accepted a position 
with a school-book firm, and traveled in 
their interest for three jears. Then he 
again engaged in teaching, this time as 
principal of the school at Oakland, Iowa, 
and continued there for three years, coming 
at that time to the northern peninsula of 
Michigan and accepting the position of 
principal of the high school at Negaunee; 
and now this is his fourth year in the State 
and his first year at Glad.stone, being the 



third superintendent of the schools of this 
city. The first was Mr. Kettle, who inaug- 
urated the sytem of grading, in September, 
1 89 1. The absence of any sort of records 
rendered the task of bringing order out of a 
semi-chaotic condition a rather difficult one, 
but ere the first year of the administration 
of the present executive closed the people of 
Gladstone could congratulate themselves on 
having in reality a system of grades in their 
schools, based upon the most approved 
course of studies. Promotions are not made 
inconsistently with this grading, and grad- 
uation means " something actually done." 
There are enrolled 442 pupils, or 90 per 
cent of the school population, which is a 
magnificent showing for the young com- 
mercial city. From those interested in ed- 
ucation it is learned that Prof. McDonald 
is a sort of ' ' revivalist " in educational work. 
Much good is prophesied from his labors in 
Gladstone. 



HJ AY MURRAY is the efficient super- 
intendent of the public schools of 
Saulte de Ste. Marie. Even in the 
half barbaric ages the man of edu- 
cation took rank above others, and as time 
has passed its importance has been more 
and more recognized as one of the leading 
factors in securing good government and good 
citizens. The man who has acquired a broad 
and thorough general knowledge and can 
readily and successfully impart it to others 
takes rank with the representatives of any 
other profession, and the benefit of his 
labors cannot be measured. 

Superintendent Murray was born in 
Washtenaw county, Michigan, on the i6th 
of April, 1863, and his early life was spent 
on his father's farm, but he did not wish to 



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carry on agricultural pursuits throughout his 
life. He was possessed of a laudable ambi- 
tion and an earnest desire to secure a better 
education than could be obtained in the 
schools of the neighborhood, "and, accord- 
ingly, when sixteen years of age went to 
Ypsilanti, where he earned some money as 
bookkeeper, reporter and editor-in-chief of 
the Normal News: thus he aided in defray- 
ing his expenses. He belonged to a family 
of worth and prominence. His father, A. 
J. Murray, was descended from General 
Murray, of New York, and his mother, who 
bore the maiden name of Marietta Bradford, 
was descended from the famous Governor 
Bradford of Massachusetts. Their children 
were: Edwin, a student of the Michigan 
State Normal School; Benjamin, who grad- 
uated from the State University of Michigan 
as Ph. C. , and is now a student of chemistry in 
that school; Miss Mildred, who graduated 
at the Ypsilanti Conservatory of Music, and 
is now teaching music in Geneva, New York; 
Miss Ellen, who is a graduate of the medical 
department of the University of Michigan, E. , 
and A. Jay, whose name heads this record. 
Superintendent Murray, having made prepar- 
ations for further study, entered the Michigan 
State Normal at Ypsilanti and completed 
the regular course in 1884. He was an 
earnest, thorough student, applying himself 
diligently to his work, and his standing in 
his classes was always high. For the past 
eleven years he has been principal of the 
schools in Sault de Ste. Marie and has 
developed one of the best graded school 
systems of the State. When he entered 
upon his work here in September, 1S84, 
school was being held in a four-room brick 
building, now a part of the high-school 
building. A corps of four teachers was 
employed, including the principal, and a 



certain crude course of study was followed 
which did not provide for graduation, and 
the school had no standing with any of the 
colleges of the State. The city now owns 
a beautiful, modern, central high school of 
twelve rooms, equipped with appliances that 
enable the teacher to produce superior 
results, and whose hj'gienic properties main- 
tain in the pupil an unimpaired normal con- 
dition. 

There are also six ward buildings with 
two rooms each, and two buildings of one 
room each. A corps of thirty teachers is 
now employed, including a special teacher 
in music and calisthenics, a special teacher 
of drawing, and an ungraded instructor who 
does individual work. This departure is a 
new feature in the public-school work which 
has just been introduced (1895), and the 
results produced have already shown them- 
selves to be very beneficial. A librarian 
has charge of one of the best public-school 
libraries of the State, containing two thou- 
sand volumes, including the best works in 
biography, essays, history, fiction, poems, 
science, travels, works on education and 
books of reference. There is a training- 
room, which is in charge of two honor high- 
school graduates, who twice a week inspect 
the work of proficient teachers and also 
attend a course of professional readings 
given by the superintendent. In compen- 
sation for the services which they render 
these graduate tutors receive half-pay. 
Thus high-school pupils may be drilled for 
useful work in the school-room and enter 
upon their duties with a fund of experience, 
together with some knowledge of the science 
and art of teaching. 

In the schools of Sault de Ste. Marie 
are taught five high-school courses of four 
years each, all of which have been approved 



NORTHERN RENINS C^LA OF MICHIGAN. 



3' 



by the State University, and the completion 
of which admits the student into the fresh- 
man class of that renowned institution of 
learning. The high and grammar schools 
are organized >ipon the department plan. 
Each teacher of the grammar schools has 
about fifty pupils in charge, conducts open- 
ing and closing exercises, has the moral, 
aesthetical and physical training in her hands 
for the above number of pupils, and in one 
or two branches the intellectual. The 
teachers change rooms at the close of recita- 
tion periods and teach only their special 
subjects throughout the day. At most four 
teachers are in one system, and the benefit 
of the teacher's personality is thus obtained, 
while the advantage of a teacher presenting 
only congenial topics is very evident. Six 
months of the four-year primary course is 
given to kindergarten work, and thus the little 
ones have a pleasant preparation for the sub- 
sequent mental study. The four departments 
of the high schools are under competent in- 
structors, and one hour in each two weeks 
is given to society work, with an especial 
object of giving drill in parliamentary law 
and the development of oral language. For 
the past two years the young men of the 
high school have been holding weekly Fri- 
day night meetings under the supervision of 
Superintendent Murray; and the club peri- 
odical, which is called the Soo Statesman, 
is an important auxiliary as a practical edu- 
cator. A high standard of excellence is re- 
quired in the teachers of Sault de Ste. Marie. 
A high-school teacher must have a life 
certificate or its equivalent, granted by the 
University, Normal School or State Board 
of Education. For the grammar schools 
the teachers must hold at least a first-grade 
certificate; for the s'jcomi, third and fourth 
grades in the priniar}- department teachers 



must hold at least a second-grade certificate 
or its equivalent, that is, must be a gradu- 
ate of a recognized high school, have had 
experience as a teacher, give evidence of 
having read at least three works on theory 
and art of teaching, and present a written 
thesis on each of three books to the city ex- 
amining board. At the city teachers' exam- 
ination questions equivalent to these pre- 
pared for the State department are used, and 
credit is granted for the following profes- 
sional topics: Interest and sympathy, dis- 
cipline, instruction, progressiveness, hygiene 
and aesthetics, music and calisthenics, and 
presence and manner. For the first primary 
department it is required that teachers have 
eight weeks' kindergarten instruction. Ap- 
plicants for certificates must be interested in 
educational work, as shown by their attend- 
ance at summer normals and teachers' insti- 
tutes; reading educational books and jour- 
nals; pursuing an advanced line of reading 
and visiting schools or using other means of 
general culture and professional development 
usually 30 recognized. The city examining 
board is composed of the president of the 
School Board, County Commissioner of 
Schools and the City Superintendent. This 
board renews certificates of teachers who 
are progressive and accepts these of un- 
doubted standing. 

On the 15th of July, 1885, Supt. Mur- 
ray was united in marriage with Miss Grace 
Ainslie, of Onondaga, New York, a daugh- 
ter of M. Ainslie, who was of English birth. 
The ladj' is a graduate of the State Normal 
School of the class of 1884, and was for one 
year engaged in teaching in Calumet. To 
Mr. and Mrs. Murray have been born the 
following children: Florence Grace, who is 
now eight years of age, and Willa Marietta, 
who is four years old. 



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Mr. Murray is a member of the National 
Teachers' Association, is vice-president of 
the Michigan State Teachers' Association, 
and an active member of the North Michigan 
Schoolmasters' Club. He is ex-president 
of the Michigan State Normal Alumni, and 
is a contributor to educational journals and 
periodicals. He ranks among the leading 
educators of the State, his ability being of a 
very high order, and under his able man- 
agement the schools of Sault de Ste. Marie 
have taken rank among the finest in the 
State. Socially he is a Knight Templar 
Mason and politically is a Republican. 



,>^ EV. FATHER WILLIAM, O. S. 

1/^ F., pastor of St. Joseph's Church, 

\ , r Roman Catholic, in Escanaba, 

Michigan, was reared and educated 

in Cincinnati, Ohio. He is the only one of 

his family engaged in ministerial labors. His 

parents died in Cincinnati. 

Father William was educated in the St. 
Francis College in Cincinnati, and in the 
convent under the Franciscan fathers at 
the monastery, corner of Vine and Liberty 
streets, that city. His first pastorate was 
at Delphi, Indiana, in the Fort Wayne dio- 
cese. For nearly four years he was rector 
of St. George's Church, Cincinnati, a con- 
gregation composed of German and English 
speaking parishioners. While so employed 
he superintended the construction of a mag- 
nificent church on Calhoun street, at a cost 
of about $100,000, exclusive of furniture, 
organ, altar, etc. His next charge was St. 
Mary's Church, Detroit, Michigan, and he 
was one of the first fathers to officiate there 
after the Redemptorists. From Detroit he 
was called to St. Joseph's Church at Chat- 
ham, Ontario. Here he built a new rectory, at 



a cost of $7,000, and paid for the same with- 
in a year, and in 1887 he erected a very large 
church, in the Romanesque style, at a cost of 
$60,000, without towers. The congregation 
paid $20,000 in subscriptions and about $15,- 
•000 in enlistments. In connection with this 
church there is a property valued at about 
$50,000, the bequest of Queen Victoria. It 
was given as a glebe for the support of 
church and school and is held in trust by 
Bishop O'Connor for that purpose. This 
Chatham mission is one of great importance 
in the history of the church, it having been 
for many years in charge of the Jesuits and 
then of the Basilians, whom the Franciscans 
succeeded in 1878. Father William, O. S. 
F. , had charge of Chatham and adjoining 
missions for twelve years. Shortly there- 
after he labored at Louisville, Kentucky, in 
St. Boniface congregation, and from that 
place, August 19, 1893, was called to Es- 
canaba, his present field of labor. This is a 
very important station, a congregation com- 
posed of about 500 families, including many 
of the most wealthy and influential citizens 
of the place. In his work here he is assisted 
by Father Anthony, O. S. F. St. Joseph's 
parochial school, of 600 students, is con- 
ducted by the Sisters of Notre Dame, Mil- 
waukee, under the jurisdiction of the Rt. 
Rev. Bishop John Vertin, D. D., of Mar- 
quette. The sisters of St. Francis have 
charge of the Delta County Hospital, and 
are under the spiritual guidance of the 
fathers of St. Joseph's parish. This hospital 
has capacity for accommodating from 
seventy five to one hundred patients, is un- 
der control of the county officials, and is 
in charge of Dr. Phillips, an eminent physi- 
cian and surgeon. Patients are received 
from every denomination and every condi- 
tion in life. 



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Father William is pre-eminently a good 
man and a fine orator. He has the confi- 
dence and love of his parishioners and the 
esteem of the leading citizens of Escanaba 
where he is laboring so earnestly and doing 
much good by his eloquent sermons and 
pastoral prudence and tact. 



HUGUST MENGE, Mayor of 
L'Anse, Michigan, has been identi- 
fied with this place for nearly a 
quarter of a century and has fig- 
ured conspicuously in its business and po- 
litical circles. As such he is eminently de- 
serving of consideration on these pages. 

Mayor Menge. while thoroughly an 
American at heart, is not a native of this 
country. He was born in Saxony, Ger- 
many, May 4, 1845, son of Carl Menge, also 
a native of Germany. At the age of five 
years the subject of our sketch crossed the 
Atlantic with his parents and they settled in 
Wisconsin, where he attended the public 
school until he reached his eleventh year. 
At that early age he went to work in the 
printing office of a German newspaper called 
the NortJnucstern, which was edited bj' 
Charles H. Schmidt. Here he worked 
for about eight years, a portion of that 
time being foreman of the job print- 
ing office which was run in connection 
with the paper. Having severed his con- 
nection with the abo\e named office, 
Mr. Menge came in 1864 to the upper penin- 
sula of Michigan, first stopping at Houghton. 
Not being able to secure work at his trade 
at this place, he went to work in the Han- 
cock mine, breaking rock, and after remain- 
ing thus occupied a short time accepted a po- 
sition as bartender for \Mlliam Miller. Sub- 



sequently he tended bar five years for Frank 
Mayworm. In 1871 he opened a saloon on 
his own account at L'Anse, and from that 
date up to the present time has been en- 
gaged in the saloon business. 

Mr. Menge has on various occasions 
been honored with official preferment. He 
is now serving his fifth term as Mayor of 
L'Anse. He has been Village Treasurer 
and Trustee, has filled the office of Town- 
ship Supervisor, and for nineteen years has 
been a member of the School Board. In 
1878 he was elected County Treasurer on 
the Democratic ticket, and in 1880 was re- 
elected, with an increased majority, holding 
the office for four years in succession, and be- 
ing the first Democratic county treasurer 
elected in Baraga county, defeating his op- 
ponent, John Campbell, twice in succession. 
For twelve years he has been Chief of 
the Fire Department at L'Anse, which po- 
sition he still holds; and in all these po- 
sitions he has rendered prompt and efficient 
service. 

Mr. Menge gives his franchise to the Dem- 
ocratic party. Socially, he is an Odd Fel- 
low and a member of the A. O. U. W. He 
is President of theCommandery of the State 
of Select Knights of the A. O. U. W. 

Mr. Menge was married in 1 870 to Miss 
Theresa Sibilske, and they have three sons 
and three daughters: August H., William 
T., Charles H., Selma M., Enmia B. and 
Theresa A. M. 



K^^ E\-. T. R. EASTERDAY.— The 
I /^ history of the life of the Rev. T. R. 
\ ^ y Easterday has been so closely in- 
terwoven with that of the Presby- 
terian Church of Sault Saintc Marie that a 



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few facts relative to the latter will be proper 
and germane in introducing our subject. 

The record shows the Presbyterian 
Church to have been organized here on the 
28th of February, 1854, by Rev. William 
McCollough, who had been holding services 
here for four months prior to the effecting 
of a formal organization. The society held 
its meetings in the schoolhouse during the 
time that their building — the main part of 
the present edifice — was being erected. 
The church was dedicated in 1855, and Mr. 
McCollough remained as its pastor for some- 
what less than two years after this. The 
church then had no regular pastoral incum- 
bent again until nearly ten years later, when 
our subject assumed the charge, but during 
all this intervening time Philetus S. Church 
and a few ladies had maintained a little 
Sunday-school. The eleven members at 
the organization of the church were P. S 
Church, Elizabeth Church, L. L. and 
Phoebe Nichols, Joseph and Jane Mason, 
Charles T. Harvey, Julia Hopkins, Olive 
W. McKnight, Adaline Jones and Maria 
Spaulding. This is by several months the 
oldest Presbyterian organization on the 
Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The first 
- Board of Elders comprised P. S. Church 
and L. L. Nichols, and the first named re- 
mained senior Elder until his death in 1884, 
a period of thirty years. 

Tradition tells us of a probable church 
organization prior to this one, but if such 
was the case the organization was but a 
temporary one, and no record was deemed 
necessary. It is believed that when Rev. 
Jeremiah Porter, Chaplain of Fort Brady, 
at the " Soo," was preaching to the post 
and the public generallj', being of the Pres- 
byterian faith, he consummated an organiza- 
tion of his people; but if he did this the 



society lapsed in organization soon after his 
withdrawal to Fort Dearborn, where he or- 
ganized the first Presbyterian church of Chi- 
cago. The present church edifice in Sault 
Sainte Marie is the old one remodeled and 
enlarged, the final improvements having 
been completed in 1S89. 

Rev. T. R. Easterday assumed pastoral 
charge of the church on Christmas day, 
1864. He soon brought about a reorgani- 
zation of its members, beginning with a list 
of seven. He labored faithfully in the dis- 
charge of the duties of his pastorate for 
seventeen and one-half years, and his work 
was attended by a growth in the spiritual 
and temporal well-being of the society. A 
severe paralytic stroke finally compelled him 
to resign, and he left the church with a 
membership of 96 and a Sunday school of 
225 scholars. The present membership of 
the church is approximately 275. 

Thomas R. Easterday was born in Jeffer- 
son county, Ohio, October 27, 1837. His 
paternal grandfather. Christian Easterday, 
and his maternal grandfather, Thomas Rob- 
ertson, emigrated from Pennsylvania and 
staked out claims on the Ohio river, near 
Steubenville. Mr. Robertson was of Scotch- 
Irish extraction and she who became his 
wife was a Miss McMillan, a cousin of An- 
drew G. Curtin, war Governor of Pennsyl- 
vania, and later United States Minister to 
Saint Petersburg. The Robertsons were 
actively identified with the Patriot forces in 
the war of the Revolution, but the Easter- 
days did not become residents of the United 
States until after this memorable conflict 
had been waged and victory gained for the 
cause of independence. They, however, 
furnished representatives in the war of 18 12 
and the Mexican war. The maternal great- 
grandfather of our subject, John Robertson, 



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married a daughter of General Brady, of Rev- 
olutionary fame, and Fort Brady, located at 
Sault Sainte Marie, was named in his honor. 

The father of Mr. Easterday was Daniel 
Easterday, who was born in Jefferson county, 
Ohio, and who married Jane Robertson in 
1836. With his wife and all his children, ex- 
cept Thomas R. , he is living in Lincoln, 
Nebraska. In 185 i he removed to Spring- 
field, Illinois, and there our subject attended 
the public schools, one of his schoolmates 
being Robert T. Lincoln, whose father was 
well known to Mr. Easterday, even as every 
citizen of a small town knows its prominent 
men. Daniel Easterday was a prominent 
Illinois farmer for a full quarter of a cen- 
tury, and in 1883 he removed to his present 
location. He is eighty-two years of age, 
and his wife is seventy-nine. Their children 
are: Rev. Thomas R. ; Professor Levi; Amos 
W. ; Martin L. ; Oscar M. ; D. Frank; Annie 
M., wife of Benajah Munday; Hannah M., 
wife of A. E. Pike, and Laura J. 

Our subject was in college for a period of 
seven years, graduating at the Lutheran 
Seminary at Springfield, Illinois, in 1864, 
with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, receiv- 
ing that of A. M. in 1866, and coming to 
Sault Sainte Marie the latter year. He 
has not only been interested in religious and 
moral training, but has given an almost 
equally devoted attention to the purely 
educational training. He has fought vali- 
antly for the divorcement of church and 
school and for the securing of the graded 
high-school system which is now the pride 
of the " Soo. " He introduced the resolu- 
tion appropriating the first $1,000 for the 
erection of the present high-school building, 
and drafted the memorial to Congress by 
which the United States Government gave 
the grounds now occupied by said building. 



Mr. Easterday cast his first vote for 
Abraham Lincoln and has adhered to the 
Republican party ever since. In 1892 he 
came within thirteen votes of being elected 
County Treasurer, and later he was elected 
by a handsome majority to the office of 
County Commissioner of Schools. In 1892 
he was the Republican candidate for State 
Senator from his district. He has main- 
tained a lively interest in the growth and 
development of Sault Sainte Marie, and he 
owns a large tract of suburban realty, as 
well as valuable property within the city 
limits. In his fraternal relations he is 
inentified with the Masonic and Odd Fel- 
lows' orders, having advanced in the former 
to the thirty-second degree, Scottish rite, 
and retaining a membership in the Con- 
sistory at Grand Rapids, Michigan. 

December 24, 1862, at Springfield, Illi- 
nois, was solemnized the marriage of our 
honored subject to Miss Leona J. Tyson, a 
daughter of J. R. Tyson, a native of Lincoln- 
shire, England. Their children were three 
in number: Lillie is deceased; Rosa L. is 
the wife of Dr. Thomas N. Rogers, of this 
city; and Ora Thomas is still at home, being 
twelve years of age (1895). 



(D 



C. SCULLY, the efficient Collec- 
tor of Customs for the District of 
Superior and a highly respected 
citizen of Marquette, is numbered 
among the native sons of Michigan, his birth 
having occurred in Detroit on the 1 5th of 
August, 1856. His parents, Patrick and 
Margaret (Downey) Scully, were both na- 
tives of Ireland and crossed the Atlantic to 
this country in an early day, first locating 
in Pennsylvania, where they made their 



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home until their removal to Detroit in the 
year 1840. They subsequently went to 
Lake Superior, where the family still resides, 
but the father has now departed this life. 
There were ten children, but only two of 
the number are yet living — our subject, and 
a sister, Mrs. T. W. Harrington, of St. 
Paul, Minnesota. 

M. C. Scully was left an orphan when 
only five years old and from a very early 
age has been dependent entirely upon his 
own resources, so that whatever success he 
has achieved in life is due entirely to his 
own efforts. He was reared in Houghton 
county, Michigan, acquired his education in 
its public schools and in his youth learned 
the blacksmith's trade, which he followed 
for some years. Gibbon has said ' ' Every 
person has two educations, — one which he 
receives from others, and one, more import- 
ant, which he gives himself." Mr. Scully 
has indeed gained the greater part of his 
education entirely through his own efforts. 
After following blacksmithing for some time 
he followed engineering for a few years and 
in 1869 he removed to Ishpeming, where he 
followed those two occupations. He was 
industrious and energetic, made the most of 
his opportunities and as the years passed 
succeeded in accumulating some capital, 
which he has invested to good advantage 
and has derived therefrom a good income. 

Mr. Scully has been honored with a 
number of offices. While in Ishpeming he 
served as Chief of Police for nearly seven 
years. In 1890 he was elected Sheriff of 
Marquette county, and in October, 1893, he 
was appointed to his present position as 
Collector of Customs for the District of 
Superior, in which capacity he has since 
served with credit to himself and satisfaction 
to all concerned. By his ballot he supports 



the men and measures of the Democracy 
and is a warm advocate of its principles. 

In the autumn of 1888 was celebrated 
the marriage of Mr. Scully and Miss Cather- 
ine Ouinn, an estimable lady, by whom he 
has three living children, as follows: Eileen, 
Margaret and Arthur. The family is widely 
and favorably known throughout this com- 
munity and Mr. Scully and his wife have 
many friends, who esteem them highlj'. 
This gentleman certainly deserves great 
credit for his success in life and his example 
should well serve to encourage others, who 
like himself have no capital or influential 
friends to aid them in starting out in life. 
He has worked his way steadily upward, 
overcoming the obstacles and difficulties in 
his path by determined effort, and as a result 
is now the possessor of a comfortable com- 
petence, and above all has the confidence 
and regard of those with whom business or 
social relations have brought him in contact. 



* y ^ ON. F. BRAASTAD.— Scenes of 
lf\ battle and of bloodshed have been 
\ ^ r the theme of story and song 
through all ages, but it has been 
left to civilization to perpetuate the record 
of the business man, him who quietly and 
conscientiously performs his duties and there- 
by adds stability and prosperity to the com- 
munity with which he is connected and the 
progress and advancement of which is due 
to him. While he would not detract from 
the honor and glory of the soldier, we would 
do credit to the man, who without the in- 
spiring influence which attends the battle- 
field, works earnestly and untiring, devoted 
to family and friends, and by his labor pro- 
motes the material prosperity of his chosen 
place of residence. Such a man is Mr. 



NORTHERN PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN. 



V 



Braastad. His name is inseparably con- 
nected with the commercial history of Ish- 
peming, and Michigan has numbered him 
among her State officers. 

From the "Land of the Midnight Sun" 
he came to America, the land of greater op- 
portunity. He was born on a farm in the 
old country, on the 1st of January, 1847, and 
was reared and educated there, conning his 
lessons in the common schools. He en- 
tered upon his business career as clerk in a 
general store, but wages were low and there 
seemed little opportunity of advancement; 
so the young man with a laudable ambition 
determined to try his fortune in America. 
In 1 868 he crossed the briny deep and took 
up his residence in Marquette, Michigan. 
He was without money, — a stranger in a 
strange land, — and in order to gain a liveli- 
hood began working in a stone quarry. 
The following year he came to Ishpem- 
ing and for a time was employed in the 
New York mine, when he secured a po- 
sition as salesman in the New York store. 
In 1870 he, went to Kansas, where he 
remained about a year, when he took up 
his residence in Negaunee, Marquette coun- 
ty, and for three years occupied a clerk- 
ship with J. P. Oendell. 

Returning then to Ishpeming, Mr. Braa- 
stad formed a connection with the Nora 
Store Company as manager, occupying that 
that responsible position for the period of 
five years, when the business became the 
property of the firm of F. Braastad & Com- 
pany, now one of the best known mer- 
cantile firms in the State. The original 
store, a grocery, was located at the south- 
west corner of Cleveland and Second streets, 
and in 1888 a fine two-story brick building 
was erected, having two departments and 
carrying a full line of dry-goods, clothing 



and gents' furnishing goods. There are 
more than thirty employes connected with 
this establishment, in connection with which 
is carried on a warehouse, situated at the 
corner of Bank and Pine streets. It is one 
of the finest warehouses in the Upper 
Peninsula, and the firm handles all kinds 
of grain and produce, making e.xtensive 
shipments. They also deal in coal and 
wood. The business of F. Braastad & 
Company has steadily increased from the 
beginning until it has now assumed exten- 
sive proportions, and the vast volume of 
business transacted brings to the members 
of the firm a handsome income. In con- 
nection with their interest in Ishpeming, 
they also have a large general store at 
Alcester, South Dakota, and a general store 
and market at Winthrop Mine, Marquette 
county, and a bakery in this city. 

Few enterprises of importance have 
been established in this locality that have 
not received the support and encourage- 
ment of Mr. Braastad, and the business 
activity of the city is largely due to him. 
It will be seen that his business abilities are 
not limited to one sphere, but are varied, 
and he possesses that resolute and cour- 
ageous spirit which carries forward to suc- 
cessful completion whatever he undertakes. 
He owns a half interest in a mine in Win- 
throp, operated under the name of the 
Winthrop Iron Company, of which he is 
vice-president and general manager. In 
the mines 200 men are employed, and they 
take out Bessemer and non-Bessemer ores, 
which are shipped to Cleveland, Ohio. A 
tract of land of 160 acres is also the property 
of Mr. Braastad. He is a director in the 
Peninsula Bank of Ishpeming, a director in 
the Negaunee & Ishpeming Electric Street 
Railroad Company, and is the principal 



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merchant of the Iron Range. The spirit of 
self-help is the only true source of genuine 
worth in the individual, and is the means of 
bringing to man success even when he has 
neither wealth nor influential friends to aid 
him as he starts out on life's journey. Upon 
his own efforts he depends, and if he has 
perseverance, industry, good managerial 
ability and honesty of purpose, he will 
succeed. These traits were possessed and 
developed by Mr. Braastad, and he is now 
one of the wealthy citizens of the Upper 
Peninsula. 

This gentleman was married in 1874 to 
Miss Ingeborg Knutson, a native of Norway 
and an estimable lady, who holds member- 
ship in the Mission Church. They now 
have a family of seven children, namely : 
Ida, Arvid, Julius, Florenza, Ingeborg, Lilly 
and Borgheldt. 

Mr. Braastad is a member of the Ancient 
Order of United Workmen and the Scandi- 
navian Society. In the ranks of the Dem- 
ocracy of Michigan he holds a foremost 
place, and for two terms served as Alder- 
man of Ishpeming. In 1890 he was elected 
State Treasurer and served for two years 
under Governor Winans. It needed a 
practical business man of affairs in that 
position, and among the State officers and 
leading politicians he was honored and 
respected for his fidelity and loyalty. 



* y ^ ON. RUSH CULVER is a promi- 

|f^ nent and influential citizen of Mar- 

\ , r quette and a leading member of the 

bar of the Upper Peninsula. In 

professional, political and social circles he 

stands in the foremost ranks, and his record 

in all the relations of life is that of an honor- 



able, upright man, whose genuine worth has 
gained him the confidence, while his social 
qualities have won him the friendship, of 
all with whom he has been brought in 
contact. He is now filling the position of 
Receiver of the United States Land Office 
at Marquette, and though he is an Eastern 
man by birth he is a Western man in enter- 
prise and progressiveness. 

Mr. Culver was born in Tioga, Pennsyl- 
vania, in July, 1862, and is a son of Amasa 
and Jeanette (Blackman) Culver, who were 
natives of the Keystone State and were of 
English descent, their ancestors belonging 
to the sturdy and honored Puritan stock 
that first settled the New England colonies. 
Some of the family figured prominently in 
the war of 1812. The father, Amasa Cul- 
ver, w^s a farmer by occupation and for two 
years served as a Lieutenant in a Pennsyl- 
vania regiment during the Civil war. Henry 
Blackman was also a soldier in the late war, 
and, being killed in a skirmish, was buried 
in the National Cemetery at Alexandria. 
The father removed from his native State 
to Baraga county, Michigan, in 1889, and is 
still residing there. 

Rush Culver was reared to manhood 
upon a farm in the State of his nativity and 
attended the public schools of Elkland, 
where he lived until he took up the study 
of law in 1 88 1 . Two years later he was ad- 
mitted to the bar, although he yet lacked a 
few months of his majority. He was an 
apt student, and delved deep into any 
subject and thoroughly mastered it, and this 
has in a great measure insured his success 
in life. He began practice in Westfield, and 
during his residence there served as a mem- 
ber of the School Board. He was also 
married ere he left the East, his union being 
with Miss Lura Woodruff. Their marriage 





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XOBTHERN PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN. 



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was celebrated in 1886, and to them were 
born three children, Harry, Ethel and 
Jeanette. 

In 1888 Mr. Culver left his old home in 
the East and came to Marquette, where he 
practiced law for a few months and then 
removed to L'Anse, where he engaged in 
the prosecution of his profession for about 
four years, his time, however, being largely 
passed in Washington, D. C. , for his practice 
was greatly among the homesteaders of the 
Upper Peninsula, and in consequence this 
necessitated many trips to the capital city. 
In 1892 he was appointed to the position of 
Receiver of the United States Land Office, 
and is still acceptably and creditably serv- 
ing in that capacity. He is one of the able 
lawyers of the Upper Peninsula and has 
gained a reputation for skill and ability of 
which he may well be proud. He is a man 
of keen discrimination, quick of compre- 
hension, and his thorough preparation of 
cases in which he weighs carefully every 
particle of evidence and correctly estimates 
its value has brought to him a well-merited 
success and a large clientage. He possesses 
good oratorical powers and is a fluent and 
forcible speaker. 

Mr. Culver was a candidate for Congress 
from the Twelfth Congressional District, 
but, his party being in the minority, he was 
defeated, together with the others on the 
ticket. He has always taken a deep in- 
terest in political affairs, is chairman of the 
Marquette count}' Democratic committee 
and well manages the interests of his party. 
Socially he is connected with the Independ- 
ent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights 
of Pythias lodges, and while in the East 
organised several Sons of Veterans' camps, 
and was for several years Captain of one of 
these. 



*y ^ ON. F. O. CLARK.— There is noth- 

•''"X ing more interesting to a student of 
1^^ human nature than to trace the 
career of a man who, endowed 
with energy and ambition, enters boldly 
into the struggle of life and makes for him- 
self a high position in the busy world. Mr. 
Clark is now successfully engaged in the 
practice of law in Marquette, and though 
an Eastern man by birth, is a Western man 
in his progressiveness and enterprise. 

He was born in Girard, Pennsylvania, 
December 18, 1843, and is the son of John 
B. and Charlotte M. (Woodruff) Clark, 
the father a native of Vermont and the 
mother of Connecticut. They were of 
English descent, and came of the old Puri- 
tan stock that founded New England, and 
sent their representatives out into all this 
country to become the most valued and 
worthy citizens of the various localities. 
Mrs. Clark was a descendant of John Alden, 
who came over in the Mayflower and was 
made the subject of one of Longfellow's 
poems. Ancestors of the family were among 
the heroes of the Revolution, and the 
grandfather of our subject was known as 
Major Clark. He was an artisan, while the 
maternal grandfather, the Rev. Ephraim T. 
Woodruff, of Connecticut, was a Congrega- 
tional clergyman. They both emigrated to 
Ohio, and died on the Westsrn Reserve. 

The father of our subject engaged in the 
harness-making and tanning business in 
Erie county, Pennsylvania, and subse- 
quently came to the Upper Peninsula of 
Michigan, where he spent his last days, his 
death occurring in Escanaba in 1871. His 
wife passed away the following year. They 
were the parents of two sons, — F. O., of 
this sketch, and Franklin D., of Racine, 
Wisconsin, who is the inventor of the F. 



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D. Clark patent harness buckle and the 
manager of the F. D. Clark Buckle Com- 
pany. 

The gentleman whose name begins this 
review spent his early boyhood in the Key- 
stone State, and acquired his elementary 
education in the public schools and acade- 
mies. He fitted himself for the sophomore 
year in Hamilton College, New York, but 
failing health caused him to abandon his 
collegiate course and come to Lake Superior 
in 1862. He joined the corps of the Chi- 
cago & Northwestern Railroad Company 
engaged in building the railroad through the 
Upper Peninsula, acting in the capacity of 
civil engineer, but professional life attracted 
him and he determined to enter the ranks 
of the legal fraternity. Accordingly he took 
up the study of law and in 1870 was admit- 
ted to the bar, since which time he has been 
engaged in active practice in the Upper 
Peninsula. He first located in Escanaba, 
and after five years passed in that place 
came, in 1876, to Marquette, where he has 
since resided. In his boyhood days he 
worked in his father's tannery during vaca- 
tions, and from early youth he has been de- 
pendent entirely upon his own resources, so 
that he deserves great credit for the success 
he has achieved in life. He has now be- 
come one of the most eminent lawyers on 
the Upper Peninsula, and has built up a very 
extensive and lucrative practice. He is a 
fluent and forcible speaker, strong in argu- 
ment, quick to master the available points 
in a case and ready to meet any question 
that may arise, owing to his thorough and 
extensive knowledge of the law. In con- 
nection with the practice of his chosen pro- 
fession, Mr. Clark is a stockholder in the 
Dexter Mining Company, is president of the 
City Electric Street Railroad Company, and 



is a stockholder and director in the Hazard 
Machine Company. 

Honored with various local offices and 
with others of more importance Mr. Clark 
has served as president of the village of Es- 
canaba in 1872, and was Prosecuting Attor- 
ney of Delta county in 1873. The follow- 
ing year he" was elected a member of the 
Michigan Legislature and served in the Gen- 
eral Assembly of 1874-5. He was elected 
School Inspector and Supervisor of the Sec- 
ond ward of Marquette in 1880, and in 
1888 was elected Mayor of this city, in which 
position he has served for two terms, while 
for the past several years he has been a 
member of the School Board. In these 
various offices he has ever been found true 
and faithful to the trust reposed in him, and 
is devoted to the best interests of the gen- 
eral public. The cause of education finds 
in him a warm friend, and all that is cal- 
culated to enhance the public prosperity re- 
ceives his commendation and support. 

In 1877 Mr. Clark led to the marriage 
altar Miss Ellen J. Harlow, the only daugh- 
ter of Amos R. Harlow, the honored founder 
of this city. They now have two interest- 
ing children, — Martha Bacon and Harlow 
Alden. The parents are consistent mem- 
bers and active workers of the Presbyterian 
Church, in which Mr. Clark is now serving 
as Elder and Trustee. He has been closely 
identified with the Upper Peninsula for the 
past thirty-three years and is well known 
throughout this section of the State. He 
has witnessed its growth from a Peninsula 
containing about 7,000 to over 200,000 in- 
habitants, and has seen the iron ore ship- 
ments increase from less than 90,000 to over 
9,000,000 tons. He is recognized as an 
honored pioneer and public-spirited citizen, 
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the country which has for many years been 
his home. His honorable, upright life, en- 
tirely above reproach, has won him the 
confidence and respect of all who know him, 
and with pleasure we present to our readers 
this record of his career. 



5V^ H. MERRITT.— The study of 
I 1 the character of the representa- 
/^^_^ tive American never fails to offer 
much of pleasing interest and val- 
uable instruction. It develops an original- 
ity of thought, a peculiar mastering of e.\- 
pedients, which have given a most wonder- 
ful result. The subject of this sketch is a 
worthy representative of that type of Ameri- 
can character, that progressive spirit, which 
promotes public good in advancing indi- 
vidual prosperity. His success is the result 
of his industry and untiring enterprise, com- 
bined with good judgment and correct busi- 
ness habits, and a determination, at what- 
ever sacrifice, to do right. 

Mr. Merritt was born in Greene county, 
New York, September 29, 1833, and is a 
son of Daniel and Jeannette (Wilson) Mer- 
ritt, who were of English and Scotch 
origin. The grandfather, Samuel Merritt, 
was drafted for service in the English army, 
but after a few days he made his escape, 
for he was a thorough American and his 
loyalty rebelled at service with the Tories. 
He also had a brother who was pressed into 
the British service; after succeeding in mak- 
ing his escape was captured by Indians, 
the capture occurring in the following man- 
ner: One dark night his mother sent him 
out to the wood-pile to get an arm-load of 
wood, and while carrying out her retjuest 
he was taken by some Red men, who held 
him in captivity for seven \-ears, taking him 



with them from place to place and watch- 
ing that he should not escape; but at length 
he succeeded in getting his liberty and re- 
turning to his home. After his long ab- 
sence he stopped at the same old wood-pile 
and with an arm-load of fuel, entered the 
house with the remark, ' ' Mother, I have 
brought your wood. " This gentleman died 
in the Empire State. The grandfather of 
our subject came to the West and died in 
Ravenna, Ohio, at the extreme old age of 
ninety-two years. He was never ill a day 
in his life and death came like a dreamless 
sleep. 

The father of our subject was a car- 
penter and removed from New York to 
Ravenna, Ohio, in 1837, arriving there just 
as the panic of that year came on ; and all 
through the following season the only 
money he received was a silver quarter, 
which was given him by a jeweler for going 
to the wood, securing a young sapling which 
he made into a pointed pole, and, planting it 
in the ground, hanging thereon the jeweler's 
sign. The money he thus obtained he used 
for postage on letters which he wrote back 
to his mother and relatives in the East. 
He remained in Ravenna for a number of 
years, where he contracted to build about 
fifty miles of the Cleveland & Pittsburg 
Railroad, receiving the contract from Selah 
Chamberlain. He afterward built the Cleve- 
land coal docks and tre.stles, and continued 
in that city until the spring of 1855, when 
he contracted with John Santer to build a 
merchandise dock at Eagle River, Michi- 
gan. He finished this contract during the 
summer and took a contract from the Cleve- 
land Iron Mining Company to build the first 
ore dock in Marquette harbor, leaving 
Cleveland about the 1st of November, 1855, 
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stopped at the " Soo" Mr. Merritt employed 
among others a couple of Frenchmen, one 
of whom had at the time the smallpox. 
Mr. Merritt was stricken with the disease 
and died December 20, 1855, at the age of 
forty-nine years, his remains being interred 
at Marquette. His wife died September 
22, 1883, at the age of seventy-two, and 
was laid to rest at Maple Grove Cemetery 
in Ravenna, Ohio. In their family were 
two sons and two daughters: Daniel H. ; 
Ellen, wife of Charles Hudson, of Chicago; 
Emma J., wife of George Goulding, of 
Denver, Colorado; and Charles, who was 
killed in a railroad accident on the Cleve- 
land & Pittsburg Railroad at about the age 
of fifteen. 

The gentleman whose name heads this 
record was reared in Ravenna, Ohio, until 
the age of sixteen, attending the public 
schools and graduating at the high school. 
At the age just mentioned he began work on 
the Cleveland & Pittsburg Railroad, where 
he remained from 1849 until 1856, serving 
in various capacities in the locomotive 
department. He then came to Marquette, 
Michigan, to settle up his father's un- 
finished affairs, completing his task in June 
of the same year, when he returned to 
Cleveland, and thence went to Adrian, 
Michigan, as an employe of the Michigan 
Southern Railroad Company. In the spring 
of 1857 he went to Gallon, Ohio, in the 
service of what was then the Bellefontaine 
& Indiana Railroad, which afterward be- 
came the property of the " Big Four" com- 
pany. During the panic of 1857 the mana- 
ger received orders to discharge one-half of 
the entire force of employes, and to take a 
fair and impartial course about it he made 
just as many slips of paper as there were 
employes and on one-half of these he wrote 



the word " Go " and on the other " Stay, " 
and, putting them into a hat, allowed the 
workmen to draw and thus decide their fate. 
One of Mr. Merritt's friends, who had a 
family and had laid in his supplies, got one 
of the former kind, and Mr. Merritt, who 
was next to draw, got a slip marked " Stay ; " 
but, as he had no family to support and no 
one depending upon him, he exchanged slips 
with his friend, and he now says it was the 
luckiest thing that ever happened. 

He left that place to seek a fortune else- 
where, and in his subsequent career has won 
success of a high order. He first went to 
Lancaster, Ohio, where he obtained employ- 
ment on the Muskingum Valley Railroad, 
remaining there until the spring of 1858, 
when he came to Marquette and began rail- 
roading on the Iron Mountain road, which 
afterward became the Bay de Noquet & 
Marquette road, later the Marquette & 
Ontonagon, subsequently the Marquette, 
Houghton & Ontonagon, and next became 
a part of the Duluth, South Shore & At- 
lantic Railroad. He remained with that 
company until 1874, through all the vicissi- 
tudes of service, employed in the various 
capacities of conductor, engineer, superin- 
tendent of motive power and general 
manager. 

In the meantime, in 1868, Mr. Merritt 
formed a partnership with L. E. Osborn 
and started a machine-shop and foundry, 
which was afterward conducted under the 
name of the Iron Bay Manufacturing Com- 
pany, and is now the Lake Shore Iron 
Works. In the winter of 1858 he con- 
structed the first stationary engine ever built 
on Lake Superior, and he also set up the 
first printing-press in this region, while in 
1 87 1 he built the first locomotive ever con- 
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use on the South Shore Railroad. After 
leaving the road in 1874, Mr. Merritt car- 
ried on the manufacturing business with Mr. 
Osborn until 1882, when the business was 
merged into that of the Iron Bay Manu- 
facturing Company, with which he contin- 
ued his connection until 1893. He was 
with the works for twenty-five years, and 
during all that time was president of the 
company. Since 1893 he has lived retired, 
although he is still a stockholder in a num- 
ber of mining companies and banks and 
owns considerable valuable real estate, in- 
cluding his beautiful residence in Marquette, 
where he passes his leisure hours with his 
family. This magnificent home is located 
on the bank of Lake Superior, commanding 
a magnificent view of the water and sur- 
rounding country. 

Mr. Merritt was married in i 860 to Miss 
Harriet L. Alford, a native of Ohio, and to 
them have been born two sons and three 
daughters, namely: Frank, Edward, Edith, 
Florence and Bessie. The parents are mem- 
bers of the Episcopal Church and hold a 
very prominent position in social circles. In 
his political views Mr. Merritt is an inde- 
pendent Republican. He was made a 
Mason in Unity Lodge, No. 12, Ravenna, 
Ohio, a few days before he attained his ma- 
jority, by a special dispensation from the 
Grand Lodge of the State of Ohio. Mr. 
Merritt may well feel proud of his success 
in life. He started out for himself a poor 
boy, with nothing to aid him, and has 
steadily worked his way upward until he is 
now in a position of eminence. His pros- 
perity is well deserved. Earnest effort, 
fidelity to all interests, good management 
and enterprise, — these are the traits of char- 
acter which have brought him success, and 
his example should well serve to encourage 



others, who like himself are forced to begin 
life's battles without the aid of capital or in- 
fluential friends. 



>'^^AD SMITH.— Among the officials 
■ ^^ of northern Michigan deserving of 
\^^W mention among the best citizens of 
the Upper Peninsula is this gentle- 
man, who is now serving as Clerk of Marquette 
count)'. He was born in Norwalk, Con- 
necticut, December 26, 1845, and is a son 
of Gad and Mary (TrafTord) Smith, who 
were also natives of Connecticut and were 
of English descent. The paternal grand- 
father, Horatio Smith, was a soldier of the 
war of 1812, serving with the rank of 
Colonel, and his last days were spent in the 
Nutmeg State. The father of our subject 
was a minister of the Methodist Episcopal 
Church and died in New York city in 1848, 
while having charge of one of the best 
churches in that locality. The mother after- 
ward came to Marquette, Michigan, and 
long survived her husband, being called to 
the home beyond in March, 1882. They 
were parents of three children, — Horatio, 
who died in 1861; Mary, wife of Horace I. 
Simmons, a resident of Pittsfield, Massa- 
chusetts; and Gad, of this sketch. 

The last named was reared in the State 
of his nativity and acquired his education in 
the common schools. At an early age he 
began clerking in a store in Cornwall, Con- 
necticut, where he remained until 1862. On 
the 30th of July of that year he joined the 
Union army to aid in crushing out the re- 
bellion and became a member of Company 
G, Nineteenth Connecticut Infantry, in 
which he served until the close of the war, 
participating in the battles of Fredericks- 
burg, Chantilly, Chancellorsville, Wilder- 



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ness and Petersburg, and was with Sheridan 
in the Shenandoah valley campaign of 1864, 
participating in the engagements at Opequan, 
Fisher's Hill, Strasburg, Crawfordsville, 
and Cedar creek. He was also present at 
the surrender of Lee at Appomattox. Mr. 
Smith enlisted as a private, but meritorous 
conduct on the field of battle won him pro- 
motion. While at Alexandria, Virginia, he 
was commissioned First Lieutenant, at 
Petersburg was made Captain of his com- 
pany, and during the same campaign was 
promoted to the rank of Major. He was 
wounded at Cedar creek in the right leg by 
a shell and was taken to the hospital at Alex- 
andria, Virginia, and subsequently to An- 
napolis. He was mustered out at Fort 
Ethan Allen, Virginia, in October, 1865, 
after three years of faithful service. His 
military record is one of which he may 
justly be proud. He entered the service with 
little or no knowledge of military tactics, 
but was inspired with an unconquerable 
patriotism, and his fitness and bravery on 
the field of battle won him promotion on 
various occasions. He led his men in many 
an engagement and his own fearlessness and 
loyalty inspired them with enthusiasm. 

After being discharged Mr. Smith at once 
returned to his old home in Connecticut and 
for some years was employed as an account- 
ant. His worth and ability were recognized 
by his fellow citizens and in 1S66 he was 
elected to the State Legislature. In 1873 
he became a resident of Michigan, locating 
in Negaunee, where he was employed by the 
Iron Cliffs Company as an accountant, serv- 
ing in that capacity until December, 1876, 
at which time he removed to Marquette. 
On the 1st of January, following, he became 
Deputy County Clerk and discharged the 
duties of that position until October, 1881, 



i when he became special Deputy Collector of 
I Customs. On the 31st of December, 1882, 
he was elected County Clerk and Register 
of Deeds and has filled that office continu- 
ously since, covering a period of more than 
twelve consecutive years, and being elected 
on the expiration of each two-years term. 
No higher testimonial of his fidelity to duty 
could be given than his long continuance in 
office. He is a member of the Board of Con- 
trol of the branch State prison at Marquette. 
He is one of the prominent and popular 
men on tlie Upper Peninsula, and as an of- 
ficial has given entire satisfaction to the 
public, while as a citizen none stands higher. 
In 1 87 1 was celebrated the marriage of 
Mr. Smith and Miss Helen M. Treat, a na- 
tive of Connecticut. He is a member of 
the Grand Army of the Republic and is very 
prominent in Masonic circles, having arisen 
to the thirty-second degree. In politics he 
is a stalwart Republican, and is recognized 
as one of the leaders of the party in this 
community. 



aAPTAIN GEORGE F. SHIPMAN, 
master of the passenger boat Queen 
of the Lakes, is a well-known citi- 
zen of Escanaba, Michigan. 
Captain Shipman dates his birth in Door 
county, Wisconsin, November 15, 1854. 
His parents, William and Minerva (Thomp- 
son) Shipman, were natives of Pennsylvania 
and Saginaw, Michigan, respectively; were 
married in Michigan, moved from here to 
Illinois soon after marriage, thence to Door 
county, Wisconsin, and finally to Green 
Bay, that State. The father died at Es- 
canaba, Michigan, and the mother on St. 
Martin's island, both passing away in the 
same year. They had a family of six chil- 



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dren, two of whom died in childhood and 
two after reaching manhood. Only the sub- 
ject of this sketch and his sister, Mrs. Ed. 
Coffee, of Manistique, Michigan, are left. 

George F. received his education at 
Green Bay, Wisconsin. His father was a 
boatman on the lakes during his active 
years, and when quite young George began 
making trips with him, under his tutorship 
became a proficient boatman, and has con- 
tinued on the lakes ever since. He has 
been master of vessels for the last twelve 
years and for five years prior to this he was 
a licensed engineer. He has during his ca- 
reer commanded the following named tug- 
boats: J. N. Brooks, J. W. Halm, Edith, 
William Maxwell, A. Booth, Anderson and 
Sarah R. Shipman. The last named vessel 
he owned. He also owned and commanded 
the Allie E. Shipman, a passenger boat. 
Other tugs which he commanded were the 
Ben Drake and Fawn, and for some time 
he operated a steam barge for the Escanaba 
Towing and Wrecking Company. His 
command of these vessels covered a period 
of twelve years of active service on Lake 
Michigan and Green Bay. At present his 
engagement includes the command of a pas- 
senger and pleasure boat which runs between 
Escanaba, Gladstone, Rapid River, Garth 
and Masonville. During his life on the 
water Captain Shipman has had some nar- 
row escapes and has met with many excit- 
ing experiences, but his career on the whole 
has been attended with fair success. 

He was married in Escanaba, Michigan, 
November 25, 1886, to Miss Alice E. Wal- 
ters, a native of Florida and a daughter 
of John G. and Alice E. Walters, her father 
a native of Germany and her mother of New 
York. Mr. and Mrs. Walters make their 
home with their daughter, Mrs. Shipman. 



The Captain and his wife have one child, 
George W., at this writing nine months old. 
Mrs. Shipman and her parents are mem- 
bers of the Presbyterian Church. Frater- 
nally the Captain is identified with Delta 
Lodge, No. 195, F. & A. M. ; politically, 
with the Republican party. 



a APT. JAMES HEWLETT, Es- 
canaba, Michigan, is well known 
as the owner and master of the 
schooner Jane Anderson. 
He was born in Somersetshire, England, 
in October, 1 846. When he was fourteen 
years of age he shipped on board an Eng- 
lish man-of-war, upon which he served as 
common sailor over six years. He was 
aboard a training ship at Southampton at 
the time our Civil war broke out. This serv- 
ice became irksome to him, and, as he was 
not heartily in accord with the Government 
under which he was employed, he took 
"French leave of absence" and came to 
the United States from Canada, his coming 
to this country being soon after the war 
closed. For two years he made his home 
at Cleveland, Ohio, his time being em- 
ployed as a sailor on the lakes, and he has 
ever since continued on the lakes. For seven 
or eight years he was at Fayette, Michigan, 
and from there came in 1873 to Escanaba, 
which has since continued to be his home. 
In 1882 he bought the vessel he now owns 
and commands, the Jane Anderson, which 
is technically termed an "enrolled" vessel, 
and which is employed wholly in coasting. 
Captain Hewlett buys produce on the South- 
ern Peninsula and elsewhere, principally 
fruits and early vegetables, which he car- 
ries north for market, and in this business 
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the water, covering a period of thirty-five 
years, has been unmarred by any serious ac- 
cident. 

The Captain was married in Escanaba 
in 1877 and has an interesting family. Mrs. 
Hewlett's maiden name was Christina Leon: 
she was born in Norway in 1847, and she 
came to this country with her parents when 
a young woman. She had been married 
previous to her union with Mr. Hewlett, 
and by her first husband had two children, 
one of whom is deceased. The other, John, 
is married and a resident of Escanaba where 
he occupies the position of telegraph oper- 
ator for the Chicago & Northwestern Rail- 
road. Her children by her present hus- 
band are Eddie, Lizzie, Gertie, Elsie, Willie 
and Mabel, all at home. Eddie is a mes- 
senger boy for the Western Union Telegraph 
Company. 

Captain Hewlett's parents, John and 
Hannah Hewlett, passed their li\es and died 
in England. They had a family of nine 
children, but of the location or fate of 
his brothers and sisters our subject knows 
nothing, he having lost all trace of them 
when he came to America. 

Politically, the Captain is a Republican. 
He is a Protestant, but is not connected 
with any Church. His children attend the 
Presbyterian Church and Sunday-school. 
Fraternally, he is an Odd Fellow, belong- 
ing to both the lodge and encampment, 
and he and his wife are members of the Re- 
bakah degree lodge. 



aHARLES H. CHAPMAN, the well- 
known and esteemed veteran news- 
paper man of Sault Sainte Marie 
and a member of the popular law 
firm of McDonald & Chapman, descended 



from Danish ancestors who left Jutland 
about the middle of the fourth century and 
united themselves with the Britons, thus 
contributing their blood toward the forma- 
tion of the Anglo-Saxon race. The name 
was preserved all through the ages. Some 
years prior to the American Revolution, 
one Edgar Chapman emigrated to the New 
World and took up his abode in Connecti- 
cut. One of his descendants, probably a 
son, Ichabod Chapman, fought in the 
American army for independence. As a 
civilian, he was a farmer. In 181 8 he 
moved to Genesee county. New York, near 
Batavia, and opened a new farm. He died 
there about 1830, at the age of eighty-five 
years. One of his sons was Amasa D. 
Chapman, born in Colchester, Connecticut, 
November 11, 1796. He spent his life in 
the main as a farmer, but during his young 
manhood he was a teacher. He graduated 
at Bacon's Academy in Connecticut in 1816 
and went to Genesee county. New York, 
with his father. In 1835 he was commis- 
sioned Captain of militia bj- the Governor 
of that State. He came to Michigan in 
1837 and settled on a farm in Oakland 
county. This farm he cultivated until the 
spring of 1855, when he moved to Cumber- 
land county, Kentucky, remaining there four 
years and a half, and then returning to 
Oakland county, where he died December 
4, 1882. He was greatly interested in the 
education of the young, and for twenty-one 
consecutive years was Moderator in his 
school district. He was the father of nine 
children by Hannah L. Hunt, whose family 
went to New York from \'erniont. Si.x of 
their children survive, viz. : Joseph, George 
and Ichabod, in Oakland county; Albert, an 
attache of Representative Hall, Lansing; 
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Charles H. Chapman was born April 9, 
1855. He attended the district schools 
until he was fifteen years of age, when he 
entered the office of the old Pontiac Jack- 
sonian, published by D. H. Solis, and be- 
gan his journalistic career. He worked on 
the Saginaw Daily Courier one year, was 
for three years with the Pontiac Bill Poster, 
next on the force of the Cincinnati Com- 
mercial Gazette, and afterward did repor- 
torial work and typesetting on many papers 
in Ohio and southern Illinois. Finally re- 
turning to Michigan, he resumed work on 
the Saginaw Courier. In 1S76 he estab- 
lished the Pontiac Commercial, which he 
conducted until 1879, when he sold out and 
then accepted a position on the Western 
Newspaper Union in Detroit. This place 
he filled until July, 1882, the date of his 
coming to Sault Sainte Marie. Here he be- 
came associated with William Chandler in 
the publication of the Chippewa County 
News, as editor and joint proprietor, which 
relation he sustained until November, 1887. 
In the meantime he was appointed Deputy 
State Oil Inspector, and was President of 
the Village of Sault Sainte Marie in 1886 
and 1887, being the last incumbent of that 
office. In November, 1888, he was elected 
by the Republicans to the office of Register 
of Deeds for Chippewa county, and served 
two years. Just before his term expired he 
entered into an arrangement with Messrs. 
Webster & Stradley to purchase the Soo 
Herald. They changed its name to Sault 
Sainte Marie Tribune, and its politics to 
Republican, and published it till April, 
1892, when it was consolidated with the 
Soo News, and Mr. Chapman passed out 
of the newspaper arena. 

In November, 1892, the subject of our 
sketch was the Republican candidate for the 



Legislature, but was defeated by seventy- 
eight votes, while the head of the Democ- 
ratic ticket in the district showed a majority 
of over 400. January i, 1893, Mr. Chap- 
man was appointed by the Secretary of 
State as Assistant Chief of the Department 
of Agriculture, and eight months later he 
was promoted to Chief of the Corporation 
department. While in Lansing he per- 
fected his law studies, was admitted by the 
Supreme Court, March 12, 1895, and re- 
signed the last week in the same month to 
return to this city. Here he at once en- 
gaged in the practice of law, becoming a 
member of the firm of McDonald & Chapman. 

April 27, 1878, Mr. Chapman was 
married, in Pontiac, Michigan, to Miss 
Mollie B., daughter of Nicholas Nott, who 
came to this country from Cornwall, En- 
gland. They had two children, both of 
whom are deceased, one dying at the age of 
four years and the other at sixteen months. 

Mr. Chapman is a Knight Templar and 
a Knight of Pythias, and both he and his 
wife are identified with the Episcopal 
Church. 



EON. OLEERICKSON, the popular 
and efficient Mayor of Escanaba, 
and one of the most prominent 
business men of the city, was born 
in the "Land of the Midnight Sun," his 
birth having occurred in Trondhjem, Nor- 
way, on the 13th of August, 1851. His 
father died in that country in 1879, but the 
mother still resides in Norway. But two of 
the children came to America, — Ole and his 
brother Michael, who is engaged in business 
as a merchant tailor in Marshalltown, Iowa. 
In the public schools of his native land 
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when nineteen )'ears of age emigrated to 
America. He had heard of the privileges 
and advantages afforded j'oung men in the 
new world and resolved to test the truth of 
these reports bj' trying his fortune in the 
United States. He became a resident of 
Faribault, Minnesota, in 1870, and was em- 
ployed there as a common laborer until 1 873, 
when he removed to Ford River, Michigan, 
where he worked in the lumbering camps 
and sawmills for about three years. In 1878 
he was employed as a clerk in the general 
store of the Ford River Lumber Company, 
with which he continued his connection for 
five years, serving as manager of the estab- 
lishment for two years. 

In 1884 Mr. Erickson came to Escanaba 
and embarked in business for himself, in 
company with A. H. Ralph, as proprietors 
of a grocery and provision store. The 
partnership was dissolved the following year, 
and M. K. Bissell joined Mr. Erickson in 
the business, which has since been con- 
ducted by that enterprising firm under the 
style of Erickson & Bissell. They deal in 
groceries, provisions, notions, fancy articles, 
cigars, tobaccos, etc. They have a finely 
equipped and well stocked store; complete in 
all its appointments, and the immense vol- 
ume of business transacted in the establish- 
ment is the result of the enterprise and 
honorable dealing of the proprietors. They 
also have an extensive trade in cedar posts, 
railroad ties, telegraph poles, pine logs and 
other commodities of that order. Since 
the organization of the present firm, its 
sales have amounted to about $150,000 
each year, and the store is one of the finest 
establishments of the kind in the northern 
peninsula. 

While residing at Ford River, Mr. Erick- 
son was united in marriage, in Milwaukee, 



Wisconsin, to Miss Jennie Jacobson, a na- 
tive of Norway, who came to America with 
her parents at the same time her future 
husband crossed the Atlantic. She was then 
a little maiden of nine summers. As the 
years passed she grew into an accomplished 
and cultured lady, who to-day occupies an 
enviable position in social circles, while in 
the home she is a hospitable hostess, having 
the happy faculty of making her guests feel 
at ease. 

Both Mr. and Mrs. Erickson hold mem- 
bership in the Presbyterian Church of Es- 
canaba and contribute liberally to its sup- 
port. In political circles he is a prominent 
figure, a leader of the Republican party in 
this section of the State. In its councils his 
opinions are received with deference and 
carry great weight. For several years he 
has been an influential member of the 
County Republican Central Committee and 
has been honored with some positions of 
public trust, having served as Treasurer of 
Ford River township for two or three terms, 
while at this writing, in the spring of 1895, 
he is serving his second term as Mayor of 
Escanaba. At the the head of the city gov- 
ernment he is a dignified and honored of- 
ficial, and his administration gives excellent 
satisfaction, for he has devoted his energies 
unselfishly to the welfare and advancement 
of Escanaba's interests, and her prosperity 
has been materially promoted by his labors. 
His public and private life are alike above 
reproach, and true to every trust reposed in 
him he has the confidence and esteem of all 
with whom he has been brought in contact. 
He is an honored member of several civic 
societies, occupying a position of prominence 
in various organizations. He belongs to 
Delta Lodge, No. 195, F. & A. M. ; Delta 
Chapter, No. iiS, R. A. M. ; Menominee 



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Cominandery, No. 35, K. T. ; and Ahmed 
Temple, A. A. O. N. M S., of Marquette. 
He also belongs to Escanaba Lodge, No. 
118, I. O. O. F. , and Delta Encampment, 
No. 1 14, and to the Knights of the Macca- 
bees, and has held nearly all the offices in 
the Odd Fellows lodge. 

Mr. Erickson came to this country a poor 
boy with no capital save a young man's 
bright hope of the future and the determina- 
tion to win success. With a rough and 
rugged path of hard endeavor before him he 
started forward to the goal of his hopes. He 
has encountered obstacles and difficulties, 
but has surmounted these by strong deter- 
mination and persistence. Each encounter 
has seemed as a spur for renewed efforts, 
and continuously and earnestly has he 
labored until to-day he stands among the 
substantial citizens of the northern peninsula. 
His success is the reward of his earnest 
labors. He possesses most excellent busi- 
ness and executive ability, and through his 
entire career has adhered to honorable prin- 
ciples and straight-forward methods in a 
manner that has won him unlimited confi- 
dence. 



He. CHOLETTE, M. D., who is 
engaged in the practice of medicine 
at Escanaba, Michigan, is one of 
the representative young physicians 
of the upper peninsula of the Wolverine 
State, and one whose character and labors 
entitle him to a place in this volume. As 
the name indicates, the Doctor is of French 
extraction, his birth having occurred No- 
vember 23, 1869, in the picturesque old 
French village of Rigaud, which is situated 
on the Riviere a la Graisse, in Vaudreuil 
county, Quebec. Canada. 



His parents, Hyacinthe and Julia Chq- 
lette, were both natives of Rigaud, Canada, 
where the father still maintains his residence; 
the mother is deceased. They had four 
sons and two daughters, of whom we offer 
brief record as follows: Joseph, the eldest, 
is a prosperous farmer in Canada; Hiliary is 
a practicing physician at Saint Justin, \'au- 
dreuil county, Quebec; Napoleon is engaged 
in agricultural pursuits near Rigaud, Can- 
ada; Henrietta is deceased; Sophia makes 
her home with her brother Napoleon, as 
does also the venerable father; and A. C. 
Cholette is the immediate subject of this 
review. 

The last mentioned was educated in the 
famous old college at Rigaud, and after his lit- 
erary discipline was finished he entered Vic- 
toria Medical College at Montreal, at which 
he graduated in 1892. Immediately after 
completing his medical course he entered 
upon the practice of his profession in Can- 
ada, where he remained for one year, when, 
in 1893, he came to Escanaba, where 
he has since been established and where 
he is building up a representative practice, 
by reason of his unmistakable ability and his 
fidelity to those to whom he ministers. In 
the city and vicinity reside a large number 
of his countrymen, and by them he is held 
in high regard, his services being in much 
demand among them. He is a man of fine 
literary attainments, as well as those of a 
professional order, and is one by whom the 
refined courtesies of social intercourse are 
ever observed. 

The Doctor is a member of Sainte Anne's 
Church, Catholic, of Escanaba, and fra- 
ternally is identified with the French So- 
ciety of Jacques Cartier and with the Inde- 
pendent Order of Foresters. He is un- 
married. 



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OTIS E. YOUNGQUIST, M. D.— 
The city of Escanaba is particularly 
favored in having represented in 
her corps of medical practitioners 
men of unmistakable ability and honor, and 
prominent among the younger physicians 
and surgeons of the place stands he whose 
name initiates this paragraph. The Doctor 
has attained to distinction in professional 
ranks and he has won for himself a place of 
usefulness in the State which is that of his 
nativity, for he was born in the Valley City 
of Michigan, — Grand Rapids, — on the 28th 
of December, 1868, being the son of An- 
drew and Ulricka {ncc Carlson) Youngquist, 
both of whom date their nativity in Jonkop- 
ing, Sweden, whence they came to America 
in 185 I, locating on a farm near Ypsilanti, 
Washtenaw county, Michigan, where they 
remained for ten years, after which they re- 
moved to Grand Rapids, where they still 
abide. They had a family of five sons and 
three daughters, and the visitation of death 
has occurred but once in the family circle, 
one son being deceased. Our subject was 
the youngest of the children. One of his 
brothers, Orrin G. , is a practicing physician 
at Marquette, Michigan; the other two 
brothers, — Hiram A. and A. Luther, — are 
farmers by occupation; Martin L. is de- 
ceased; Tina is the wife of Hiram Misner, 
of Casnovia, Muskegon county, Michigan; 
Delia married Ed. Farnham and resides at 
Marquette; and Myrtle and A. Luther are 
still under the parental roof. 

Our subject received his preliminary ed- 
ucation in the common schools at Lisbon, 
Kent county, completing a course of study 
in the high school at that place. He began 
his professional studies at Lake Forest Uni- 
versity, near Chicago, and Rush Medical 
College, in that city, where he graduated 



with the coveted degree of M. D., in which 
institution he completed the prescribed 
course, graduating there in 1892. He at 
once determined upon Escanaba as an ad- 
vantageous point at which to enter upon 
his professional labors, and here he located 
and began the practice of his profession. 
He has devoted himself diligently, con- 
scientiously and ably to his work, and has 
gained a due reward in the holding of the 
respect of the community and in retaining a 
large and constantly increasing practice, be- 
ing acknowledged as one of the leading 
physicians of the city. 

Politically the Doctor is a stanch sup- 
porter of the Republican party, and relig- 
iously he was reared in the Lutheran faith. 
In his fraternal relations he is identified 
with the Masonic order and the Independent 
Order of Odd Fellows. 

On the 27th of September, 1893, was 
celebrated an important event in the life of 
our subject, since on that date was consum- 
mated his union with Miss S. Wilhelmina 
Gustafson, who is a native of Ishpeming, 
Michigan, in which city the marriage oc- 
curred. 



aHARLES L. SCHMIDT, M. D., a 
most successful medical practitioner 
of Escanaba, was born in Wuerz- 
burg, Bavaria, Germany, on the 2d 
of June, 1849, and his father, Frederick 
Schmidt, was a: druggist of that place. The 
Doctor entered the high school of his native 
city at the age of ten years, pursuing his 
studies there until the year 1864, when he 
entered the College of Medicine, having 
passed a satisfactory examination before the 
Senate of that institution. There he con- 
tinued his studies until 1869, when he was 



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graduated, on the 26th of June. He was 
admitted to the practice of medicine and 
surgery in 1870, in Germany, and soon after 
came to the United States, but remained 
here only a few months, when he returned 
to aid his country, then engaged in war. 
He became a surgeon in the German army 
and continued in the Fatherland until 1873, 
when he again crossed the broad Atlantic to 
the New World. He made his first location 
at Menominee, Michigan, and thence went 
to Stephenson, this State, and later to 
Spaulding. He afterward returned to 
Stephenson and from that town came to 
Escanaba, in the year 1881. Here he en- 
joys a good practice, confined not alone to 
his countrymen but including also some of 
the best American families in the city and 
surrounding country. 

While at Stephenson the Doctor led to 
the marriage altar Miss Mary Brunnell, a 
lady of French ancestr\' born in Pennsyl- 
vania. They became the parents of one 
son, Charles, who is now twelve years of 
age. On the request of Mrs. Schmidt the 
Doctor removed to Escanaba, but she was 
not long permitted to enjoy her new home, 
for si.x weeks later that dread disease con- 
sumption terminated her life, and she thus 
left her husband and little babe alone in a 
strange city. After living alone for a year 
the Doctor was again married, his second 
union being with Miss Lizzie Graes, a native 
of Luxemburg, Germany. One child blesses 
this union, Annie, now a little maiden of 
eight summers. The famiU' is an interest- 
ing one and in social circles the parents oc- 
cupy an enviable position. 

Dr. Schmidt received exceptionally ex- 
cellent educational advantages for acquiring 
a knowledge of the science of medicine and 
he is to-day a thorough student, leaving un- 



tried nothing that he thinks will further per- 
fect himself in his chosen life-work. This 
knowledge and his years of successful prac- 
tive render him able to cope with the most 
difficult cases, and his treatment of many of 
these has demonstrated his superior skill and 
ability. He was a member of the Chicago 
Medical Society and is the oldest practi- 
tioner in the city, in years of continuous 
work. 



aAPTAIN ALBERT H. ROLPH is 
numbered among the honored vet- 
erans of the Civil war, who, 
throughout his entire service, wore 
the blue and aided in defense of the Union. 
With a military record of which he may 
well be proud, and a business career most 
honorable, he is well worthy of representa- 
tion in this volume, devoted to the prominent 
citizens of the Upper Peninsula. 

The Captain claims England as the land 
of his birth, and Ickford, in Buckingham- 
shire, as the place, while the date is July 5, 
1 84 1. His parents, George and Frances 
(Guntrip) Rolph, and his ancestors for 
several generations, had lived in Bucking- 
hamshire, and the family had ever been a 
highly respected one of that locality. The 
Captain was one of a family of six sons and 
four daughters, of whom seven are now liv- 
ing, as follows : George, who still makes 
his home in his native village, and is a brick 
and stone mason employed as the foreman 
of an estate where his father had served 
throughout his lifetime in that capacity; 
Charles, a contractor and builder of Mel- 
bourne, Australia; Susan, wife of Robert 
Nevvitt, a well-to-do real estate dealer of 
De Kalb, Illinois; Eliza, wife of John C. 
Garner, of De Kalb, Illinois, senior member 



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MEMORIAL RECORD OF THE 



of the firm of Garner & Son, dealers in 
groceries, drugs, crockery and glassware; 
Raymond, who is engaged as a contractor 
and builder in the same place. Albert H., of 
this sketch; and Salina, wife of H. B. 
Gurber, who is extensively engaged in the 
creamery business in De Kalb, and recog- 
nized as an authority on all matters per- 
taining to the manufacture of dairy products, 
while on several different occasions he has 
been employed as an instructor in dairy 
colleges throughout the United States. 

When a lad of thirteen summers Albert 
H. Rolph was brought by his parents to 
America, the family reaching this country 
in May, 1854, and locating in De Kalb, 
Illinois. His mother had died in England 
the previous year, and his father afterward 
married again. The latter reached the weH- 
advanced age of ninety-three years, being 
called from this life in 1892. 

Our subject acquired the greater part of 
his education in the schools of De Kalb, 
and remained there until the breaking out 
of the great war of the rebellion. Prompted 
by a spirit of patriotism, on the 22d of July, 
1 861, he enlisted as a musician in the band 
of the Forty-second Illinois Infantry, and 
served in Missouri under Generals Fremont, 
Hunter and Pope, and participating in 
several skirmishes in that State. After a 
service of seven months and two days he 
was discharged, under a general order from 
the Secretary of War, which discharged all 
regimental bands. He soon enlisted, how- 
ever, August 6, 1862, as Corporal of Com- 
pany K, of the One Hundred and Fifth 
Illinois Infantry, in the brigade commanded 
by General B. F. Harrison and in the Army 
of the Cumberland commanded by General 
Thomas, in Kentucky and Tennessee. After 
the battle of Nashville he was appointed 



Provost Marshal on the staff of General 
James B. Steadman, with headquarters at 
Chattanooga, and while in this position he 
had charge of all the prisoners passing 
through that place on the way to their 
respective homes. He was mustered out 
in order to receive promotion November i, 
1863, when he was commissioned Captain 
of Company E of the Fourteenth United 
States Colored Infantry, still serving in the 
Army of the Cumberland. He was finally 
mustered out March 26, 1866, having served 
in all for four years, two months and twenty 
days, — a record but few times equaled. He 
was always fond of his post, and whether 
the duty that devolved upon him was ardu- 
ous or light it was promptly performed, and 
the country reaped the reward of his loyalty. 

When he was at liberty to resume the 
pursuits of civil life he at once returned to 
his old home in De Kalb. During a leave 
of absence he had married, on the 28th of 
September, 1865, Miss Stella H. King, a 
native of Painesville, Ohio. The wedding 
ceremony was performed at the home of 
her father, Amos B. King, in Chicago, the 
residence then standing on the site now 
occupied by the North Side high-school 
building. Mrs. Rolph was educated in 
Chicago and is a cultured and refined lady. 
Her father was for some time a commission 
merchant, and is now living retired in 
Rogers Park, one of the beautiful suburbs of 
that city. To Captain and Mrs. Rolph 
have been born a daughter, Laura A., now 
the wife of Albert Ellsworth, a druggist of 
this city, by whom she has one son, Charles 
West. She, too, acquired her education in 
Chicago, graduating at the high school in 
that city. The family is one of prominence 
in social circles. 

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Captain Rolph made his iiome in Chicago. 
For five years he was employed as book- 
keeper for a steamboat company, and for 
the five years following the great fire of 1871 
he was bookkeeper for W. W. Boyington, 
a noted Chicago architect, and had general 
charge of the office work. During Mayor 
Heath's administration he served as secre- 
tary of the building department for three 
years, being thus intimately connected 
with the marvelous growth of the City 
by the Lake, which rose Phcenix-like 
from its own ashes. Subsequently he was 
bookkeeper in the Merchants' National 
Bank in Chicago until June, 1883, when, 
on the solicitation of C. B. Blair, he came 
to Escanaba to serve as bookkeeper for the 
Ford River Lumber Company, which po- 
sition he filled for a year. He then em- 
barked in business for himself as a grocery 
merchant, and now has one of the largest 
and finest stores of the kind in the city, car- 
rying a large line of staple and fancy grocer- 
ies and provisions, giving employment to 
four men and having an extensive trade. 
He manages his affairs with system and 
method, as any bookkeeper would have an 
ambition to do, and his well directed efforts, 
perseverance and industry have brought to 
him success that numbers him among the 
substantial citizens of the community. 

In Masonic circles Mr. Rolph is quite 
prominent. He joined the fraternity at De 
Kalb, Illinois, soon after attaining his major- 
ity, and is now a member of Delta Lodge, 
No. 195; also of Delta Chapter, No. 118, 
R. A. M., and of Apollo Commander\', No. 
I, K. T. , of Chicago. He is a charter 
and life member of the Consistory of Free- 
port, Illinois, and belongs to Ahmed Temple, 
Mystic Shrine at Marquette, Michigan. He 
has held every official position in the blue 



lodge, and for two years served as Worship- 
ful Master, within which time there were 
fifty accessions to his lodge. He has been 
a member of the Grand Lodge of Michigan, 
where he served on the committee on ap- 
peals. He takes great interest in the or- 
der. His association with the Grand Army 
of the Republic began in Chicago, when he 
joined U. S. Grant Post, No. 28, and he 
was serving as Senior Vice Commander at 
the time of his removal from that city. He 
was present at the mustering-in ceremonies 
of General Sheridan in the George H. 
Thomas Post, and General Logan in the 
U. S. Grant Post, on the latter occasion 
being Senior Vice Commander. 

In the various relations of life Captain 
Rolph is ever the same true and loyal man 
that he was found to be when at the coun- 
try's call for troops to aid in crushing the 
rebellion he "donned the blue," following 
the stars and stripes on Southern battle- 
fields until the old flag was victoriously 
planted in the capital of the Southern Con- 
federacy. 



aLAYTON VOORHIS, a prominent 
citizen of Gladstone, Delta county, 
where he is extensively engaged in 
the real-estate and insurance busi- 
ness, may consistently claim business sen- 
iority, in point of consecutive operation in 
the line, over all other real-estate men in 
this modern and thriving little city. He be- 
came a resident of the newly founded town 
of Gladstone in July, 1888, and has been an 
interested witness of its rapid and consecu- 
tive growth in the way of legitimate busi- 
ness enterprise and substantial upbuilding, 
— to which he has contributed in no slight 



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MEMORIAL RECORD OF THE 



degree. He at once made investments in 
real estate, and soon began the improve- 
ment of the same, having determined upon 
a permanent residence in Gladstone, and 
standing ready to lend every effort toward 
furthering her best interests. Besides his 
individual holdings Mr. Voorhis is a part 
owner of the Marble addition, a forty-acre 
subdivision recently platted near the city, 
and situated between Delta avenue and the 
recently located and extensive establishment 
of the Buckeye Stave Company for the 
manufacture of staves and heading. 

Our subject is a member of the local 
Board of Fire and Water Commissioners 
and is the present City Assessor of Glad- 
stone. He is anything but passive in the 
matter of politics, being a Republican of the 
most stalwart variety. He was appointed 
U. S. Deputy Collector of Customs by Col- 
lector Osborn, of Marquette, under the ad- 
ministration of President Harrison. He is 
chairman of the City Republican Committee 
and of his ward committee, and is a mem- 
ber of the County Central Committee. He 
is one of the wheel-horses of local Republi- 
canism, and is an active campaign worker. 
In addition to his extensive operations in the 
real-estate and insurance field, Mr. Voorhis 
is one of the leading coal dealers of the city 
and is the local representative of the Sault 
Sainte Marie Land and Improvement Com- 
pany and the Minneapolis Brewing Com- 
pany, both of Minneapolis, Minnesota. 

Clayton Voorhis was born in Bradford 
county, Pennsylvania, on the 2d of January, 
1859. His father,, George H. Voorhis, was 
a furniture dealer in Wilkes Barre, Pennsyl- 
vania, and he there rounded out a success- 
ful business career in 1891, when he passed 
away, at the age of sixty-five years. He 
was a native of the old Keystone State, but 



his father, James Voorhis, was born in New 
York city. The paternal lineage of our 
subject traces back to the year 1620, to pure 
Holland stock, and through all the various 
modifications and corruptions in the spelling 
of the original name of Van Voorhees, — in 
many of which the identity of the patronymic 
was all but sacrificed, — we have the present 
names of Voorhees and Voorhis as the 
remnant most readily susceptible of recog- 
nition. George H. Voorhis married Abigail 
C, a daughter of Isaac Springsteen, who 
removed from Pennsylvania to Emerald, 
Wisconsin, in 1849. Mrs. Voorhis is still 
living, having attained the venerable age of 
sixty-five years, and retaining her home at 
Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania. She became 
the mother of three children, of whom our 
subject was the second. 

The subject of this review passed his 
youthful days in his native place, receiving 
his educational discipline in the public 
schools of Wilkes Barre. While yet in his 
'teens (1876) he went to Emerald, Wiscon- 
sin, and engaged in farming. He was with- 
out experience in this line of industry, but 
he entered with the intention of winning, 
and such were his discrimination, business 
sagacity and industry, that success crowned 
his efforts. His physical constitution was 
not sufficiently rugged to long withstand the 
continuous hard work of the farm, and in 
1887, he retired from agriculturism and 
went to Baldwin, Wisconsin, where he en- 
gaged in the hotel and grocery business, 
becoming proprietor of the Commercial 
House. In less than a year he disposed of 
his interests at Baldwin, and in casting 
about for a location his attention was at- 
tracted to Gladstone, whither he came, as 
already stated, in July, 1888. His success 
here has been notable and he is held in 



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59 



high esteem in both business and social 
circles. 

In I 88 1 Mr. \'oorhis was united in mar- 
riage, at Emerald, Wisconsin, to Miss Cora 
C, a daughter of James Christian, who 
came from the State of New York to Wis- 
consin in an early day, and who is now one 
of the oldest residents of Prairie du Sac, 
Sauk county, Wisconsin, where he is en- 
gaged in the manufacture of plows. He 
married Rebecca Springsteen, and their 
three children are George H., Cora C. 
(Mrs. Voorhis), and Miss Mamie Christian. 
Mr. and Mrs. Voorhis have no children. 

In his fraternal relations our subject is 
an Odd Fellow, having taken the subordi- 
nate degrees and those of the encampment, 
and is also a member of the Knights of 
Pythias. 



SEV. THOMAS J. JOSLIN, the 
honored and esteemed pastor of the 
Methodist Episcopal church of Ish- 
peming, Michigan, and Presiding 
Elder of the Flint district, has given his life 
to the ministry, a long and faithful service 
characterized by untiring devotion, by pa- 
tience and perseverance and a self-sacrific- 
ing spirit that commands the respect of even 
him who is inclined to ridicule sacred things 
generally. 

A native of Cohocton, Steuben county, 
New York, Mr. Joslin was born on the 29th 
of April, 1829, and is a son of Thomas Jos- 
lin, who was born in Madison county of the 
Empire State. The grandparents, Daniel 
and Martha (Jenks) Joslin, were natives of 
Rhode Island and the former was a trades- 
man. He took part in one battle of the war 
of 1812 and was ever a loyal citizen. The 
Joslin family is originally of Welsh origin. 



and was founded in America by the great- 
grandfather of our subject, who emigrated 
from Wales to Rhode Island. The grand- 
parents removed from that State to New 
York, and in the Empire State Thomas Jos- 
lin, Sr. , was born Having arrived at years 
of maturity, he wedded Mary A. Sleeper, a 
native of Dutchess county. New York, and 
a daughter of Benjamin H. and Charity 
(Hoag) Sleeper, who were also born in the 
same county, and were members of the 
society of Friends. The father was one of 
the finest penmen of his day. Mr. and Mrs. 
Thomas Joslin were married in Steuben 
county. New York, and came to Michigan 
in 1 844, locating in Holly, Oakland county. 
The following year he secured a tract of 
wild land and began its improvement, trans- 
forming it into a fine farm, on which he 
made his home until his death. His wife 
has also departed this life. In the family 
were six children: Perry, deceased, was 
editor and publisher of the Saginaw Enter- 
prise from its inception until it became a 
daily paper, when he sold out. He was 
also Postmaster of Saginaw. David L. is 
a retired farmer living in Holly, Michigan. 
Thomas L. is the next younger. Harvey is 
an attorney of Grand Rapids, Michigan. One 
son died in infancy. Rev. John S., who 
completes the family, is a member of the 
Detroit Conference of the Methodist Epis- 
copal Church. The parents were both con- 
sistent members of the Methodist Church, 
and the father served as its Steward for a 
year. When a young man he was a preacher 
and school-teacher, and was ever an exten- 
sive reader, thus keeping well informed on 
all matters of current interest and on sub- 
jects connected with the past. For twelve 
years he held the . office of Magistrate, and 
was always ready to advance the best in- 



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terest of the community in which he made 
his home. His j'oungest son aided in the 
defense of the Union during the Civil war, 
holding the rank of Lieutenant in the Sixth 
Michigan Cavalry. 

Rev. Mr. Joslin spent the first thirteen 
years of his life in the county of his nativity 
and then accompanied his parents on their 
emigration to Michigan, being reared amid 
the wild scenes of the frontier. He attended 
the public schools of Oakland county, and 
at the age of eighteen began preaching. 
Two years later he was ordained, and has 
since been in the active work of the ministry, 
following in the footsteps of Him who came 
to seek and save the lost. He has always 
been a member of the Detroit Conference. 
When he joined it, it was known as the 
Michigan Conference, but the Detroit Con- 
ference was afterward set off from it, and 
with the latter he has since been connected. 
His first charge was at Bennington, during 
which time he also had control of the entire 
of Shiawassee county and also parts of 
Saginaw and Livingston counties. He has 
since been called to the pastorate of the 
churches in Bay Citj^ and St. Clair, the 
Court Street church of Flint, the Farland 
Street church of the same place, the Simp- 
son church of Detroit, and the churches of 
Pontiac, Alpena, Fenton and Ishpeming, 
where he has now remained for four years. 
He has also been Presiding Elder of the 
Flint district for eight years and of the 
Adrian district for six years. He has 
preached almost 1,500 funeral sermons, and 
besides his work in the pulpit does much 
pastoral work. He has been a prominent 
member of the Board of Regents of the 
State Universit}'. In the pulpit he is earn- 
est, logical, sincere, impressing his hearers 
with the deep truth of his utterances. His 



voice is well modulated and pleasant, his 
delivery graceful, and wit and wisdom char- 
acterize his words, the former delighting the 
intellect, the latter convincing the reason. 

Mr. Joslin was married in 1849, the lady 
of his choice being Miss Susan Willover, a 
native of New York and a daughter of 
Charles and Mary Willover, who came to 
Michigan before the arrival of Mr. Joslin's 
father, whose farm adjoined theirs. The 
lady was born April 2, 1831, and was edu- 
cated in the common schools of this State. 
Five children have been given Mr. and Mrs. 
Joslin, but two have been called to the home 
beyond this life. The three living are John 
H., who married Allie Lloyd and lives in 
Calumet, Michigan; Hattie, at home; and 
Arthur E., who wedded Grace Peters; the 
latter reside in Adrian and have one child. 
Mr. Joslin finds in his wife a faithful com- 
panion and true helpmeet, as she aids him 
greatly in his work by her sympath)' and 
earnest efforts in behalf of the people who 
are in his congregation. 

Mr. Joslin takes great pride in writing 
poetry for different publications, and passes 
a great many leisure hours in this pleasure, 
some of which have been highly compli- 
mented. The following is one of his poems: 

THE SLOPES. 
A rapid pace doth time record 

As down the slope.s .she leads; 
And one should puard his flying^ steps 

While he both runs and reads. 

No devious ways no waiting' hours 

Are "mid the field notes placed; 
But straight-drawn lines God's pen hath made, 

By men and moments traced. 

No backward tread shall blur the track 

Along its westward way; 
As empire seeks some sunset star, 

All footprints point that way. 

Heart-prayers in minor key may rise 
And ask a change of law; 



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Still suns arise and tides roll on, 
And ripe grain crowns pale straw. 

The hand that hides the place of halt, 

Hath placed along^ the road. 
For strug'g-ling- minds and louging^ hearts. 

Helps to their high abode. 

Undecked with gems, of wisdom void. 

No soul can guiltless go; 
But smite the rock and burst the chain. 

For God hath ordered so. 
Soft hands protrude from faultless sleeves, 

And garments up to date; 
Where aimless hearts beat out dead time, 

Are mockeries of fate. 

The dauntless soul with purpose high. 

Puts heart-throbs into deeds; 
Nor fashion's flash, nor dronish ease. 

Find rank among his needs. 

And roj'al manhood at its best. 

Is best in love's own field; 
Bearing to toil, and want and woe. 

Love's largest, richest yield. 

God's plan exalts men to these things. 

And they reflect him well; 
Who give as he hath given to them, 

And thus his glory tell. 

To one of these the twilight hour 

No spectrals dark foreshow; 
For though the slopes be graveward all. 

His life hath upward flow. 

Thus Occident and orient 

Display a space between. 
Where godliness transforms the grade 

From (lotrn to up tlu green. 

— T. J. Josi.ix. 

Ishpeming, March 25, ISfl."). 



OC. BOWEN, M. D., who is en- 
gaged in the practice of medicine 
in Manistique, Michigan, with 
marked success, has the honor of 
being a native of this State, his birth hav- 
ing occurred in Branch county on the 6th 
of Jul)', 1840. His parents, Jesse and Lucy 
(Moorehouse) Bowen were both natives of 
Saratoga count}'. New York, and on leaving 
the Empire State in 1836 jonrnej'ed west- 



ward by way of the old canal and at last 
reached Branch county, where they made a 
permanent location. The father was a 
farmer by occupation and took up a tract of 
Government land upon which he built a lit- 
tle shanty which was his home until better 
improvements could be made. Not a fur- 
row had been turned on his land, the place 
being still in its primitive condition, but with 
characteristic energy he began its develop- 
ment and as soon as the acres were cleared 
and plowed, he planted crops which in course 
of time yielded good harvests. The once 
wild region was made to bloom and blossom 
as the rose and the Bowen farm was num- 
bered among the best in the neighborhood. 
Mr. Bowen was recognized as one of the 
leading and influential citizens of the com- 
munity and was honored with several offices 
of public trust, serving for a number of 
years as Supervisor, while for. one term he 
represented his district in the State Legis- 
lature. He passed away in February, 1864, 
and the community mourned his loss for he 
had ever been devoted to the best interests 
of the communit}'. His wife survived him 
fof many years and was called to the home 
bej-ond in November, 1885. Their family 
numbered four children, three of whom are 
living, namely: the Doctor, Alfonso, and 
Hon. O. A. Bowen, who is now Treasurer 
of the State of Washington. 

The early educational advantages of Dr. 
Bowen, acquired in the common schools, 
was supplemented by two terms' atten- 
dance in Hillsdale, Michigan. He aided in 
the labors of the home farm, working in the 
fields and giving his father the benefit of his 
services until he had passed the years of his 
minority, when he determined to devote his 
time and talents to some other pursuit 
than that to which he was reared. His 



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tastes led him to take up the study of medi- 
cine and he entered upon a course of lec- 
tures at Ann Arbor, Michigan, completing 
his medical studies in the Cincinnati Eclec- 
tic Medical Institute, at which he was gradu- 
ated in the class of 1866. For two years 
thereafter he was located in the county of 
his nativity, then went west spending several 
years in practice in a number of States and 
Territories. 

In the year 1882 Dr. Bowen arrived in 
Manistique and opened an office. At that 
time there were only about 600 inhabitants 
in the town. For thirteen years he has 
been in active practice here and has built up 
a lucrative business, which has grown with 
the growth of the town and takes in the best 
class of citizens. The physician controls 
human destiny more than any other man. 
Through ignorance on his part he may end 
the life that he is called to prolong, and 
therefore a most thorough knowledge of 
his science should he have. Dr. Bowen has 
spared neither labor nor expense in perfect- 
ing himself in his chosen profession, and his 
ability is now widely recognized in this 
neighborhood. 

His home is the abode of an interesting 
family, numbering the Doctor, his estimable 
wife and daughter Bernice. He has been 
twice married, his first union being with Miss 
Ella Pease and the wedding being celebrated 
on the 30th of June, 1886. The daughter 
graced this union. On the 29tli of August, 
1893, he led to the marriage altar Miss 
Hattie D. Pease, who is a member of the 
Presbyterian Church and has many friends 
in this community. 

The political connections of the Doctor 
ally him with the Republican party, and in 
1884 he was nominated and elected as 
Supervisor of Manistique, holding that office 



for one term. In 1894 he was elected Presi- 
dent of the city and at the head of Manisti- 
que's government he labored earnestly and 
commendably for the interests of the town. 
He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, a 
public-spirited and progressive man and pro- 
bably no citizen in the community has more 
friends or fewer enemies than Dr. Bowen. 




DESJARDINS, M. D., is a well- 
known ph3'sician and surgeon of 
Marquette, whose skill and ability 
have won him a leading place 
among the medical practitioners of this part 
of the State. He was born in the city of 
Montreal, Canada, December i, 1855, and 
is a son of Dr. Joseph A. and Clarissa 
(Chagnon) Desjardins, who were natives of 
Canada and of French descent. The grand- 
parents were born in France and at an early 
day crossed the Atlantic to Canada, where 
they spent the remainder of their lives. Dr. 
Joseph A. Desjardins was a graduate of the 
College of Physicians and Surgeons of 
Montreal, or the medical department of the 
Victoria University. He engaged in practice 
in Montreal until 1872, when he came to 
Marquette, Michigan, being numbered 
among its successful physicians until called 
to the home beyond the grave, his death 
occurring August 26, 1894. In 1873 he 
was made County Physician and served for 
many years, and also was health officer for 
several terms. He built up a fine practice, 
and in connection with his son, F. H., es- 
tablished a drug store, which is still in ex- 
istence, operated by a stock company. 

The Doctor, whose name heads this 
record, was educated in Montreal College, 
at which he graduated in 1872, and imme- 
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cine, and took one course of lectures in the 
Victoria Medical College, under the same 
professors who had been his father's pre- 
ceptors. The month of April, 1873, wit- 
nessed his arrival in Marquette, Michigan, 
and in 1874 he entered the University of 
Michigan at Ann Arbor, where he graduated 
in the medical department, on the 28th of 
March, 1877. He practiced his profession 
in Ishpeming and Negaunee until 1882, 
when, on the opening of the Gogebic Range, 
he went to that place, where he served as 
physician and surgeon for about twenty dif- 
ferent companies, having from 800 to 3,000 
families to care for. Dr. Desjardins re- 
mained there from 1883 until 1889, when 
he established the pioneer drug store in 
Hurley. 

On the 13th of February, 1879, the 
Doctor was united in marriage with Miss 
Eva Bibeau, and to them were born four 
children, — Eva, Ada and Blanche, who are 
all attending St. Joseph's Academy; and 
Alfred, who is at home. 

While residing in Hurley, Dr. Des- 
jardins, on the 1 6th of November, 1889, 
lost his wife. He then resigned his po- 
sition, which paid him $800 per month, and 
at last yielded to the entreaties of his father, 
who for thirteen years had urged him to 
come to Marquette and join him in the prac- 
tice of medicine. For the past si.\ j'ears he 
has resided in this city and was not long in 
establishing a reputation as one of the 
foremost physicians of Marquette county. 
He is a man of deep research, a close 
student of his profession, and his success is 
the result of his ability and skill. He held 
the position of County Physician and was 
also Health Officer for one term. He is 
secretary of the Marquette City Clinic, a 
local medical association, and by his pro- 



fessional brethren he is held in the highest 
esteem. 

In politics the Doctor is a Democrat, and 
is now serving as chairman of the Con- 
gressional Democratic Committee, and con- 
ducted the campaign of 1894. He has 
served as Alderman of the city for two terms, 
during which time he made manifest his 
deep interest in the public welfare by sup- 
porting all measures that he believed would 
benefit the community. He takes consider- 
able interest in civic societies and is a mem- 
ber of the Masonic fraternity, the Knights 
of the Maccabees, the Ancient Order of 
Foresters, the I\nights of Pythias, the Inde- 
pendent Order of Odd Fellows, was the 
founder and a member of St. John the 
Baptist Society of Marquette county, and 
was the founder and first president of Cercle 
Francais d'Egalite Politique. He is Medical 
Examiner for the Supreme Hive, K. O. T. 
M., and the local Superior Hive. In re- 
ligious faith he is a Roman Catholic. He 
has spent considerable time in traveling, 
visiting Mexico, the Pacific coast and the 
Eastern States, and is a man of broad gen- 
eral information and a pleasant and enter- 
taining companion. 



eDWARD C. ANTHONY is the hon- 
ored and popular Mayor of Negau- 
nee, and in the discharge of his 
official duties has won the com- 
mendations of all concerned, for he labors 
for the best interests of the city and is both 
public-spirited and progressive. This is his 
adopted country, yet no native-born son dis- 
plays a greater loyalty than does Mr. An- 
thony. 

He was born in Devonshire, England, 
January 8, 1840, and is a son of Thomas C. 



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Anthony, who was also a native of Devon- 
shire, where he conducted a dyeing business. 
In 1873 he took up his residence in this city, 
where he lived retired. Our subject attended 
the public schools of his native land until 
ten years of age and then gave to his father 
the benefit of his services until fourteen 
years of age, when he was bound out to 
learn the trade of saddlery and harness mak- 
ing, serving a two-years apprenticeship with 
Mr. Prettyjohn, mastering the business in 
all its details and becoming an expert work- 
man. He engaged in that pursuit in his na- 
tive land for five months, after which he de- 
cided to try his fortune in America. 

Accordingly Mr. Anthony bade adieu to 
home and friends, crossed the Atlantic and 
took up his residence in Marquette, Michi- 
gan, where he entered the employ of Sidney 
Adams, doing general farm work for about 
two years. He was then with the Railroad 
Company as brakeman for two years, and in 
1 86 1 the pursuits of peace were interrupted 
by his enlistment in the service of his coun- 
try. Prompted by a spirit of patriotism and 
a determination to aid the Union cause, he 
joined the First Michigan Cavalry for three 
years, serving in Company B. He acted as 
body guard to General N. P. Banks, and 
participated in the battles of Winchester, 
Ivelly's Ford, Gettysburg, Cold Harbor and 
others, and at the second battle of Winches- 
ter was taken prisoner and held a captive 
for four months. He received an honorable 
discharge in September, 1864, after three 
years of faithful service. 

Mr. Anthony at once returned to Mar- 
quette, and two months later came to Ne- 
gaunee, where he established a harness shop, 
carrying on business along that line until 
1889, when he sold out to Dinnc & Bates. 
He was very successful in that line of trade. 



winning a handsome competence, and since 
his retirement therefrom has engaged in mine 
speculation to some extent, and now, in 
connection with C. W. Taylor, is engaged 
in dealing in timber, which he sells to the 
mines. In 1879 he began the manufacture 
of powder for mines and did a prosperous 
business until 1890, when he sold out to the 
Anthony Powder Company (limited) and 
became its president, having since served in 
that capacity. The capital stock of the 
company, $20,000, has all been paid up 
and the enterprise is now in a flourishing 
condition. Mr. Anthony is also interested 
in the Escanaba River Land and Iron Com- 
pany, of which he was president and gen- 
eral manager for two years. 

The lady who now bears the name of 
Mrs. Anthony was in her maidenhood Miss 
Dorrette Bey, daughter of F. C. Bey of 
Marquette, and Mr. and Mrs. Anthony now 
have three living children. 

With several civic societies Mr. Anthony 
holds membership, belonging to Negaunee 
Lodge, No. 202, F. & A. M. ; Lake Superior 
Commandery; Ancient Order of United 
Workmen; and Albert Jackson Post, G. A. 
R. , of Marquette, of which he is Commander. 
His worth and ability are widely recog- 
nized and his fellow townsmen have fre- 
quently called him to office. For four years 
he was Township Treasurer, was City Treas- 
urer two years, a member of the School 
Board ten years, and in 1890, although the 
city is Republican and he is a stalwart 
Democrat, he was elected Mayor and has 
since held that office; was Superintendent of 
the Poor for seventeen consecutive years. 
The promptness and fidelity with which he 
discharges all public duties is attested by 
his frequent re-election. He is public- 
spirited in an eminent degree, and whatever 




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is calculated to promote the general welfare 
can count on his support and co-operation. 
In business he has won a merited success, 
attaining prosperity through his own efforts 
and demonstrating what can be accom- 
plished through enterprise, industry and 
sound business judgment. 



^V^ONALD McVICHIE, the popu- 
I I lar and efficient Postmaster of Ish- 
/^^_^ peming, has been prominently 
connected with public affairs in 
this locality for some years and his public 
career is without a stain. Characterized by 
a faithful performance of duty and by an 
earnest desire to promote the public wel- 
fare, his course has won public commenda- 
tion and he is numbered among the valued 
citizens of the community. 

Mr. McVichie is a native of Glengarry 
county, Ontario, Canada, born March 16, 
1848. His father, Donald McVichie, was 
born in Scotland, on the 18th day of March, 
1804, and was a son of Duncan and Ellen 
(Robinson) McVichie, both of whom reached 
a very advanced age, the former passing 
away at the age of ninety-two, while the 
latter departed this life when ninety-six 
years of age. The father's people lived in 
Argyleshire, Scotland, but the mother re- 
sided in Perthshire in her early days. In 
the year 1816, Duncan McVichie emigrated 
with his family to the New World, settling 
in Glengarry count}', Ontario, upon a farm 
which is now in possession of the third gen- 
eration. 

Donald Mc\'ichie was a youth of twelve 
years at the time when the voyage across 
the Atlantic was made. He grew to man- 
hood on the old homestead in Glengarry 
countv and having arrived at \ears of ma- 



turity was united in marriage with Miss 
Catherine Anderson, who was born in Perth- 
shire, Scotland, on the 3d of June, 1810, a 
daughter of Donald and Ellen Anderson. 
Her parents have also been called to the 
home beyond this life. The father reached 
the ripe old age of eighty-one years, but 
the mother died in 1823. The mother of 
our subject came to this country in 1843 
and since her marriage has always lived 
on one farm in Glengarry county. Mr. 
McVichie carried on farming, and also, to a 
limited extent, followed the trade of a mill- 
wright. 

He was a man of marked individualit}', 
firm in support of what he believed to be 
right, true to his principles and his duties. 
He took a deep interest in everything cal- 
culated to prove of public benefit, and dur- 
ing the Canadian rebellion of 1837 entered 
the service in support of the Government. 
He held membership in the Presbyterian 
Church, as does his wife, and was num- 
bered among its active workers. He died 
in January, 1882. His wife still survives 
him, at the age of eighty-five years. Recent- 
ly she made a visit to her children, going 
from her Canadian home as far as St. 
Cloud, Minnesota. 

Mr. and Mrs. McVichie had a family of 
five children, all of whom are j'et living, 
namely: Duncan, who resides in Warren, 
Ohio; Ellen, wife of John C. Curry, of St. 
Cloud, Minnesota; Daniel; John D., who is 
living on the old home farm; and Mary A., 
at home. 

Donald McVichie remained on the old 
home farm until eighteen years of age and 
became familiar with all its duties, for as 
soon as old enough to handle the plow he 
began work in the fields. In 1S67, he re- 
solved to trj- his fortime elsewhere and made 



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his way to what was then Marquette county, 
Michigan, but is now Schoolcraft county. 
He had no capital but was dependent en- 
tirely upon his own resources for a livelihood. 
He began for himself at the furnace and 
afterward took contracts. Subsequently he 
went to the New England mine, near Ish- 
peming, and secured a position as engineer; 
was also surface boss for a time. In 1873 
he came to the city, which is still his home, 
and in the years that followed carried on 
various lines of business. He opened a 
Canister quarry at Goose Lake, Marquette 
county, which he operated for some years, 
and then opened another near Deer Lake, 
shipping his products to St. Louis, Missouri; 
Joliet, Illinois; Chicago and Springfield, 
Illinois, and Hammond, Indiana. In Feb- 
ruary, 1890, he organized the Anthony 
Powder Company (limited), of which he is 
general manager. Other business interests 
have engrossed his time and attention, and 
in addition he has held various public offices 
of trust. His life had been a busy and useful 
one, interspersed with few idle moments, 
and his energy and enterprise have brought 
to him all that he now possesses. 

Mr. McVichie was married September 
24, 1879, to Louisa P. Tasker, of Columbus, 
Wisconsin, and a native of England. She 
was educated in Columbus, is a lady of cul- 
ture and refinement, and is a member of the 
Presbyterian Church. To them have been 
born five children, but only two are living, 
— Katie M. and Donald G. 

Mr. McVichie takes quite an active in- 
terest in civic societies. He aided in the 
organization and is a member of the blue 
lodge of Masons of Ishpeming. He is also 
connected with Lake Superior Commandery, 
No. 30, K. T. , the Mystic Shrine of Mar- 
quette, — Ahmed Temple, N. M. S. ; also 



De Witt Clinton Consistory of Grand 
Rapids, having risen to the thirty-second 
degree in the order. 

In his political affiliations Mr. McVichie 
has always been a Democrat, and has been 
an active worker in the ranks of the party. 
For seven years he served as Chief of Police, 
continuing in that position until 1884, dur- 
ing which time his administration of affairs 
won him the commendation of all concerned, 
his name bringing a sense of security to the 
law-abiding citizen and a feeling of terror to 
the evil-doer. On the i 5th of December, 
1885, he was appointed Deputy Collector of 
Internal Revenue and filled that office until 
November, 1889. On the i6th of June, 
1893, he was appointed Postmaster of Ish- 
peming, and his capable administration of 
affairs shows his ability. This is a second- 
class office, with free delivery, and he is by 
no means a sinecure. In all the relations 
of life whether in office, in business or in 
social circles, Mr. McVichie is an honorable, 
trustworthy gentleman, and Ishpeming may 
well number him among her valued citizens. 



HD. McINTYRE, Treasurer of Al- 
ger county, Michigan, is a young 
but experienced business man of 
this count}', whose residence dates 
back only three years, when he located at 
Munising as agent for the Chicago Lumber- 
ing Company, for which he still maintains 
an office and does business. Mr. Mclntyre 
came to the upper peninsula from Alcona 
county, this State, six years ago, and was 
stationed at Manistique in Schoolcraft coun- 
ty, in the employ of the Chicago Lumbering 
Company, before being transferred to Mu- 
nising. 

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NORTHERN PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN. 



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of our sketch inherits to a marked degree 
the steding characteristics of his forefathers. 
His birth occurred in Alcona county, Michi- 
gan, April 14, 1870. His education was re- 
ceived in the district and high schools, he 
having completed his high-school course and 
graduated in 1884. His business education 
he obtained through Bryant & Stratton's 
Correspondence School of Buffalo, New 
York. 'He could not afford to spend the 
time in attending any business college in per- 
son, and so did his study at night after work 
hours, sent his papers in for examination and 
was awarded a diploma for completion of 
this course in 1892, being ten months on the 
course. This training, together with his ac- 
tual business experience and contact with 
people, has been of great value to him, and 
has better qualified him for business than 
has many a young man's college life. In 
18S4 Mr. Mclntyre went to work in the 
woods for Alger, Smith & Company, and re- 
mained with them until his coming to upper 
Michigan, as already stated. 

In 1 894 our young friend launched out into 
politics, and that same j'ear he was given 
the nomination for County Treasurer by the 
Republican party, with which he had allied 
himself ever since he has been a voter; and 
he was duly elected after a vigorous and 
heated canvass, in which county everything 
else went Democratic on the original count. 

Mr. Mclntyre's father, Duncan Mclntyre, 
was born in the Highlands of Scotland in 
the year 1823, and died in America in 1873. 
He and his wife, whose maiden name was 
Mary Carruthers, had a family composed of 
the following named members: Isabell, wife 
of John Burt, Alcona county, Michigan; 
Nellie, now Mrs. Charles Sterritt, of Iowa; 
Dora, wife of Jerome Burt, Alcona county; 
John, also of Alcona county; Julia, wife of 



Lewis lotte, Tomahawk, Wisconsin; A. D., 
whose name heads this article; and Ed and 
Matie. 

A. D. Mclntyre was married June 2, 
1894, in Munising, Michigan, to Miss Jennie 
O'Donnell, and they have one child, Maud. 

Like many of the most progressive young 
men of the day, Mr. Mclntyre has identified 
himself with secret organizations. He is a 
Master Mason, belonging to Marquette 
Lodge, and also has a membership in the 
K. O. T. M. 



aAPTAIN CASPER BARTLEY, 
master of the tug Delta and a resi- 
dent of Escanaba, Michigan, is a 
native of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, 
born May 31, 1862, son of Captain George 
B. and Maria (Branigan) Bartley. 

Captain George B. Bartley is a native of 
Massachusetts. He has been a sailor all his 
life, spent many years on the Atlantic, 
Pacific and Arctic oceans, and since 1861 has 
been on the Great Lakes. W^iile on the 
Arctic ocean he was in a whaling vessel. At 
present he is master and managing owner of 
the tug Monarch, and is also superintendent 
of the Escanaba Towing and Wrecking 
Company. The mother of our subject died 
February 17, 1885. Her family was com- 
posed of the following named children: Cas- 
per; Ada Frances, deceased wife of Alex- 
ander Cunning; George Ancel, engineer on 
his father's vessel, the Monarch; Clara at 
home; Frank, who works for his father dur- 
ing the navigation season; Mamie, at home; 
William, who resides with his brother Cas- 
per; Edwin, who makes his home with his 
brother George, the latter being married; 
Hiram, at home; Harry, also at home; and 
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MEMORIAL RECORD OF THE 



1885 the father married Miss Nina Leigh- 
ton, his present wife, by whom he has had 
four children, one of whom is deceased. 

Casper Bartley attended school until he 
was fourteen years of age. He then came 
to Escanaba, and was employed here about 
seven years before the removal of the rest of 
the family to this place. His first work was 
in the capacity of cook on a tug, which he 
followed two or three years. After this he 
served as lineman until he received a mas- 
ter's papers in 1882. His first assignment 
as a master was on board the tug Pilot, 
where he served about two years or until the 
vessel was sold. The company then built 
the Delta, and he was assigned to the com- 
mand of the tug Owen, of which his father 
had served as captain until the completion 
of the Delta. For two years our subject 
was captain of the Owen. Then he was 
employed by the Ford River Lumber Com- 
pany, as commander of the tug Bruce, con- 
tinuing with them for two years. Ne.xt we 
find him at Ashland, where he took com- 
mand of a tug on Lake Superior. Before 
the completion of the season, however, he 
was called by telegram to take command 
of a tug owned by the Escanaba Towing 
and Wrecking Company, his former em- 
ployers, and he has been with them ever 
since. Nineteen years of his life have been 
spent on the waters. 

Captain Bartley was married in Mil- 
waukee, Wisconsin, November 28, 1883, to 
Miss Nellie Burke, a native of Madison, that 
State, born in June, 1863. When she was 
about a year old her parents moved to Mil- 
waukee, where her mother still resides; her 
father is deceased. The captain and Mrs. 
Bartley have had four children, namely: 
George, born September 22, 1884; Elmer, 
who died January 3, 1 891, at the age of 



eighteen months; Cornelius E., born Janu- 
ary II, 1 89 1, and Irma Agnes, born June 
27, 1894. The family are members of St. 
Joseph's Church, Roman Catholic. Politic- 
ally, the captain is a Republican and is a 
formidable candidate for Alderman of his 
ward. He is a member of the A. O. U. W., 
and on the organization of the Bartley Tent 
of Maccabees he was made Commander of 
the tent. 



^"V'TEPHEN A. THOMAS, M. D., is 
•^^1^ well versed in the science and 
K^ J practice of medicine and his ability 
as a medical practitioner is recog- 
nized by his professional brethren and by 
the public generally, which accords to him 
a liberal patronage. He has lived for some 
time in Escanaba, but is a native of Canada, 
his birth having occurred in the city of 
Montreal on the ist of November, 1858. 
He is of French and Welsh lineage, — a son 
of Stephen and Louise (Ste. Onge) Thomas, 
the former a native of Wales, while the 
latter was born in Normandy, in the north of 
France. 

The Doctor spent his childhood and 
youth in his parents' home and was liberally 
educated. He was for some time a student 
in McGill University, of Montreal, then 
further pursued his studies in Lenoxville 
University. He took a five-years course in 
medicine, and, thoroughly applying himself, 
became very proficient in the science. His 
theoretical knowledge was soon supple- 
mented by practical experience, he becom- 
ing house surgeon in the Weston Hospital, 
occupying that position for a period of six- 
teen months. 

In 1877 the Doctor left his native land 
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NORTHERN PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN. 



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United States. He practiced medicine near 
Green Bay, Wisconsin, for eighteen months, 
then went to the regions of the Rockies and 
for eight months was in Cahfornia. On his 
return to the Mississippi valley he decided 
to make a location in Escanaba, Michigan, 
and opening an office he soon built up a fine 
practice. His researches in the science of 
medicine have been deep and thorough, and 
nature and study have well fitted him for his 
chosen life work. 

Doctor Thomas was reared in the faith 
of the Roman Catholic Church, but is liber- 
al in his religious views, adhering to no church 
organization. He however follows those 
principles of honorable dealing which are 
the foundation of all church belief. In his 
political connections he is a Republican and 
has taken quite an acti\e and prominent 
part in local politics. He has been a leader 
in campaign work and is an interesting, en- 
tertaining and instructive campaign speaker, 
who for his party has frequently ad- 
dressed large audiences in the Twelfth Con- 
gressional district in the French language. 
In 1889 the Doctor was married, in Escan- 
aba, to Miss Nellie LaPierre, but after four 
years, their married life not proving con- 
genial, they separated, and the Doctor gave 
up one of the largest practices in Escan- 
aba ; and on the ist of May, 1895, located 
in Rapid River, Michigan. 



^>^ KLEVAN A. BROTHERTOX,who 

I ■ '^ prominent in business and official 
^^^Jf circles of Delta county, Michigan, 
makes his home in Escanaba, and 
in this volume well deserves prominent men- 
tion. He has the honor of being a native of 
this State, his birth having occurred in Mar- 
quette on the Hist of January, 1867. His 



parents were Charles E. and Orpha C. 
Brotherton, the former a native of Connecti- 
cut and the latter of New York. They re- 
moved to Escanaba when our subject was a 
babe of one year, and here he was reared, 
his childhood days being passed amidst play 
and work and in attendance at the public 
schools. He was graduated at the high 
school in the class of 1884 and has made a 
considerable study of civil engineering and 
surveying, becoming proficient in this line of 
work. He is now serving both as City 
Engineer and County Surveyor. His con- 
nection with the mercantile business began 
with a clerkship in the store of R. R. Ster- 
ling, in whose employ he remained for a 
year. He also spent one year as a clerk in 
a drug store and then engaged with the firm 
of VanCleve & Merriam, — real-estate deal- 
ers and engineers, — remaining in their em- 
ploy one year, his service being mostly in 
the line of surveying. On severing his con- 
nection with that company, he began busi- 
ness in his own interest as a surveyor and 
dealer in real estate, but on account of ill 
health he was obliged to abandon outdoor 
work and established himself in his present 
line of trade as a dealer in groceries and 
provisions. His store is well managed and 
conducted, and a liberal patronage rewards 
the enterprising efforts of the owner. Here 
he employs his leisure hours in making drafts 
and estimates in the line of his professional 
work. He is serving his third year as 
Supervisor of the Fourth ward. 

On the 28th of March, 1888, was cele- 
brated a marriage that united the destinies 
of Mr. Brotherton and Miss Lizzie M. Buck- 
ley, daughter of Andrew and Ursula Buck- 
ley, residents of Escanaba. Her four 
brothers, — John, Andrew, Chris and George, 
— are all railroad men, two being conductors. 



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one acting as fireman and the fourth serving 
as engineer. Mrs. Brotherton was born in 
Eagle Mills, Michigan, on the 19th of No- 
vember, 1865, and is an estimable lady 
whose graces of character have won her 
many warm and admiring friends. Three 
children have been born to our subject and 
his wife; but they lost a son, Seth C, who 
died at the age of twenty months. Ursula, 
born February 2, 1892, and Delevan, born 
November 2, 1893, are still with their par- 
ents. 

Mr. Brotherton is prominently connected 
with the Knights of Pythias Lodge and has 
been honored with several offices in that 
order. He exercises his right of franchise 
in support of the men and measures of the 
Republican party and is one of its active and 
influential candidates. On the Republican 
ticket he was elected to the position which 
he now fills. In religious belief he is a 
Methodist, while his wife belongs to the 
Episcopal church. A wide-awake and en- 
terprising young business man, he possesses 
the true Western spirit of progress and ad- 
vancement, and has already attained a posi- 
tion in the front ranks of Escanaba's busi- 
ness men, of which he may well be proud. 



HSA S. WARN, director of the city 
poor of Escanaba, and honored 
veteran of the late war, and a 
leading and influential resident 
of the Upper Peninsula, was born in 
Rensselaer county, New York, on the 22d 
of October, 1832, and is a son of Abram 
and Jerusha (Hicks) Warn. The father, a 
native of Massachusetts, was born April 15, 
1798, and the mother's birth occurred in 
Connecticut, February 27, 1800, They 
were married in Pittstown, New York, 



about 1820, and spent their remaining days 
in the Empire State, where the father fol- 
lowed the trade of shoemaking. They had 
a family of si.x children, — four sons and two 
daughters: Samuel, the eldest, has through- 
out his life engaged in the work of the min- 
istry of the Methodist Episcopal Church 
and now resides in Lewis county. New 
York; Joel is an invalid and makes his home 
in Chicago; Mary is the wife of Francis 
Weller, who is living in Watertown, New 
York; Mrs. Julia Reed, who died in 1868, 
leaving a husband and five children to 
mourn her loss; Simon, who was a travel- 
ing salesman and died in Fond du Lac, 
Wisconsin, when about fifty-three years of 
age. 

Asa S. Warn was reared and educated 
in the State of his nativity and came to 
Fond du Lac county, Wisconsin, in 1855, 
whence, in 1861, he removed to Faribault 
county, Minnesota, where his family made 
their home for twenty years. He was mar- 
ried in Oakfield, Fond du Lac county, on 
the 17th of December, 1856, the lady of 
his choice being Miss Eleanor Fossett, a 
native of Lewis county. New York, — a play- 
mate of his youth. Her parents were John 
and Susanna (Carrigan) Fossett, and their 
family numbered nine children, of whom 
Mrs. Warn is the fourth in order of birth. 
The others are Elizabeth, now Mrs. Man- 
nigold, a widow residing in southern Kansas ; 
Jane, wife of Floyd Smith, a resident of 
Caldwell, Kansas; John, who is married 
and also lives in Caldwell; Mrs. Warn; 
Isaac, who married Miss Svvigart and 
is living in Oklahoma; Susan, who be- 
came the wife of Joseph Dolan and was 
lost in a snow-storm in Colorado, on the 
23d of April, 1890, whither she had gone 
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Margaret, wife of William Bradley, also liv- 
ing in Caldwell, Kansas; Kirstie, who is 
known in the family as "Tot," became 
the wife of William Harrison and died while 
visiting her sister in this city; William, 
who married Miss Fortman and is a cattle 
dealer and contractor of Caldwell, Kansas. 

Mr. and Mrs. Warn have no living chil- 
dren, though three were born to them. A 
daughter, Ella, grew to womanhood, became 
the wife of James Smith, of Escanaba, and 
died at the age of twenty-eight years. She 
was the mother of two children. The elder, 
Frankie Pearl, died two years before her 
mother, and the little boy, Joel Howard, 
died about six months after his mother. 
Nellie, the second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
Warn, died at the age of eleven years, three 
months and twenty-eight days, from the 
effects of an injury caused by a fall at 
school; she passed away in 1873; and Willie 
died in infancy. The innate kindness of 
the parents led them to give a home to an 
adopted daughter, Elsie Viola, a child of 
Mrs. Harrison. She is now a maiden of 
twelve summers and is the light and joy of 
the household. 

During the war of the rebellion Mr. 
Warn entered the service of his country, 
enlisting November 10, 1862, as a member 
of Company K, First Regiment Minnesota 
Mounted Rangers. He was engaged on the 
frontier during the Indian troubles which 
culminated in the massacre of New Ulm, so 
well remembered throughout the country. 
For a year he was in the West, and in 
September, 1864, was mustered out. Dur- 
ing the succeeding winter he re-enlisted, 
joining Company K, First Minnesota Heavy 
Artillery, and with the Western Army was 
in the Nashville and Chattanooga cam- 
paigns. He received a permanent injury 



from being thrown from a horse and is now 
granted a small pension. 

When the war was over Mr. Warn re- 
turned to his Minnesota home and for fifteen 
months was confined to his bed by his 
injuries. He then resumed work as a car- 
penter in Winnebago City, where he re- 
mained until 1882, when, accompanied by 
his family, he removed to Escanaba. Owing 
to the injury he sustained he has not been 
able to carry on severe manual labor. He 
was for two years in the employ of the 
Chicago Dredging Company, serving in the 
capacity of time-keeper and foreman. He 
was also for two years Deputy Sheriff and 
five years turnkey and keeper of the county 
jail, while for the past three years he has 
been city poor director. 

In all the relations of life, especially in 
positions of trust, Mr. Warn displays the 
same loyalty and faithfulness that he dis- 
played when he responded to his country's 
call for troops and followed the old flag. 
He is now an honored and prominent mem- 
ber of Charles F. Smith Post, No. 175, 
G. A. R., has filled all the chairs and is the 
present Commander. He is also con- 
nected with the Equitable Aid Union, the 
Independent Order of Good Templars and 
the American Protective Association. He 
belongs to the Grand Lodge of Michigan of 
the Equitable Aid Union and fills the posi- 
tion of Deputy Supreme President. This is 
a growing and prosperous order, and has 
some 200 members in Escanaba. Mrs. 
Warn is a zealous worker in the Woman's 
Relief Corps, and it was through her efforts 
that the corps was organized. She has 
frequently served as one of its officers and 
can always be depended upon to promote 
the interests of the society, which numbers 
among its members forty of the representa- 



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tive ladies of the city. She is also Treas- 
urer of the Good Templars' society, of 
which Mr. Warn is the Worthy Chief, and 
in their religious views they are Spiritualists. 
In his political faith he is a stalwart and 
inflexible Republican, doing all in his power 
to promote the growth and insure the suc- 
cess of his party. His life has been well 
spent in devotion to duty, his business, his 
home and his family, and he is justly 
regarded as one of the most highly esteemed 
citizens of the community. 



aHARLES H. LONG, M. D., one 
of the popular physicians of Es- 
canaba, occupies a fine suite of 
rooms and has one of the best ap- 
pointed offices in the city. He is a regular 
physician and in professional circles he 
stands in the foremost rank. Though still 
a young man, he has won excellent success, 
and with the past as a criterion we prophesy 
that the future will be to him an era of pros- 
perity and will make his reputation still 
brighter. 

On the 4th of October, 1863, the Doctor 
was born in New Brunswick, Canada. His 
parents, Henry M. and Annie (Perkins) 
Long, were also natives of the country. The 
Long family traces its ancestry back to the 
time of the first settlement of Massachusetts, 
when the Pilgrims landed from the Mayflower 
at Plymouth Rock. One member of the 
family was a Royalist, and after the war of 
the Revolution removed to Canada. The 
Longs generally followed agricultural pur- 
suits and were highly respected people. 
The Perkins family is of English lineage and 
and was established in America in early 
Colonial days. In 1888 the Doctor's par- 
ents left New Brunswick and came to the 



United States. They are now living in 
Menominee, Michigan, where they conduct 
a hotel. They had nine children, of whom 
the Doctor is the eldest; Jane is the wife of 
George Wescott, a dentist of Chicago; 
Fanny is the wife of John Symes, secretarj' 
of an extensive manufacturing company in 
Marinette, Wisconsin; Frank is also en- 
gaged in the study of dentistry; Harry makes 
his home with his eldest brother and is now 
a student in the high school of Escanaba; 
Harding and Lulu G. are under the parental 
roof; and Carrie and Rebecca died at the 
age of seven and five years respectively. 

Doctor Long was educated in the city 
schools of Fredericton, the place of his 
birth, also in the normal school, of which he 
is a graduate. He then engaged in teaching 
in New Brunswick for two years, when he 
took up the study of medicine in the medi- 
cal department of McGill University at 
Montreal, Canada, completing the regular 
prescribed course in that noted institution in 
1888. He then determined to entered upon 
his professional career in the United States 
and removed to Chicago, where he opened 
an office and for one year engaged in prac- 
tice. He afterward spent a year in Menom- 
inee and in 1 890 came to Escanaba, where 
he has since made his home. His practice 
has steadily increased from the beginning 
until it has now assumed extensive propor- 
tions. 

In 1 89 1 Dr. Long returned to his native 
country and on the 30th of September was 
united in marriage with Miss Gussie Kelley, a 
native of New Brunswick and a highly edu- 
cated lady, who graduated at the high school 
of Fredericton, — her native city. The Doctor 
and his wife hold membership with the Pres- 
byterian Church and rank high in social cir- 
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ceived as the passport into good society. In 
his poHtical views he is a RepubHcan, and 
socially he is connected with the Independ- 
ent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of 
Pvthias and the Knights of the Maccabees. 



EUGH B. REYNOLDS, M. D., who 
is successfully engaged in the prac- 
tice of medicine in Escanaba, Mich- 
igan, as a member of the well- 
known firm of Reynolds & Cotton, was born 
in the province of Ontario, Canada, on the 
29th of May, 1S62, and is a son of Justus 
and Laura (Janes) Reynolds, who were of 
English birth and are now living in Ingersol, 
Ontario. 

The Doctor acquired his literary educa- 
tion in the Collegiate Institute and in the 
Toronto University. Wishing to enter the 
medical profession and make its practice his 
life-work, he became a student in the med- 
ical department of the University of Mich- 
igan at Ann Arbor, at which he was gradu- 
ated in the fall of 1886, with the degree of 
M. D. A few weeks later he opened an 
office in this city, where he has since been 
successfully engaged in practice. 



aHARLES E. BROTHERTON, a 
member of the Delta County Board 
of Supervisors and Land Examiners 
and surveyor for the C. & N. W. R. 
R. , is a native of Connecticut, born July 12, 
1834. 

Mr. Brotherton's parents were Almerin 
and Mary (Marsh) Brotherton, both natives 
of Connecticut, the former of French origin 
and the latter of English. The Marsh family 



was established in America in the sixteenth 
century and some of its members were par- 
ticipants in the Revolutionary war. Charles 
E. is the eldest of six children, and by a 
second marriage his father had two children. 
In 1836, when he was two years old, the 
family removed to Rochester, Oakland 
county, Michigan, where the parents spent 
the residue of their lives and died. 

The subject of our sketch received his 
education in the public schools of Rochester, 
and early in life he began the study and 
practice of surveying. He was employed on 
the Government survey in 1852, his business 
bringing him into the upper peninsula of 
Michigan. The following year he came to 
Marquette, and has been a resident of the 
upper peninsula ever since. He remained 
at Marquette until 1866, since which time he 
has been a resident of Escanaba, and is to- 
day one of the oldest settlers of the city. 
His life work has been surveying, much of 
his time being spent in the woods and on the 
frontier. 

In 1855 Mr. Brotherton was married in 
Marquette to Miss Orpha C. Bishop, a 
native of New York State. They became 
the parents of five children, four of whom 
are living, namely: Ida M., wife of Edward 
Williams, Oshkosh, Wisconsin; Delevan A., 
a merchant and surveyor of Escanaba; 
Hugh O., who resides at home and assists 
his father; and Edith E., also at home. The 
mother of these children passed away in 
1 88 1. Mr. Brotherton's present wife was 
formerly Miss Carrie E. Beach. She is a 
native of Wisconsin and came from there to 
Escanaba in 1866 with her parents, Walter 
W. and Eliza A. (Allen) Beach. Her father 
i.s deceased and her mother is still living in 
this city. 

Politically, Mr. Brotherton has been a 



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life-long Republican. He has served on the 
Board of Supervisors of Delta county almost 
continuously since 1875, ^nd has also for 
many years served his county as Surveyor. 
The family are members of the Methodist 
Episcopal Church. 

When Mr. Brotherton first reached the 
northern peninsula this country was all new 
and wild. In 1852 he joined a party of 
Government surveyors and landed by small 
boat at the mouth of Menominee river, 
where the city of Menominee now stands, 
with its more than 11,000 citizens. Other 
points in the Territory where prosperous 
cities have sprung up were then covered 
with primitive forests in which Indians and 
wild beasts abounded. When his party 
reached the Menominee river in 1852 there 
was a camp of 1,500 semi-hostile Indians at 
that place, and trouble was anticipated. 
These Indians, however, were finally re- 
moved without bloodshed. Mr. Brotherton 
is distinctively a pioneer of the northern 
peninsula. When he iirst saw the site of 
Escanaba the first tree had not been cut 
here, — in fact he was here in advance of the 
"blazed" road so well known to frontiers- 
man; and he has not only witnessed the 
growth and development which have taken 
place here, but he has also been an active 
participant in bringing about this change. 



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*ILLIAM A. COTTON, M. D.— 
The firm of Reynolds & Cotton, 
practitioners of medicine of the 
homeopathic school, is known not 
only in Escanaba, but has also become 
widely celebrated throughout the surround- 
ing country. Both Dr. Cotton and his 
partner are men of e.xcellent ability, close 



students, sparing no effort to perfect them- 
selves in their life work. Thus they have 
become successful physicians and as a result 
have built up a large and lucrative business. 



>^OHN ALEXANDER CHISHOLM.— 
m The specific and distinctive office of 
^ J biography is not to give voice to a 
man's modest estimate of himself 
and his accomplishments, but rather to 
leave the perpetual record of the verdict es- 
tablishing his character by the consensus of 
opinion on the part of his fellow men. That 
great factor, the public, is a discriminating 
factor and takes cognizance not of objective 
exaltation nor yet objective modesty; but 
delves deeper into the intrinsic essence of 
character, strikes the key-note of individu- 
alitjr and pronounces judiciously and un- 
equivocally upon the true worth of the man, 
invariably distinguishing the clear resonance 
of the true metal from the jarring dissonance 
of the baser. 

Thus, in touching upon the life of Pro- 
fessor Chisholm, the subject of this sketch, 
the biographer would aim to indulge in no 
extravagant praise but to state in plain and 
simple terms something of his life and the 
steps through which he has passed up to his 
present positions as the popular and ef- 
ficient principal of the public schools at 
Seney, Michigan, and Commissioner of 
Schools for Schoolcraft comity. 

John Alexander Chisholm was born at 
Kihnartin, Middlesex county, Ontario, May 
23, 1855. At the age of six years he was 
sent to the public school, about two miles 
from home, and by his punctuality and close 
application to study succeeded in com- 
pleting the common-school course in his 
fifteenth year. He left the public school at 




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that age and pursued the higher studies at 
home, with the determination of entering 
college as early as possible. He soon gained 
admission to the London high school, and 
on completing the course of study at that 
institution, he entered the London Commer- 
cial College and National Training School, 
from which he graduated in less than one 
year, being awarded first honors in English 
grammar, mathematics, history and pen- 
manship. It was generally admitted that 
he was the best historian of his age in that 
country, and his inimitable style of penman- 
ship attracted the attention of all admirers 
of the art. 

Mr. Chisholm subsequently attended the 
Teachers' Training School at Sarnia, On- 
tario, devoting much of his time to the study 
of educational science. After graduating at 
the Training School he was asked to super- 
intend the public school at Olinda, Essex 
county, where he soon gained an enviable 
reputation as a teacher. He resigned this 
position at the expiration of two years, came 
to Michigan, and immediately entered the 
State Normal School, then under the able 
supervision of the late Professor Estabrook. 

After completing his studies at the Nor- 
mal he taught one year in Washtenaw 
county, and at the suggestion of his uncle, 
the late Professor Downie of Muskegon, he 
came to Muskegon county and accepted the 
principalship of the Lakeside schools, and 
two years later accepted a similar position 
in the Maple Grove schools, where he re- 
mained six years. He also taught one year 
in Cheboygan county, and in August, 1891, 
resigned his position at Mackinaw City to 
accept the principalship of the Seney public 
schools, a position which he has since filled 
with credit to himself and satisfaction of 
every pupil and patron of the school. In 



April of the present year, 1895, he was 
honored by election to the position of School 
Commissioner, being unanimously endorsed 
by all parties, and he has recently been em- 
ployed to continue in his position as princi- 
pal of the Seney schools. 

Professor Chisholm's school is indeed a 
model one. His school-room is undoubted- 
ly the handsomest and most artistically 
decorated in the State. Besides this, his 
pupils are better trained than those of any 
other school in the county. Many of them 
have passed excellent examinations and re- 
ceived certificates of qualifications as teach- 
ers. The fine specimens recently sent from 
this school to the school exhibit at Lansing 
attracted considerable attention and were 
admired both from an artistic and scientific 
standpoint. These are but a few of the 
many original designs that may be seen in 
this school. 

Professor Chisholm is a man of great 
executive ability, of strong physical powers, 
of commanding presence, and possesses in a 
remarkable degree sound judgment and keen 
practical sense. His inspiring management, 
his singleness of purpose and his indomitable 
energy, are secrets of his success in the 
school-room. His pupils appreciate his able 
and efficient instruction, and the good citi- 
zens of Seney are justly proud of the supe- 
rior excellence of their schools and equally 
proud of their energetic principal. 



@UY HAINES CARLETON, City 
Engineer and County Surveyor, 
Sault de Ste. Marie, may be well 
termed a pioneer of the Upper 
Peninsula; and he has been identified with 
the interests of this community for fifty 



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years, held in the highest esteem both as an 
official and as a private citizen. 

As early as 1845 Mr. Carleton came to 
northern Michigan to fulfill a Government 
contract in laying off township lines and sub- 
divisions at $10 and $6 each respectively. 
This work occupied two years, and on its 
completion he returned to St. Clair, his 
former home, and from there went to Iowa 
on a Government surveying contract, and 
laid off and made a map of the State of 
Iowa. In 1853 he returned to the Sault, 
and, going to the southern part of the county, 
near where Raber now is, founded the vil- 
lage of Carleton. now extinct, and built and 
operated a large sawmill there. This ven- 
ture proved unsuccessful, and he returned to 
Sault Ste. Marie and engaged in keeping a 
subscription school, winter and summer, 
from 1856 to i860. One of his pupils in 
this school was George Kemp, who is now 
one of the prominent business men of the 
"Soo," and brother-in-law of Mr. Carleton. 
Another pupil, Arthur L. Williams, is an 
Episcopal clergyman, now rector of Christ 
Church, Chicago, Illinois. 

In 1862 Mr. Carlton enlisted in the reg- 
iment of "Lancers" at Detroit, and was 
Captain of a compan}', and Colonel Rankin 
commanded the regiment. The regiment, 
not being called to the front, was mustered 
out, and Mr. Carleton returned to the "Soo," 
where he was appointed toll receiver under 
George W. Brown, on the old State ship 
canal, succeeding to the superintendency in 
1864, which position he resigned at the end 
of nine years, at his own solicitation. At 
one time he was County Clerk and Register 
of Deeds, and was also a member of the 
early boards of Supervisors at different 
periods. After resigning his position upon 
the canal he ffave his attention to engineer- 



ing, establishing corners on subdivisions and 
relocating Government corners. In 1875 
he was appointed Deputy Collector of Cus- 
toms under William Chandler of Marquette, 
and remained in office until 1885, when 
his retirement was a necessary result of the 
change of administration by the election of 
Cleveland to the presidency the preceding 
year; but he was reappointed to the office 
in 1889, by the Republican official, C. Y. 
Osburn, who had been chosen to supplant 
the Democratic incumbent of the collector's 
position. In November, 1893, the collector 
and his deputy were again retired, at the 
instance of Mr. Cleveland, who had again 
been made the executive head of the nation. 
In May, 1894, Mr. Carleton was appointed 
City Engineer, having been elected County 
Surveyor in the fall of the preceding year. 
He cast his first presidential vote for Will- 
iam Henry Harrison in 1 840, and has voted 
the Republican ticket at every election since. 
Mr. Carleton was born in Bath, county 
of Grafton, New Hampshire, November i, 
1 8 19, and his boyhood days were passed on 
the farm. His father, Edmund Carleton, 
emigrated to the Territory of Michigan in 
1830, going by stage to Burlington, Ver- 
mont, then by steamer on Lake Champlain 
to Whitehall, from there to New York city, 
where he embarked for Albany, from which 
point he proceeded by way of the canal to 
Buffalo, where the family boarded the 
steamer William Penn, which in due course 
of time landed them in Detroit. They were 
two months in making this journey from 
Burlington to Detroit, a trip that can now 
be accomplished in twenty hours. The 
family proceeded from Detroit to St. Clair 
county, where the father purchased a tract 
of unimproved land, which he finally re- 
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where the children were reared to maturity 
and taught the sterHng principles of hon- 
esty, frugality and industry with which the 
parents were so thoroughly inbued. The 
father and mother disposed of the old home 
after their children had left them to estab- 
lish homes of their own, and they passed 
their declining years with their daughter 
Alice, in Troy, Ohio, each attaining a ven- 
erable age: the father passed away in 1872, 
at the age of ninety years, and the mother, 
whose maiden name was Olive Barron, 
died two years before, at the age of eighty- 
six years. Mr. Carleton's ancestors came 
to America from England as early as 1639, 
and settled at Rowley, Massachusetts, later 
removed to Haverhill, same State, where the 
grandfather of the subject of this sketch, 
also Edmund by name, was born, in 1734. 
He was a soldier in the war of the Revolu- 
tion, in Captain Nathanial Marsh's com- 
pany, Major Gage's regiment, and his death 
occurred in 1791. The children of Edmund 
Carleton, Jr., and Olive (Barron) Carleton 
were Maria, who became the wife of Ira 
Eldridge and lived at Marine City, and is 
now deceased; Olive, who married George 
Kimball and died at Portland, Maine, at 
the age of seventy-two years; Edmund, 
who died in St. Clair county, Michigan, in 
1867; Mary is the wife of Joseph Co.\, of 
Shiawassee county, this State; Guy H. is 
the immediate subject of this biographical 
review; Eli/a became the wife of William 
Eldridge and li\es at Cresco, Iowa; Alice, 
who married Jesse Shilling, Sr. . of Troy, 
Ohio, and died in 1892; Augusta, who be- 
came the wife of William Marshall, M. D., 
of Hillsboro, Illinois, and died there in 
1873; and Henry, who is a customs broker 
at Sault Ste. Marie. 

October 6, 1846, in St. Clair county. 



Michigan, Mr. Guy H. Carleton was united 
in marriage to Frances Clark Hogue, who 
died at Sault Ste. Marie, February 19, 1859, 
leaving two children: Robert, who is now a 
resident of Neosho, Missouri, and County 
Treasurer of Newton county, elected on 
the Republican ticket November, 1894; and 
Alice, who became the wife of Herbert 
Gallery and died August 19, 1879, and was 
buried in Rose Hill cemetery, near Chicago. 
The second marriage of Mr. Carleton oc- 
curred December i, 1862, when he married 
Christine Kemp, daughter of Joseph Kemp, 
one of the patriarchal citizens of the ' ' Soo ' ' 
who came here to reside in 1845. The 
children of this union are Grace Haines; 
Harriet Bell, wife of C. W. Given, of Sault 
Ste. Marie; Ella Joanna, wife of F. W. 
Rundle. M. D. ; and Louis Kemp, who died 
April 27, 1883, from injuries received at the 
age of ten years. 

Mr. Carleton has been identified with 
the Masonic order ever since 1845, when he 
became a member of Evergreen Lodge at 
St. Clair, Michigan, and later a charter 
member of Bethel Lodge, No. 358, of Sault 
Ste. Marie, Michigan. He has long been a 
zealous member of the Presbyterian Church, 
in which he has been an Elder ever since 
1858. 

Of lineage which has ever been repre- 
sented by men of honor and integrity, the 
subject of this brief review has well sus- 
tained the standard of the honored name; 
by his own name he has attained to a 
measure of success in temporal affairs; and 
in his later years he may well take pleasure 
in reviewing a career which has been true to 
its subject and in which no wrong has been 
done to any fellow being. No man can 
compel success; but he can do more: he can 
deserve it; and this Mr. Carleton certainly 



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has done. To-day he is honored of men, 
and in the community where he has labored 
so long and so faithfully his friends are in 
number as his acquaintances. 

Since the above sketch was prepared Mr. 
Carleton died, very suddenly, May i, 1895, 
at 3:30 A. M., of heart failure. 



eETER PRIMEAU, Register at the 
United States Land Office at Mar- 
quette, Michigan, was born in 
Chateauguay, near Montreal, Can- 
ada, on the 30th of April, 1846, and is a son 
of Antoine and Angelique (Reid) Primeau, 
who also were natives of Canada and of 
French descent. The father died in that 
country, in 1846, and in 1870 the mother 
came to Michigan and spent her last days in 
Negaunee. Three sons of the family are yet 
living, namely: Antoine, a resident of Min- 
neapolis, Minnesota; Joseph H., who makes 
his home in Negaunee; and Peter. 

The last named was but an infant at the 
time of his father's death. He was reared 
in his native country and educated in the 
public schools and at Jacques Cartier Nor- 
mal School of Montreal, at which he was 
graduated in 1865. He then engaged in 
teaching school for four years in Canada, 
and in August, 1870, came to Marquette, 
Michigan, where he was employed as clerk 
and bookkeeper in different establishments, 
until December 25, 1877, when he went to 
Lake Linden, where he was employed in the 
same manner for a period of eight years. On 
the 2 2d of November, 1855, he was ap- 
pointed Postmaster of that place, which 
office he held for thirteen months, when he 
resigned on account of his election as Clerk 
and Register of Deeds of Houghton county, 
in November, 1886. He was re-elected in 



1888, and again in 1890, holding the office 
for three successive terms, or six years, dis- 
charging his duties with promptness and 
fidelity and winning the confidence of his 
fellow citizens in such an unusual degree 
that before his third election he was nomi- 
nated by acclamation by both parties. On 
the 13th of May, 1893, he was appointed 
Register of the Land Office in Marquette, 
being the first man appointed by President 
Cleveland on the Upper Peninsula. 

Mr. Primeau has held various minor 
offices and has been prominently connected 
with political affairs since his residence in 
this State. He was for three terms Town- 
ship Clerk of Schoolcraft township, Hough 
ton county, and was a member of the School 
Board for six years. In all these positions 
he has ever been found true and faithful to 
the trust reposed in him, discharging his 
duties in a most competent manner. 

On the 25th of January, 1874, Mr. 
Primeau was joined in wedlock with Miss 
Hedwidge Robert, a native of Canada, and 
they now have an interesting family of five 
children, — Aglae, Eugenie, Raoul, Edwin 
and Hermina. The parents are members of 
the Catholic Church. Mr. Primeau has 
taken quite an active part in the organiza- 
tion of French societies, having established 
a number on the Peninsula, and in January, 
1888, he was a representative to the conven- 
tion of French societies which convened at 
Nashua, New Hampshire. He aided in the 
formation of several lodges of the St. Jean 
Baptiste order in Houghton county and is a 
leading member in both French and En- 
glish societies. In manner he is pleasant 
and genial, courteous and affable, and wins 
friends wherever he goes, who esteem him 
highly for his sterling worth and strict in- 
tegrity. He may truly be called a self-made 



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man, for he came to this State with no capi- 
tal save a pair of willing hands and a strong 
determination to make the most of his op- 
portunities and has steadily worked his way 
upward, achieving a well-merited success. 



K^'^ ICHOLAS LAUGHLIN, the pio- 
I I neer merchant of Negaunee, was 
\ \ born in county Kerry, Ireland, 
April 2, 1845, a son of Nicholas 
Laughlin, a native also of that place. Our 
subject received his education at the national 
schools. At the age of thirteen years he 
was so far advanced in his studies that he 
was appointed assistant teacher, and he still 
has in his possession a certificate that was 
given to him after passing an examination, 
December 31, 1864, which reads that he is 
fully qualified to teach a national school. 
He came to America in 1865, locating at 
Negaunee, Michigan, and his first employ- 
ment here was as a laborer in the Jackson 
mine. Six months afterward he secured 
the position of clerk in the general store of 
John Hogan, where he remained until 1870, 
and from that time until 1874 he conducted 
a liquor store. In the latter year Mr. 
Laughlin's business was entirely destroyed 
by fire, his loss having reached, above in- 
surance, about $3,500. He afterward re- 
built his store and conducted the same un- 
til 1875. In that 3'ear he opened a gen- 
eral grocery store in Negaunee, and at the 
present time he carries a stock amounting 
to $30,000, in three stores connected to- 
gether, and consisting of dry-goods, boots 
and shoes, clothing, hay, flour, groceries, 
liquors, etc. 

Mr. Laughlin was elected Township 
Clerk before the citj' was incorporated, and 



held that position until 1 872. In the election 
of that year he was made Recorder and 
held that office for ten successive years. 
He was Justice of the Peace for six years, 
was Supervisor the first year the city was 
incorporated, served six years as a member 
of the school board, and held the office of 
City Treasurer during the years 1889-90-91, 
in all of which positions he has performed his 
duties with ability and integrity. In politics 
Mr. Laughlin is an uncompromising Repub- 
lican, and takes pride in saying that his first 
presidential vote was cast for Grant in 1868. 
Mr. Laughlin was married July 31, 1873, 
to Miss Bridget Manning, a native of Can- 
ada. To this union were born seven chil- 
dren, four of whom still survive. Mrs. 
Laughlin departed this life in 1883, after a 
short illness. 



\./''\ ONALD McDonald, owner and 
I I manager of the Negaunee Opera 
Z^,^ House, also proprietor of a large, 
general store, was born in Scot- 
land April 27, 1 84 1, a son of John McDon- 
ald, a native also of that country. When 
eight years of age Donald came with his 
father to Canada, and he attended the pub- 
lic schools in the township of Williams, 
Middlesex county, until nineteen years old. 
Then, in 1859, he located in Port Austin, 
Michigan, and was employed two years by 
a Mr. Heath in the lumber woods, having 
received only $127 for his two years' work, 
and $100 of the amount was "wild-cat" 
money and of no use to Mr. McDonald. 
Leaving Port Austin Mr. McDonald en- 
listed for service in the late war, entering 
Company H, Third Michigan Cavalry. 
After two years of service he was discharged 
on account of sickness, and returned to Can- 



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ada. In 1863 he located at Eagle Harbor, 
Michigan, where he was employed in chop- 
ping cord-wood until he had earned $62. 
For the following two months he served as 
explorer for the Michigan Mining Com- 
pany, then received the contract to take 
out saw logs and square timber for the Del- 
aware Mining Company; next had a con- 
tract to erect log houses, and at the close of 
that contract he had saved $1,000. Mr. 
McDonald then rented a hotel at Eagle 
Harbor, known as the Kuntz Hotel, for 
three years. In 1867 he brought his fam- 
ily to this city, erected a residence and be- 
gan chopping wood for the Clif? Iron Com- 
pany. All he received for his work for that 
company was a pair of overshoes and an 
ax! In the summer of 1868 Mr. McDon- 
ald took a contract to build four miles of 
railroad at Ford river; in the following year 
he opened a saloon in Negaunee; and in 
1870 he embarked in the general mercantile 
business, which he has since carried on very 
successfully. He erected his present build- 
ing in 1883, and later built an addition, 
which now makes 130X 42 feet, solid brick. 
The hall upstairs is built for an opera house, 
which has a seating capacity of 600, and of 
which he is the owner and manager. He is 
also the owner of considerable real estate in 
Negaunee, both business and residence 
property. He was City Treasurer of Ne- 
gaunee for five years and Supervisor for one 
year. He is a member of the G. A. R. 

Mr. McDonald is one among a few who 
has achieved success, advancing from the 
condition of a poor, penniless boy to his 
present independence. He may well feel 
proud of his successful career, which he has 
earned by strict and honorable dealings with 
his fellow-man. 

September 6, 1865, Mr. McDonald was 



united in marriage with Miss Catherine 
Monohan. They have ten children, their 
eldest being twenty-eight years age. 



^V^HILO M. EVERETT, deceased.— 
E m The name of this gentleman is in- 
\ separably connected with the his- 

tory of the Upper Peninsula, and 
though he has been called to the unknown 
future his memory is still green in the hearts 
of many who knew and honored him while 
in life. Marquette largely owes its existence 
to his efforts, and the iron industr}' of this 
region was first established by him. It is 
with pleasure that we present to our readers 
the record of his career. 

Mr. Everett was born in Winchester, 
Connecticut, on the 21st of October, 1807, 
and is a son of Elihu and Roxy (Marshall) 
Everett, who were pioneers of the Nutmeg 
State. When a young man our subject re- 
moved to New York, where he married Miss 
Mehitable Johnson, of Utica, the wedding 
being celebrated in 1833. Mr. Everett had 
been educated in the public schools and 
reared upon a farm, where he remained 
until eighteen years of age, when, not wish- 
ing to follow agricultural pursuits throughout 
his life, he began work on the Erie canal, 
and was an employe on a canal-boat for some 
time. In connection with his brother-in- 
law, Charles Johnson, he took a contract 
for getting out cement, which was to be 
used in the water-works. He started out 
in life empty-handed, and through his own 
exertions worked his waj' upward. His 
early days were a period of hard labor, but 
at length he secured some capital, and after 
that times were easier for him. 

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fortune in the West, for he beheved that 
better opportunities were here afforded. Ac- 
cordingly he took up his residence in Jack- 
son, Michigan, where he engaged in mer- 
chandising, together with the forwarding and 
commission business. He first came to 
Lake Superior in June, 1845. He left Jack- 
son in that year with the intention of going 
to Ontonagon, but, on reaching the "Soo" 
and hearing all kinds of flattering reports 
about Marquette, he with a party number- 
ing several members got into a row-boat, 
loaded it with provisions and secured an 
Indian to act as guide and to row the boat. 
They coasted along the shore, camping out 
on the bank when night overtook them, and 
at length reached the site of the present 
thriving city of Marquette. A half century 
has passed since then, and the changes 
which have occurred have been most mar- 
velous. On arriving here Mr. Everett found 
that this was a rich mineral field and secured 
a permit to "hold the fort" while he re- 
turned to Jackson. There he formed a 
company, consisting of thirteen men, and 
again coming to this place he entered a 
large tract of land and opened the Jackson 
mine, manufacturing bloom iron. It was 
Mr. Everett to whom the Indians showed 
the great " iron mountain," which became 
the Jackson mine, — the oldest of all the 
mines in the Lake Superior country. 

After spending the summer here Mr. 
Everett returned to his home and family in 
Jackson, and the next season he was again 
at Marquette to build the Jackson Forge on 
Camp river, near Negaunee, and the follow- 
ing year was spent at the same work. From 
the spring of 1848 until the spring of 1S49 
he was in charge of the forge, and in 1850 
he moved his family to Marquette. Here 
he had charsre of the building: of the old 



Jackson breakwater, the first at this place, 
and also became largely interested in mining 
stock. In 1857 he brought up for the Elys 
the first locomotive ever seen on the shore 
of Lake Superior. He opened the Jackson 
cut and finally embarked in merchandising, 
which he carried on for some little time. 
This was to him an era of prosperity, and 
subsequently he engaged in banking and 
insurance business, accumulating a vast 
amount of property, much of which, how- 
ever, was swept away in the terrible depres- 
sion throughout that region following the 
financial panic of 1871. He continued 
banking until 1S76, when he retired from 
all business interests and enjoyed a well- 
earned rest until his death. 

To Mr. and Mrs. Everett were born the 
following children: Mrs. D. H. Ball, Mrs. 
B. P. Robbins, C. M. Everett, Edward P. 
Everett, of Grand Rapids, and Catherine 
Everett, now of Chicago, who bears the 
distinction of being the first white child born 
in Marquette. 

Mr. Everett was the first Supervisor of 
Marquette, served as a member of the 
School Board for a number of years and 
held other local offices. When he arrived 
in this city there was not more than twenty 
houses in the town and not a tree was cut 
north of Bertha Block. He built a little 
one-story frame house, where the Bigelow 
store now stands, in which he lived for about 
two years, when he built a more commodi- 
ous residence at the corner of Front and 
Main streets, having cleared the ground the 
first year after his arrival. The experiences 
and hardships which these early settlers 
underwent were many and often very trying. 
There were months at a time when no mail 
was received, and in the winter it was car- 
ried by dog trains and Indians. One year 



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they did not get any mail from the middle 
of November until the middle of January, 
and when it did arrive there were seventy 
bushels of it, all frozen together, the carrier 
having fallen through the ice! The mail 
was placed by the fireside and thawed out, 
but as one can easily imagine was not in a 
very readable condition. Mr. Everett al- 
ways sent for his provisions and supplies for 
his family by boat. One season the boat 
was very late in returning to this port and 
the people began to think that they were 
going to starve to death. Our subject di- 
vided all he had with the Methodist minister, 
who was in need of something to eat. The 
boat, however, finally came in sight, loaded 
with provisions, to the great joy of the set- 
tlers, and their wants were thus relieved. 

Mr. Everett took quite a deep interest in 
political affairs and was an ardent Republic- 
an from the formation of the party. He was a 
zealous Episcopalian and very active in the 
establishment of St. Paul's Church, con- 
tributed liberally to its support and served 
as Senior Warden until the infirmities of 
old age made it impossible for him to 
longer discharge the duties of the position. 
He was generous to a fault, and the poor 
and needy always found in him a friend. 
He was always willing to help those who 
help themselves and reward merit in any 
employe. In the work of developing and 
improving the city he was an important fac- 
tor, withholding his support from no enter- 
prise that was calculated to promote the 
general welfare or advance the material, ed- 
ucational, social or moral interests of the 
community. He was prominently connected 
with every movement set on foot to hasten 
the development of the iron industry and to 
make known its resources outside of this 
narrow locality. He passed away Septem- 



ber 27, 1892, having reached almost the age 
of eighty-five, and the life work of a noble 
man was thus brought to a close. 



"^VOHN P. KERN, superintendent of 
M the Marquette city water works, is a 
A 1 native of Roseville, Michigan, born 
August 23, 1 841, a son of George J. 
and Mary A. (Long) Kern, the former a na- 
tive of Bavaria, Germany, and the latter of 
Elsass (Alsace), Germany. In childhood they 
both came to this country and their marriage 
was celebrated in Detroit. The father was a 
farmer by occupation and for some time 
made his home in Roseville, being one of 
the prominent and influential citizens of that 
place. He held a number of local offices 
and was a highly respected man. His death 
occurred in 1852. His wife long survived 
him and passed away in 1892. In the fam- 
ily were ten children, si.x of whom are yet 
living. 

Mr. Kern, of this sketch, was the sec- 
ond in order of birth. He was reared on 
the old home farm and acquired his educa- 
tion in the public schools and at Baldwin 
University of Berea, Ohio. He then came 
to Detroit and took charge of a horse and 
buggy for a wealthy family for a short time, 
when he secured employment in the ware- 
house of Black & Young, of Detroit, with 
whom he remained for three years. In 1863 
he came to Marquette and for three years 
was engaged with the firm of Burt Brothers, 
after which he was employed by the old 
Marquette, Houghton & Onatagon Railroad, 
with which he remained for seventeen years, 
having charge of their merchandise depart- 
ment and frequently making a run as con- 
ductor when that force of men was short. 
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continues long in service, must possess 
energy, enterprise and above all must be de- 
voted to the best interests of the company. 
These qualifications Mr. Kern has to a high 
degree, and in consequence he had the con- 
fidence of the company and was able to hold 
his position for that long period. 

On the 1st of April, 1882, Mr. Kern was 
made superintendent of the Marquette water 
works, one of the finest systems on the 
upper peninsula. It was put in by the pres- 
ent superintendent, and he has also laid 
eighteen miles of pipe and put in place 169 
hydrants. He has a pipe laid out 700 feet 
into Lake Superior in twenty-three feet of 
water. He has explored the lake and is 
now trying to get 2,000 feet of pipe laid out 
into that body of water. He thoroughly 
understands his business in every particular 
and the utmost satisfaction is manifested 
concerning his administration of affairs. He 
also superintended the construction of the 
electric-light station. 

In 1869 Mr. Kern was united in marriage 
with Miss Caroline, daughter of Dr. Henry 
Isler. She died in 1876 and he was again 
married, his second union, celebrated in 
1883, being with Margaret Nichols. They 
have three children, Frederick C, Margaret 
and Mary A. Mrs. Kern is a member of the 
Catholic Church and Mr. Kern holds member- 
ship with the Presbyterian Church. Socially 
he is connected with the Masonic fraternity, 
having taken the Knight-Templar degree. 
He has been identified with Marquette for 
more than a third of a century and has long 
been recognized as one of the valued, pub- 
lic-spirited and progressive citizens who 
withholds his support from no enterprise 
that is calculated to promote the general wel- 
fare. In his political principles he is a Re- 
publican. 



HUGUSTUS COCHRAN MACKEN- 
ZIE, M. D., has for many years 
been a leading physician and sur- 
geon of Negaunee, and commands 
a fine practice which attests his skill and 
ability. He is one of the best known citi- 
zens in this part of the State, and his prom- 
inence in the ranks of the medical profes- 
sion is second to none. Deserving of honor- 
able mention in the history of his adopted 
State, it is with pleasure that we present 
the record of his life to our readers. 

A native of Ohio, he was born in High- 
land county, on the 13th of November, 1838, 
and is a son of John C. Mackenzie, who 
was born in North Carolina, about the year 
1794, and was a physician and surgeon by 
profession. He acquired his education in 
Trinity College, of Dublin, Ireland, where 
his father also was educated and thrse other 
sons of the family obtained their education. 
The grandfather lived for many years in 
North Carolina and was a large slaveholder, 
but ere his death he liberated his slaves and 
gave to each ten acres of ground and $50 
in money, while to each of his children he 
gave $20,000. 

John C. Mackenzie was appointed clerk 
to Andrew Jackson, of Revolutionary fame, 
and was with him at the capture of old Fort 
Bouya, which then occupied the site on 
which Fort Morgan now stands. When Mr. 
Mackenzie heard of the Indian massacre at 
Fort Minnis he resigned his clerkship and 
though only eighteen years of age he should- 
ered a musket and went to the front, where 
he remained until after the close of the war. 
He then located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 
where in connection with an older brother 
he embarked in a wholesale cooperage busi- 
ness, manufacturing staves for the whale 
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Augustine, Florida, and began the practice 
of his chosen profession, — that of medicine; 
but after two years passed there he con- 
tracted a fever and was compelled to leave 
Florida. Accordingly he came to the North, 
settling in Illinois, where he purchased 
1,000 acres of land about twenty miles from 
Chicago, establishing there a postoffice which 
was called Little Rock. He was extensive- 
ly engaged there in farming, and as there 
were no railroads yet in that part of the 
State he had to go by team to Chicago for 
his provisions, the now populous city then 
containing only five stores. On one occa- 
sion while returning home he noticed that 
the prairie was on fire, and that the flames 
seemed to be in the vicinity of his place; so, 
tying a bandana handkerchief over the eyes 
of his horse, he rode through the fire and 
managed to safely reach the other side; but 
further danger there awaited him, for he 
came upon a pack of wolves that had fol- 
lowed up the fire devouring what the flames 
had destroyed. It then became a race for 
life, and the animals were gaining on him; 
so he spurred his horse and riding under an 
oak tree he caught hold of a branch and 
pulled himself up in the tree, from which posi- 
tion he watched the wolves devour his horse! 
He was compelled to remain in the tree all 
night, reaching home only when daylight 
came. 

Dr. Mackenzie during his early child- 
hood removed with his parents to Mt. 
Pleasant, Pa. , where he attended the pub- 
lic schools for about five years, when the 
family went to New York and there he con- 
tinued his studies for five years. On leav- 
ing high school he began work in the drug 
store of O. Fellows, where he remained 
two years, going on the expiration of that 
time to New York city, where he secured a 



position as drug clerk with the firm of Hall, 
Dickson & Frazer. After a year he entered 
the employ of Harold Risley & Kitchem, 
druggists, with whom he continued for two 
years, after which he spent three years in 
the drug house of Conrad Fox. 

The Doctor was then appointed Surgeon 
Steward in the United States Navy and de- 
tailed to Porter's fleet, on the sloop of war, 
Dan Smith, where he did duty as Assistant 
Surgeon. After the engagement at New 
Orleans, the sloop was ordered to Vicks- 
burg, and the crew all becoming sick an old 
plantation home was secured near that city 
and used as a hospital, of which Dr. R. Y. 
Edes was made surgeon, and Dr. Macken- 
zie was detailed to assist him. Previously 
the latter had been sent to Fortress Monroe 
as surgeon in charge of five vessels, and 
while there was stricken with fever and 
sent to the naval hospital at Norfolk, Va., 
where he remained five weeks. He then 
went to Utica, N. Y. , where he remained 
ten weeks, and on to the Brooklyn Navy 
Yard, where he secured an appointment as 
surgeon steward on board the sloop of war, 
Lackawanna, under Surgeon T. W. Leach. 
They were ordered to the Warrington Navy 
Yard and there given a roving commission 
to sail on any waters looking for blockade 
runners. The Lackawanna was the flag- 
ship until Admiral Farragut arrived with the 
steamship Hartford, at which time they 
were preparing to attack Mobile. After 
this engagement, his term of naval service 
having expired. Dr. Mackenzie with Dr. 
Leach returned to New York. 

He now entered Long Island College 
Hospital, where for three years he pursued 
his studies, graduating in 1868, after which 
he joined his father in the practice of 
medicine in Utica, New York, his father 



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having charge of the office practice, while 
he attended to all outside practice. In 
March, 1 869, he came to Negaunee, and has 
since been in active practice. He was for 
twelve years Health Officer of this place, 
and his reputation as a physician ranks him 
among the foremost members of the pro- 
fession. 

While in Utica, New York, he married 
Miss Helen M. Sterling, a daughter of Adam 
Sterling, deceased, and they have seven 
children. 



@EORGE A. NEWETT is the editor 
and proprietor of the Ishpeming 
Iron Ore and one of the leading 
and influential citizens of Mar- 
quette county. He is also widely known in 
other parts of the State, having taken a 
prominent part in political affaii's. He is a 
Western man and possesses the true West- 
ern spirit of progress and enterprise which 
has placed the Mississippi valley on a par 
with the older East. 

Born in Janesville, Wisconsin, on the 
8th of October, 1856, Mr. Newett is a son 
of William H. Newett, who was bom in 
Scotland and came to America at the age of 
eighteen years, locating in Connecticut, 
where he engaged in merchandising. He 
married Anna McCullough, a native of Eng- 
land, who in her early girlhood crossed the 
briny deep to the New World. About 1847 
he emigrated to Wisconsin, and taking up 
his residence in Janesville engaged there in 
the milling business. He was one of the 
early settlers of the place, and with its up- 
building and advancement was prominently 
identified. In 1873 he came to Ishpeming, 
Michigan, where he carried on a hotel. In 
politics he was a Republican and was a 



public-spirited man, who manifested a com- 
mendable interest in everything pertaining 
to the general welfare. Both he and his 
wife held membership in the Episcopal 
Church and were charitable, benevolent peo- 
ple. Their family numbered only two chil- 
dren, — Frank T. , a resident of Hurley, 
Wisconsin, who wedded Mary Scanlan and 
has three children; and George A. 

The latter was educated in the high 
school of Janesville, Wisconsin, and Racine 
College, same State, after which he began 
fitting himself for his life work by learning 
the printer's trade in the office of the Ish- 
peming Iron Home, the first newspaper pub- 
lished in Ishpeming, Michigan. He con- 
tinued in the office until 1879, when, hav- 
ing become familiar with the business in all 
its details, he established the Iron Agitator, 
which he conducted under that name for 
two years, when the name was changed to 
the Ishpeming Iron Ore. It is an eight- 
page paper, printed entirely here, in the in- 
terests of the Republican party and specially 
in the iron interests. Seven men are usually 
employed on the paper, which is published 
weekly and is an entertaining, well edited 
journal deserving a most liberal patronage. 

In 1876 Mr. Newett led to the marriage 
altar Miss Mary E. Nichols, a native of 
Cleveland, Ohio, born in 1857, a daughter 
of Henry Nichols, deceased. Five children 
have been born to them, as follows: Edna 
M., Rhea A., William H., George A., Jr., 
and Marie A. The parents attend the Epis- 
copal Church and are leading people in the 
community. Mr. Newett is a stalwart ad- 
vocate of Republican principles and an ener- 
getic worker in the interests of the party, 
frequently serving as delegate to the State 
conventions. He is a member of the State 
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member and secretary of the County Cen- 
tral Committee of Marquette county, and 
is commissioner of Mineral Statistics of the 
State of Michigan. He is also serving on 
the Board of Education and the Board of 
Public Works, and is a warm friend of edu- 
cational and moral interests. He has never 
sought office, — in fact his tastes have led 
him to decline several tendered him. He is 
content to devote his time to his business, 
and aid, as he can privately and through 
the columns of his paper, whatever is calcu- 
lated to prove of public benefit. 



aHARLES MERRYWEATHER.— 
Deeds of valor on the field of bat- 
tle have been the theme of story 
and song from the earliest ages, 
and we would add our tribute of praise to 
that already written, telling of the "brave 
boys in blue," who at their country's call 
went forth to give up their lives if need be 
in defense of the Union. Such a one is 
this gentleman, who during some of the 
most hotly contested battles of the Rebel- 
lion followed the stars and stripes until at 
last they were victoriously planted in the 
capital of the Southern Confederacy. 

A native of Lancashire, England, Mr. 
Merryweather was born April 9, 1828, and 
in his native land acquired his education, 
pursuing a scientific course in a good college. 
In 1851 he sailed for America and has since 
made his home in "the land of the free." 
He was employed in the Government sur- 
vey along Lake Superior and northern Mich- 
igan for about three years, and then followed 
farming in Oakland county, Michigan, for 
two years. 

On the breaking out of the Civil war Mr. 
Merryweather offered his services to the 



Government and became a private in Com- 
pany B, Fifth Michigan Cavalry. With 
his command he went to Washington, Dis- 
trict of Columbia, where a brigade was 
formed of the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh 
Regiments, commanded by Colonels Free- 
man Norvall, George Gray and William D. 
Mann, respectively, while General Joseph 
T. Copeland took command of the brigade. 
Subsequently the First Michigan Cavalry 
was added and the brigade formed a part of 
General Hooker's army, which moved from 
Fairfax Court House, Virginia, to Frederick, 
Maryland. About this time General Custer 
took command of the brigade. General Kil- 
patrick was the division commander and 
General Pleasanton was chief of cavalry. 
With his company Mr. Merryweather took 
part in the following battles: 

In 1863: Hanover, Virginia, June 30; 
Huntertown, Pennsylvania, July 2; Gettys- 
burg, July 3; Monterey, Maryland, July 4; 
and Cavetown, July 5. On the following 
day they met the enemy at Smithtown, 
Boonesboro, Hagerstown and Williamsport, 
Maryland. On the 8th there was again a 
battle at Hagerstown, and on the lOth at 
Williamsport. Four days later occurred an 
engagement at Falling Waters, and on the 
igth at Snicker's Gap, Virginia. The active 
work in September began on the 13th, at 
Kelley's Ford, followed by the battles of 
Culpeper Court House, on the 14th, Rac- 
coon Ford the i6th. White's Ford the 21st, 
Jack's shop the 26th; and on the 9th and 
loth of October occurred an engagement at 
James City, on the 1 1 th at Brandy Station, 
the 19th at Buckland's Mills, and the cam- 
paign of 1863 ended with the battles of 
Stevensburg, Virginia, on the 19th of No- 
vember, and Morton's Ford on the 26th of 
that month. Although the most hotly con- 



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tested battle of the war had been fought 
and won, there was yet much hard service 
before the armies, — servicet hat would cause 
destruction of property and life, and would 
bring sorrow and desolation to many homes. 

With the first of March, 1864, opera- 
tions began at Richmond, followed by the 
memorable battle of the Wilderness on the 
6th and 7th of May; Yellow Taver, May 
9-10; Meadow Bridge, on the 12th; Mil- 
ford, on the 27th; Howe's Shop, 28th; Bal- 
timore Cross Roads, 29th; and Cold Harbor, 
which began on the 30th of May and was 
continued on the ist of June. In August 
were the battles of Port Royal, Leetown, 
Shepardstown and Smithfield, on the i6th, 
the 25th and 29th of the month. On the 
3d of September shot and shell rained from 
the guns on either side, — evidence of the 
battle of Berry ville; the next day came 
Summit; on the 19th Opequan and the bat- 
tle of Winchester; on the 24th, Luray. The 
engagement of Mt. Crawford was on the 2d 
of October, Woodstock on the 9th; Cedar 
Creek, Virginia, the 19th; and Madison 
Court House December 24. During this 
year it was evident that the Confederacy 
was growing weaker, yet a long winter was 
yet to be spent in the camps of the soldier 
and other battles were to be fought ere the 
supremacy of the Union would be acknowl- 
edged by the erring South. 

On the 8th of March, 1865, hostilities 
began at Louisa Court House, followed by 
Five Forks, which began on the 30th of that 
month and continued three days. On the 
2d of April was the battle of South Side 
Railroad; Duck Pond Mills on the 4th; and 
Sailor's Creek on the 6th. Two days later 
began the battle which practically ended the 
war, — Appomattox Court House, — where 
Lee surrendered, — a sight witnessed by Mr. 



Merryweather. All through this severe serv- 
vice he had been found with his command, 
faithful to every duty imposed upon him, 
and when the war was over he went to 
Washington and participated in the Grand 
Review, — the most brilliant military pageant 
ever seen on the Western continent. He 
was taken sick there and discharged from the 
hospital in the capital city. 

At once returning to Detroit, Michigan, 
Mr. Merryweather engaged in the claim- 
agency business, and later was book-keeper 
for the American Iron Company on the 
north shore of Lake Superior for two years. 
Removing to Humboldt, Michigan, he there 
engaged in merchandising for about four 
years, when he went to Saginaw Mine and 
established a store. In 1882 he came to 
Ishpeming, where he carried on merchan- 
dising for about four years, when he became 
interested in other business enterprises. He 
was instrumental in forming the gas com- 
pany, and was its first president. Later it 
was merged into the Electric Company, 
of which he is now director and president. 
This industry is of great benefit to the city 
in the way of modern improvements. Mr. 
Merryweather is a man of excellent business 
ability and varied resources, and many of 
the leading concerns of the city have re- 
ceived his aid and become flourishing enter- 
prises. It is his custom to carry forward to 
successful completion whatever he under- 
takes, and his resolute purpose and straight- 
forward dealing has brought to him a 
high degree of success. He is now vice 
president of the Ishpeming National Bank, 
and is interested in a number of mines in 
this State. 

In 1855 Mr. Merry weather was united in 
marriage with Miss Margaret Allen, a native 
of England, who died leaving one daughter. 



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Augusta Mary, wife of Rev. J. Gordon 
Miller of Mattoon, Illinois. In 1S82 he was 
again married, his second union being with 
Harriet M. Thorpe, who was also born in 
England, and they have three children: 
Maud Harriet, C. Ernest and Caroline Lucy. 
The parents are members of the Episco- 
pal Church, in which Mr. Merryweather has 
served as Vestryman. A Mason, he belongs 
to the blue lodge of Ishpeming, the chapter 
of Negaunee, the commandery of Marquette 
and De Witt Clinton Consistory of Grand 
Rapids, having taken the thirty-second de- 
gree. He is also connected with the Grand 
Army Post of Ishpeming, and in politics is a 
stalwart Republican. His life furnishes an 
example well worthy of emulation. He 
came to this country to make his own way 
in the world, and from a financial standpoint 
his career has been very successful. His 
course, public and private, commands respect 
of all, and as a citizen he displays the same 
fidelity to duty that he manifested when he 
followed the old flag on Southern battle- 
fields. 



>Tr'OSEPH VANDWENTER, who is 
m engaged in the practice of medicine 
/> 1 in Ishpeming, Michigan, was born in 
Virginia on the 6th of February, 1847, 
and acquired his literary education in an 
academy of his native State. Having 
determined to engage in the practice of 
medicine as a life work, he fitted himself for 
the profession by study in the University of 
Virginia, the University of Maryland and the 
University of Pennsylvania. He was grad- 
uated at the second named in 1869, being a 
member of the graduating class of the last 
mentioned of 1871. He first opened an 
office in Loudoun coimty, Virginia, in 1869 



and remained there for four years, when he 
came to the North, settling in Marquette 
county, Michigan, in 1873, in Michigamme, 
where he remained until i885, when he 
came to Ishpeming, which has since been 
his place of abode. 

The Doctor has been connected with the 
Ishpeming Hospital since 1886. This in- 
stitution was organized in 1872 by the differ- 
ent mining companies of this locality and 
Dr. B. S. Bigelow. In 1886 Dr. Vand- 
wenter, joined by Dr. Felch, took charge of 
the institution, in which they employ three 
other physicians. 



(V''^ P. TUTEN, manager of the Range- 
■ ^^ Tribuneof Iron Mountain, was born 
\ _ P in East Cambridge, Massachusetts, 
April 1 1, 1845, a son of R. P. and 
Nancy Stevens (Smith) Tuten, the former 
a native of Boston, Massachusetts, and the 
latter of Deering, New Hampshire. The 
mother was a daughter of a wealthy farmer 
of that State. After marriage, the parents 
located in East Cambridge, where the 
father was foreman in the New England 
Glass Works. His death occurred in 185 1, 
and his widow survived until 1882. They 
were the parents of seven children, six now 
living, namely: Edward Terrill Tuten, 
Nancy Maria Bruce, Susan R., R. P. (our 
subject), Sarah T. and Esther P. 

R. P. Tuten was reared and educated at 
Mt. Vernon, New Hampshire. He subse- 
quently entered the office of the Farmers' 
Cabinet, at Amherst, that State, but in the 
midst of his apprenticeship the war broke 
out, and he left the case to join the Fifth 
New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, as Or- 
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tain A. G. Cummings. They went into 
winter quarters at Point Lookout, Maryland, 
after which Mr. Tut en spent a short time in 
the printing offices at Washington, District 
of Columbia, followed his trade at Boston 
until 1864, and then, December 29, of that 
year, he enlisted as Bugler in Company E, 
Twenty-sixth New York Cavalry, which regi- 
ment was detailed to do guard duty on the 
frontier, until the close of the struggle, and 
he received his discharge at Reedsville, 
Massachusetts, June 30, 1865. 

After the war Mr. Tuten resided in Bos- 
ton and New York until 1873, when he 
went to Beliefonte, Pennsylvania, and in 
company with his brother purchased the 
Beliefonte Republican. Two years after- 
ward our subject sold his interest in the pa- 
per to his brother, and for the following five 
years he was employed in the Portage 
Lake Mining Gazette at Houghton, Michi- 
gan. Mr. Tuten next worked three years 
for the Northwestern Mining Journal at 
Hancock, this State. October i, 1883, he 
came to Iron Mountain, and began work for 
H. S. Swift, proprietor of the Menominee 
Range. January i, 1884, he purchased a 
half interest in the paper, and July i, of the 
same year, he became sole owner of the 
Menominee Range. The Range and Trib- 
une were purchased and consolidated No- 
vember I, 1892, by a corporation known as 
the Range-Tribune Company, in which Mr. 
Tuten holds a controlling interest, and it 
has since been known as the Range-Tribune. 
It is a weekly paper. Republican in politics. 

In his social relations, Mr. Tuten is 
Master of Iron Mountain Lodge, No. 388, 
F. & A. M., is the present Principal So- 
journer of Iron Mountain Chapter, R. A. M., 
and has served as Senior Vice Commander 
of P. O'Connell Post, No. 426. G. A. R. 



Politically, he is an active worker in the 
Republican party. 

Mr. Tuten was married, in 1887, to Miss 
S. Amanda Mason, who was reared and 
educated in Galesburg, Illinois. They have 
one daughter, — Joyce Miriam, born May 18, 
1887. 



V|— rf IRAM C. FARRAND, M. D., of 
l'^"\ Newberry, who for fifty years suc- 
\ ^ P cessfully engaged in the practice of 
medicine and surgery, was born in 
Cayuga county. New York, on the 12th of 
June, 1822, and is a son of Moses Farrand, 
who was born in Vermont in 1773- The 
grandfather Farrand also was a native of 
the Green Mountain State, lived an upright 
life and followed the occupation of farming. 
He descended from English ancestry, who 
located in this country at an early day in the 
history of the Colonies. He reared a large 
family, among whom was the Doctor's 
father. The latter married Sarah Henry, 
daughter of John Henry, of Cayuga county. 
New York, and to them were born the fol- 
lowing children: John S., a farmer, who 
died in Oakland county, Michigan; Wilham 
H., a farmer, who died in Michigan many 
years ago; Lyman G., who died in Missis- 
sippi over twenty years ago; David D., a 
farmer, who died in Lapeer county, this 
State; Mrs. William Betts, who died in La- 
peer county, Michigan; Bethuel, whose 
death occurred in Indiana; Mrs. James 
Lockwood, who died in Mt. Vernon, Ma- 
comb county, Michigan; Chauncey K., who 
died in Missouri; and the Doctor. 

Dr. Farrand was a child of only two 
years when his parents removed to Ohio, 
becoming a resident of Richland county. 
There the family remained for twelve years. 



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the father following farming. In 1836, ac- 
companied by his wife and children, he came 
to Michigan, locating near Mt. Vernon, Ma- 
comb county, where he secured a tract of 
land that was covered with hardwood timber 
and underbrush. With characteristic energy, 
he at once began to clear and improve it, 
and in the course of time it became a pro- 
ductive place. The Doctor aided in the 
arduous task of transforming the wild land 
into rich and fertile fields and spent his early 
life in much the usual manner of farmer lads, 
but he was not content to make agricultural 
pursuits his life work and determined to en- 
ter the medical profession. His literary 
education was not of high character, but of 
a good deal of reading. He read medicine 
for three years in the office of Dr. Rose, of 
Oakland county, and then attended lectures 
in the Cleveland Medical College, where he 
received his medical education. 

Doctor Farrand entered upon the prac- 
tice of his chosen profession in Rochester, 
Oakland county, Michigan, where he re- 
mained for six years, doing a fair business. 
He then decided to take up his residence in 
Michigan City, Indiana, where he continued 
for about eight years, winning a most liberal 
patronage and gaining a high reputation for 
skill and ability. He served there as sur- 
geon for the Michigan Central Railroad 
from Lake to Niles. On leaving the Hoosier 
State the Doctor returned to Michigan, and 
this time opened an office in East Saginaw, 
then a place of 6,066 inhabitants. The 
man of merit finds little difficulty in secur- 
ing patronage, and the Doctor was soon at 
the head of a large and constantly increas- 
ing business. Sixteen years he made his 
home in that city and was widely known as 
a leading and able practitioner, standing in 
the foremost ranks of the medical fraternity. 



In April, 1850, the Doctor was united in 
marriage with Miss Phoebe M. Calkins, a 
daughter of Deacon Hiram Calkins, of Mt. 
Vernon, Michigan. The Calkins family 
formerly resided in Cayuga county. New 
York, whence they removed to a farm near 
Mt. Vernon. The father was a prosperous 
and enterprising farmer and a most highly 
respected man, whose upright, honorable 
career won him the esteem of all with 
whom he came in contact. In politics he 
was an Abolitionist and once ran for the 
Legislature on that ticket, but the party 
being in the minority he was defeated. He 
married Abigail Lockwood, and their chil- 
dren were: Elisha, who married twice, first 
Caroline Wales, and secondly Eliza Wales, 
her sister; Julia A., wife of John Burt; 
Lydia A., wife of Austin Burt, both gentle- 
men being sons of Judge Burt, the inventor 
of the solar compass; James; Mrs. Farrand; 
and Lebbeus, all deceased but Mrs. Austin 
Burt. 

After a long residence in East Saginaw 
the Doctor left that place on account of the 
ill-health of his wife and went to Imlay, 
Lapeer county, where he resided for three 
years. While there he was called upon to 
mourn the loss of his wife, who died in June, 
1879. Their family numbered the follow- 
ing children: Rosa, who died in Michigan 
City, Ind. ; Abbie F. , who died in Saginaw 
in 1872; and an adopted daughter, Grace 
M., who is now the wife of H. E. Smith, of 
Newberry, Michigan, with whom the Doctor 
now finds a pleasant home. 

Dr. Farrand came to Newberry to accept 
the position of surgeon with the Vulcan 
Furnace Company, dating his arrival from 
1883. While in Rochester he served as 
School Inspector, and since his arrival here 
has been County Poor Commissioner, serv- 



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ing six years, when he resigned. He was 
also Commissioner of Schools for two years, 
and resigned that position to accept the 
office of Judge of Probate, being first 
appointed to that office and then elected for 
the succeeding term of four years. He 
was also County Physician for about six 
years; this he also resigned. His fellow 
townsmen, recognizing his trustworthiness, 
have thus called him frequentl}' to positions 
of public trust and responsibility. While 
residing in Saginaw a medical society was 
formed, which took in members from sev- 
eral adjoining counties, and the Doctor was 
elected its first president. He was also 
a charter member of the State Medical 
Association of Michigan. 

A progressive and public-spirited citizen, 
he has manifested a commendable interest 
in the welfare of the various communities 
in which he has resided, and has withheld 
his support from no enterprise which is 
calculated to promote the public good. 
During the late war he manifested his loyalty 
by going to the South in 1864 as a volunteer 
surgeon, and was sent by the Surgeon- 
General to Fredericksburg, Virginia, where 
he did much to relieve the suffering and dis- 
tress of those who had offered their services, 
and if need be their lives, in defense of their 
country. 

Prior to his joining the ami)'. Dr. Far- 
rand was appointed examining surgeon for 
those who claimed disabilities, for the district 
embracing Saginaw, Michigan, and Tuscola, 
and part of Genesee counties. He was 
appointed surgeon for the Twenty-ninth 
Michigan Volunteers with the understanding 
that after the regiment was organized he be 
permitted to resign, that a young partner of 
his, who wanted the office, might succeed 
him. 

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When a young man Dr. Farrand united 
with the Baptist Church, but upon locating 
here he found that there was no church 
organization of that denomination, and he 
joined the Presbyterian Church, of which he 
has since been a consistent and • faithful 
member. For some time he served as a 
member of its Board of Trustees, and is 
now one of the Elders of the Church. 
Charitable and benevolent, his kindly nature 
and genial disposition wins him the respect 
of young and old, rich and poor, and in the 
ranks of his profession he occupies a place 
which only merit can attain. 



H SPIES, a prominent lumber dealer 
of Menominee, Michigan, is one of 
the most enterprising and progress- 
ive business men of the city. A 
resume of his life is as follows: 

A. Spies was born in Hesse Darmstadt, 
Germany, October 23, 1836. In 1850 he 
came to America with his parents, who 
made their settlement on wild land in Poy- 
gan township, Winnebago county, Wiscon- 
sin. As soon as the land was on the market, 
his father bought the tract upon which he 
and his family had settled, and as the years 
passed by he developed a fine farm. He had 
come to this countr}- with but little means. 
A short time before his death he rented his 
farm and made his home with his son, the 
subject of our sketch. He died at the age 
of sixty-three years and his wife passed away 
at about the same age. Thej' were the par- 
ents of eight children, seven of whom are 
now living, namely: Mrs. Lightenburg, of 
Oshkosh, Wisconsin; Jacob, Oconto, Wis- 
consin; the subject of this article; Mrs. Van 
Loon, Bloomer, Wisconsin; Mrs. Church, 



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Winneconne, Wisconsin; Mrs. Peter Kurtz- 
mier, Bloomer, Wisconsin; and Mrs. Kurtz- 
mier, Chippewa county, Wisconsin. 

Mr. A. Spies was reared to farm life. 
He attended school seven years in Germany 
and after coming to this country was for 
several terms a student in the common 
schools near his home in Wisconsin. When 
he was only thirteen years of age he began 
working out as a farm hand. He continued 
working for wages until he was twenty, and 
for three years before he was twenty he was 
employed in a nursery; then for two years he 
rented a farm in Winneconne township, 
Winnebago county, at the end of which time 
he purchased i6o acres of improved land in 
that township. He made some additional 
improvements to his farm, and continued 
operating it, off and on, until he was thirty 
years of age. In the meantime he rented it 
one year while he removed with his family 
to Appleton, where he attended college. 
When he was thirty he again rented his 
farm, and this time moved to Menominee. 
Here he has since lived and prospered. For 
twelve years he conducted a meat market 
and general supply store, and while thus 
occupied traded some in real estate, making 
a specialty of timber lands. In 1880 he 
built his present mill, which he has since 
operated, at first being in partnership with 
Henry Martin, but for the past eleven years 
has done business alone. Pine lumber is 
the chief product of his mill; and while Mr. 
Spies has given close attention to his lum- 
ber business, he has also found time to give 
to the advancing of other interests. He was 
one of the incorporators of the Stephenson 
Banking Company of Marinette, Wisconsin, 
which later was organized into the National 
Bank, of which he was a director. Subse- 
quently he helped to organize the First Na- 



tional Bank of Menominee, and is vice presi- 
dent of the same. He is also president of 
the Marinette and Menominee Paper Com- 
pany, and is president of the Menominee 
Electric Light, Railroad and Power Com- 
pany. He is one of the trustees and chair- 
man of the Board of the Cemetery Associa- 
tion, of Menominee, and is a director of the 
Gruhl Sash and Door Manufactory, of Mil- 
waukee, Wisconsin. The first brick block 
in Menominee was erected by him, its loca- 
tion being on Main street, and his residence 
was the first solid brick residence in the 
town. Thus it is seen that he is, and has 
been for years, prominently connected with 
the material growth and development of 
Menominee. It may here be stated that he 
disposed of his farm, above referred to, some 
years ago. 

Mr. Spies was married in i860 to Ger- 
trude Prince, a native of Hesse Darmstadt, 
Germany. She came with her parents to 
America about 1852, their location being in 
Onondaga county. New York, where they 
spent the rest of their lives and died. She 
was educated in Germany and in the high 
school at Horicon, Wisconsin. Mr. and 
Mrs. Spies are the parents of nine children, 
viz: Charles A., of Menominee; Frank A., 
also of Menominee; Arthur G., attending 
school; Adella, wife of Frank Humphrey, 
of Shawano, Wisconsin; Amelia, wife of D. 
G. Bothwell; and Hattie, Alice, Lizzie and 
Nelie, at home. Mrs. Spies is a member 
of the Presbyterian Church. 

Politically, Mr. Spies is in harmony 
with the principles advocated by the Repub- 
lican party and is a stanch member of the 
same. He has served four years in the 
City Council and six years as a member of 
the School Board, being treasurer of the 
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eLMER D. CARR, the popular and 
efficient Sheriff of Schoolcraft 
count J-, Michigan, and a well- 
known resident of Manistique, is a 
man who has attained success in the affairs 
of life entirely by his own efforts, and is one 
who is deserving of honors by reason of his 
fidelity, honesty and charity, which have 
conspired to make his advancement possible 
without violating the rights or feeling, of 
others. 

Our subject is a native of Allegany 
county, New York, where he was born on 
the 2 1 St day of March, 1849, the son of 
David C. and Lydia Jane (Harrington) 
Carr. The father has devoted the major 
portion of his life to agricultural pursuits, 
and is now a resident of Cattaraugus county. 
New York, whither he moved in 1862 and 
where his wife died, in the year 1875. 
They became the parents of seven children, 
five of whom are now living, namely: 
Lyman, Elmer D., Myron, Miner and 
Marion. 

Elmer D. Carr did not receive extra- 
ordinary scholastic privileges, but used to 
good advantage the opportunities afforded 
him by the common schools. In early 
life he launched out for himself, securing 
employment in connection with the lumber- 
ing industry, which continued to be his oc- 
cupation until he came to Michigan, in the 
fall of 1872, at which time he located at 
Manistique. Here he has been concerned 
in the same line of enterprise with which he 
identified himself in early years, conducting 
a camp for the Chicago Lumber Company 
for ten or eleven years. 

In the fall of 1894 Mr. Carr was elected 
Sheriff of Schoolcraft county, and his admin- 
istration of the affairs of the office have jus- 
tified the confidence which his constituents 



had as to his eligibility as a candidate. He 
was re-elected to the office in the fall of 
1 894. In addition to this he has also been 
called upon to serve in other minor offices 
of public trust. 

Politically Mr. Carr is identified with 
the Republican party, taking an active in- 
terest in the local councils and movements 
of his party. Fraternally he is a member 
of the Masonic order and the Knights of the 
Maccabees. He is thoroughly a self-made 
man, having made his own way from boy- 
hood, and as one of the progressive citizens 
of Manistique he well deserves the high 
esteem in which he is held. 

The marriage of our subject was cele- 
brated in 1883, when he was united to Miss 
Virginia Grenell, a native of the State of 
New York. They are the parents of two 
sons, Fred and Elmer C. Mrs. Carr is an 
active and zealous member of the Baptist 
Church. 



aHARLES B. MERSEREAU, who 
is one of the representative young 
business men of Manistique, School- 
craft county, where he has execu- 
tive charge of the important station of the 
Booth Packing Company, and who also 
holds distinctive public preferment as Treas- 
urer of the county, assuredly merits consid- 
eration in this volume. 

The old Empire State figures as the place 
of our subject's nativity, since he was born 
in Steuben county. New York, March 18, 
1866, the son of Theodore L. and Adeline 
(Thayer) Mersereau, both of whom were na- 
tives of New York State. The paternal 
lineage of our subject is of French origin, 
the first American representatives of the 
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MEMORIAL RECORD OF THE 



day and settled in the Eastern States. The 
father of our subject was engaged in lumber- 
ing during the greater portion of his life. 
He came toManistique, Michigan, in August, 
1893, and here died in May of the succeed- 
ing year. The mother is still living and 
retains her residence in Manistique. They 
were the parents of three children, namely: 
Emma B., wife of L. H. Simmons, of San 
Luis Obispo, California; Theodore T., of 
Yucatan, Mexico; and Charles B., the im- 
mediate subject of this review. 

Charles B. Mersereau was reared and 
educated in his native county, taking an aca- 
demic course of study and graduating at the 
Addison (New York) Academy in 1882. He 
was then employed for a time as bookkeeper 
in a mercantile house at Olean, New York, 
retaining this position about eighteen 
months, after which, in April, 1886, he 
came to Manistique, Michigan, where he 
was employed for a brief time as bookkeeper 
for the Chicago Lumbering Company. He 
then became local bookkeeper for the Booth 
Packing Company, and later was advanced 
to the responsible position as manager of 
their Manistique office, and business. An 
idea of the character of the enterprise may 
be gained when it is stated that the com- 
pany's investment at Manistique aggregates 
$75,000. At this station our subject has 
three tugs and one steamer, and during the 
fishing season about forty-five men are em- 
ployed. The company has an extensive ice- 
house here, a packing house, a freezer, con- 
venient quarters for storing the seine and 
other nets, and an office with suitable equip- 
ments. 

In November, 1892, Mr. Mersereau was 
elected County Treasurer and his service 
proved so satisfactory to his constituents and 
the general public that he has been retained 



in the office, being re-elected thereto in 
1894. It is needless to say that he is a 
young man of much business sagacity and 
enterprise, for his efforts bespeak in their re- 
sults the possession of the honorable quali- 
fications. In his political views he is an 
unwavering Republican and lends an active 
support to his party and its policies. Fra- 
ternally he is identified with the Masonic or- 
der, in which he has advanced to the Knights 
Templar degree; with the Knights of Pythias 
and the Ancient Order of United Workmen. 
Mr. Mersereau enjoys a distinctive popu- 
larity in the community and this esteem he 
has gained by reason of his affable manner 
and honorable methods. 



a P. HILL, the efficient and popular 
manager of the Chicago Lumber- 
ing Company's store of Manistique, 
is one of the worthy citizens that 
the Empire State has furnished the northern 
peninsula of Michigan. The date of his 
birth is May 29, 1858, and the place Gene- 
seo, Livingston county, New York. His 
father, Henry F. Hill, was a distant relative 
of Roland Hill, and the grandfather was a 
cousin of the Vvcll-known George Peabody. 
The Hills were early settlers of New York, 
the father removing from Vermont to that 
State. He was a lumber merchant, and in 
connection with his labors in that line was a 
Baptist clergyman. He was twice married, 
his second union being with Elizabeth A. 
Peabody. His family numbered eight chil- 
dren, four by each marriage, and W. H. and 
Charles P. are the survivors of the second 
union. 

In the public schools of Corning, New 
York, C. P. Hill began his education, and in 



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1876, on the completion of the prescribed 
course of study, was graduated at the Corn- 
ing Academ}', He was a thorough student, 
and now had excellent theoretical knowl- 
edge, which he soon put into practice in a 
business career. At the age of twenty he 
began merchandising, he and his brother 
purchasing their father's estate. Their con- 
nection continued under the firm name of 
W. H. Hill cS: Company for a few years, 
when the subject of this sketch bought out 
his brother's interest, becoming sole pro- 
prietor of the store. This he carried on 
until 1889, and met with marked success in 
the undertaking, enjoying a well deserved 
and liberal patronage. In that year he sold 
out and removed to Gouverneur, New York, 
to take charge of the retail lumber-yard 
owned by Weston, Dean & Aldrich. For 
eight months he continued in that line of 
business and then sought a home in the Mis- 
sissippi \'alley. 

On becoming a resident of Manistique, 
Mr. Hill was appointed manager of the 
large general mercantile establishment of 
the Chicago Lumber Company, and has 
since occupied this responsible position. He 
has entire charge of this immense establish- 
ment, which carried a stock valued at $50,- 
000. Twelve clerks are employed and an 
extensive trade has been secured. The suc- 
cess of this concern is largely due to Mr. 
Hill, whose business abilit}' is of a very 
high order. He is methodical, energetic, 
industrious and scrupulously honest, and has 
the confidence of the company in an unlim- 
ited degree, and the respect and good-will 
of all with whom he has been brought in 
contact. Each department of the store is 
complete, filled with the articles which the 
public wish, and the establishment would be 
an honor to many a city much larger than 



Manistique. Mr. Hill is also a stock-holder 
and director in the Manistique Bank. 

In the year 1882 was celebrated the 
marriage of Mr. Hill and Miss Anna Gam- 
mon, of Corning, New York. Three chil- 
dren grace their pleasant home, — Henry G., 
Marie E. and Ruth S. Our subject and his 
estimable wife hold membership in the 
Presbyterian Church and are deeply inter- 
ested in its growth. In politics he is a sup- 
porter of the policy and principles advocated 
by the Republican party, and socially he is 
a member of the Ancient Order of United 
Workmen and the Knights of the Macca- 
bees. He is ever true to the trust reposed 
in him, and wherever he goes he commands 
the regard of those whom he meets. He 
came from the East with experience, and, 
possessing the spirit of progress and enter- 
prise of the West, he has become one of 
the most prominent business men of School- 
I craft county, Michigan. 



^>^ERRY C. McGOWEN, superin- 
1 m tendent of the City Waterworks 
\ Company and the City Street Rail- 

way Company, Escanaba, Michi- 
gan, is an enterprising young man in every 
way qualified to fill the important position 
he occupies. 

Mr. McGowen was born at Mineral 
Ridge, Trumbull county, Ohio, April 7, 
1866, son of Robert and Louisa (Maurer) 
McGowen, natives of Ohio and now resi- 
dents of Washington, Indiana. His father 
is a mechanical engineer. In their family 
were four children, two sons and two daugh- 
ters, and all are living except one daughter 
that died in infancy. The other daughter, 
Mrs. M. Harper, a widow, resides at Wash- 
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located at the same place, where he is sup- 
erintendent of the City Waterworks Com- 
pany. 

Perry C. McGowen was reared in his 
native county. He received a high-school 
education and also took a course in the 
Normal School at Canfield, Ohio, and since 
leaving school has been variously employed, 
— farming, engineering, etc. Since 1 890 he 
has occupied his present position at Escan- 
aba, having come here from Nebraska, 
where he was similarly employed, having 
charge of the water plants at York and 
Fairbury. He first went to Nebraska in 
company with his father, who was inter- 
ested in farming there, and remained with 
him until he accepted the position above 
named. Politically, Mr. McGowen is a 
Democrat. 

Mr. McGowen was married in York, 
Nebraska, April i, 1890, to Miss Bertha 
Fender, a native of Illinois. She is now 
employed as stenographer and typewriter 
operator in the office with her husband. 



"^T^OHN MOE, who is occupying the re- 
^ sponsible position of City Assessor 
/> 1 of Escanabaand is numbered among 
the leading business men of the city, 
is a native of Norway, born in Verdalen, 
March 31, 1855. His parents, John and 
Johanna C. Moe, continued their residence 
in Norway until 1888, when they crossed 
the briny deep to America and are now living 
in this city, the former having reached the 
age of eighty years, while the latter is now 
seventy-eight years of age. They are still 
well preserved old people, and for fifty-two 
years they have traveled life's journey to- 
gether as man and wife. To them were 
born nine children, and all lived until the 



3'oungest was eleven years of age. They are: 
Michael, who was drowned in his native 
country, while engaged in fishing; Ole, who 
was the first of the family to come to Amer- 
ica, preceding our subject about eighteen 
months, died in Ford River, Michigan, leav- 
ing a widow to mourn his loss; Martin came 
to the United States with his parents and is 
now living in Ford River; Annie M. died in 
Norway; Ellen is the wife of Olaus Olson, 
who resides at Ford River, Michigan; 
Ragnhild died in Norway when'about twenty 
years of age; John is the ne.xt younger; 
Ingeborg, who died at the age of fourteen 
3'ears; and Ellenana is the youngest. 

In the public schools of his native land 
John Moe acquired his education and also 
took a business course under a private in- 
structor. He was only eighteen years of age 
when he resolved to try his fortune beyond 
the Atlantic, and on the 17th of July, 1873, 
he bade adieu to home and friends and em- 
barked for the United States. He made his 
first location in Michigamme, this State, 
where he was employed as a miner in the 
iron mines, continuing there for about a 
year. . He then began working on the Sault 
de Ste. Marie Canal, and later went to Chi- 
cago and took a trip to Indiana. Returning 
to Chicago he again left that city, took up 
his residence in Ford River, Delta county, 
Michigan, where he arrived in August, 1874. 
Here he worked in the lumber mills through 
the summer, while in the winter season he 
was employed in the woods. After two 
years' residence at P'ord River he started on 
a trip over this countrj' and visited nearly 
every State in the Union, spending two 
years in travel. He then returned to Ford 
River and was again engaged in work in con- 
nection with the lumber trade for two years. 
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chased some cedar land, and in the winter be- 
gan cutting tlic timber, but still continued 
in the service of the Ford River Lumber 
Company through the summer months. In 
1 88 1 he came to Escanaba, where he has 
since made his home. Here he engaged 
in the liquor business for five years, and 
since then has given much time and atten- 
tion to the business of an architect and con- 
tractor. He drew the plans and superin- 
tended the construction of the Norwegian 
Lutlieran Church, was the architect and 
contractor for the North Star Hall and also 
for many residences, including his own ele- 
gant and commodious home, which is situ- 
ated at No. 60 1 South Mary street. 

In addition to his other business interests 
Mr. Moe is interested in South Park, a 
noted pleasure resort within the city limits 
of Escanaba, covering si.xty acres of land. 
It lies along the shore of Green Bay, is 
beautifully shaded and has all the advantages 
of nature supplemented by those of art. 
There is a large pavilion, boat houses and 
other means of amusement afforded, and 
South Park is one of the attractive features 
of the city and a valuable property. The 
Agricultural Society of Delta county has lo- 
cated its fairgrounds adjoining. 

Mr. Moe has several times been called to 
public office, and has ever been found a capa- 
ble and efficient officer. In 1886 he was 
elected Street Commissioner, serving one 
year, and was then elected Alderman from 
the Third ward for a two-years term, during 
which time he was chairman of the street 
improvement committee, greatly to the 
benefit of the city. He was also the candi- 
date of the Democratic party for the office 
of County Treasurer, and though the county 
is strongly Republican he failed of election 
by only a few votes. In the spring of 18S4 



he was elected to the office of Justice of 
Peace, serving seven years. He was elected 
City Assessor in 1892 and is now serving his 
third term in an office which is no sinecure, 
his frequent re-election indicating his faith- 
fulness to duty. In politics he is neither a 
Republican nor a Democrat, but adheres 
more closely to the ideas advanced by Henry 
George. 

The lady who shares the name and for- 
tunes of Mr. Moe was in her maidenhood 
Miss Elizabeth Nelson, and their marriage 
was celebrated December 31, 1 881, in Es- 
canaba. She is a native of Sweden and 
came to this country with her brothers in 
her girlhood days. Mr. Moe is a prominent 
member of the Independent Order of Odd 
Fellows, both subordinate and Rebekah 
branches, and also belongs to the Knights of 
the Maccabees, in which he has served as 
Finance Keeper for the past five years. He 
is a member of the North Star society, a 
benevolent order, whose membership is con- 
fined to people of his nationalty, and has 
held the offices of Financial Secretary, Presi- 
dent and Trustee. He was the organizer of 
the Iron City Lodge of the United Home 
Protectors, — a new feature in the building 
and loan field, combining accumulation with 
protection to the member in case of his 
death prior to the maturity of his stock. 
The order originated in Port Huron, Michi- 
gan, and is already very popular. Mr. Moe 
is its agent and organizer. 

The career of Mr. Moe is most remark- 
able in some respects. He came to this 
country a poor young man, with no capital, 
unfamiliar with the language, and from a 
position of comparative obscurity has worked 
his way steadily upward to a position of 
prominence. He has not only been suc- 
cessful financially, but has long been recog- 



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nized as one of the valued citizens of the 
communit}^ — pubhc-spirited and progress- 
ive, and doing all in his power for the ad- 
vancement of the public welfare. 



^-I-* OUIS JEPSEN is a native of Den- 
I j mark, born in Schleswig-Holstein, 
1 \ on the 25th of February, 1854. 
His parents were Hans Christian 
and Marie (Bunden) Jepsen, and in their na- 
tive country they still reside. Their family 
numbered seven children, — four sons and 
three daughters. The latter are still in 
Denmark, and two are living with their par- 
ents, while the other daughter is married. 
The sons have all found homes in America 
and are living in or near Escanaba. 

Louis Jepsen crossed the Atlantic in 1871 
and made his way to Chicago, where he re- 
mained for a short time. He then went to 
Peshtigo, Wisconsin, where he was living 
when the town was destroyed by the forest 
fires. His next place of residence was 
Kewaunee, Wisconsin, and thence he re- 
moved to Oshkosh, in the Badger State, 
coming to Escanaba in the year 1879. 
During the first twelve years of his residence 
in the United States he was mostly em- 
ployed in the lumber woods of Wisconsin 
and Michigan, the last seven years as aeon- 
tractor, operating the camps on contract 
and hiring and paying his own hands. He 
was industrious and by capable manage- 
ment and diligence acquired the capital 
which enabled him to embark in other lines 
of business. 

In 1 88 1 Mr. Jepsen established a saloon 
in Escanaba, and has since conducted a 
paying business as a retail liquor dealer. 
He also has other profitable business in- 
terests, owns a half interest in a valuable 



property in Escanaba known as South Park, 
a noted summer resort, fitted up after the 
most approved manner of those pleasure 
gardens. He owns considerable other real 
estate, and has extensive interests in min- 
eral, hardwood and pine lands in Iron coun- 
ty, Michigan. 

Mr. Jepsen is not only prominent in bus- 
iness affairs, but is a recognized leader in 
political circles in this community, — a prom- 
inent member of the Republican party. He 
is an earnest worker in the interests of 
the party and has been honored with 
local offices, which he has filled so 
creditably and acceptably that he has 
won the highest commendation of all can- 
cerned. He is now serving as Alderman of 
the Third ward. He was unanimously 
elected to his second term in 1 894, being 
the candidate of both parties, — a fact which 
indicates his great personal popularity and 
the confidence reposed in him by his fellow 
townsmen. As a member of the Council he 
has done effective work for the city in pro- 
moting her best interests and aiding in the 
work of public progress. During his entire ser- 
vice he has been chairman of the committee 
on streets and has served on other important 
committees. In 1892 he was on the audit- 
ing committee, the committees on finance, 
sidewalks, police, purchasing and printing, 
and in 1893 was again on the last two 
named, also the auditing committee. In 
1894 he was again made chairman of the 
committee on sidewalks and served on the 
finance and purchasing committees. His 
value as a citizen is widely recognized, and 
Escanaba is indebted to him for what he 
has done in her behalf. Socially he is con- 
nected with the Knights of Pythias Lodge 
and the Uniform Rank of that order ; also 
belongs to the Knights of the Maccabees, in 



NORTHERN PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN. 



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which he is now serving as Lieutenant Com- 
mander. He holds membership in the 
North Star Society, the Michigan Liquor 
Dealers' Society, the Protective Association 
and the United Home Protectors. 



@EORGE LANDSTROM, assistant 
superintendent of the Metropohtan 
Life Insurance Company of New 
York, with headquarters in Escan- 
aba, has passed an eventful and interesting 
hfe. He is a native of Sweden, his birth 
having occurred on the 7th of August, 1865, 
in Sundsvall. His parents are Andreas and 
Johanna Landstrom, and the former is en- 
gaged in merchandising in the city of Sunds- 
vall. One brother died in early infancy, and 
a sister, Johanna, died at the age of nine- 
teen years. Another sister, Marie, is now 
the wife of August Anderson, who is en- 
gaged in business in Sundsvall. 

In his native town George Landstrom 
was reared and educated, and at the age of 
eighteen shipped before the mast, having a 
great fondness for the water. He first sailed 
on Scandinavian vessels, being thus em- 
ployed for about five years. He was next 
transferred to an English vessel at Ham- 
burg, Germany, and continued aboard that 
ship for about eighteen months, during 
which time he visited America. He went on 
a lengthy voyage to China and Japan aboard 
a Boston vessel, and upon his return he se- 
cured a good position with the United States 
Government. Having studied navigation, 
he passed an examination and secured a 
license to serve as mate, in which capacity 
he shipped aboard the United States Gov- 
ernment schoolship, the Saint Mary's. This 
was an educational enterprise partly sup- 
ported by the Government and partly by 



the city of New York. The students were 
from the better class of young men desiring 
instruction in the sciences of navigation and 
seamanship, and from ninety to one hundred 
and twenty students were taught here, each 
being required to pay as tuition $60 per 
year. Mr. Landstrom remained on this 
vessel for four years, serving as mate, quar- 
termaster and master-at-arms. The ship 
was harbored at New York in the winter 
and in the summer went on a five-months 
trip to European countries. 

While sailing the deep Mr. Landstrom saw 
various countries, visiting England, France, 
Germany, the West Indies and Brazil. He 
also went along the African coast as far as 
it had been explored, saw the East Indies 
and their inhabitants, Australia and New 
Zealand. He visited Chinese ports, saw 
the interesting and progressive little people 
of Japan, the less civilized inhabitants of the 
Fiji islands and the Philippine islands, and 
was in many of the old and interesting sea- 
ports of Portugal and Spain and along the 
coast of the blue Mediterranean. He saw 
many interesting and novel sights, had many 
experiences accounts of which would read 
with the excitement of the fairy tale. 
Through travel more than in any other way 
can a person gain a knowledge of men and 
their customs, and Mr. Landstrom has an 
interesting fund of information thus acquired. 

In 1892 he decided to leave the sea and 
engage in the quieter pursuits of business on 
land. He became an agent for the Metro- 
politan Life Insurance Company of New 
York, and has filled various positions of 
trust and responsibility with that company, — 
a tribute to his worth and capability. In 
September, 1894, he was promoted to the 
position of assistant superintendent, and 
sent to Escanaba to open an office and es- 



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tablish agencies. This he at once did, and 
Escanaba has since numbered him among 
her leading and influential business men. 
He was reared in the Swedish Lutheran 
Church; socially is connected with the 
Knights of Pythias; and politically is a Re- 
publican. 



,>^^ ORMAN A. EDDY, of Escanaba, 
I B is numbered among the early set- 
\ p tiers of Delta county, Michigan, 
and is familiar with its history 
almost from the beginning of its existence 
as an organized locality. He always mani- 
fests a commendable interest in everything 
pertaining to its welfare, and though taking 
no very prominent in public affairs, he aids 
in its advancement by his faithful discharge 
of the duties of citizenship. 

He was born near Coburg, Canada, 
August 19, 1848, and is a son of Ashael and 
Mary (Drinkwalter) Eddy. The Eddy fam- 
ily had resided for many years on Canadian 
soil, and the mother of our subject died 
there when Norman was a child of two years. 
Not long afterward the family removed to 
Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, and Nor- 
man went to live upon a farm. He never 
afterward saw his father, though he lived 
until the son was about eighteen years of 
age, and died in the army during the Civil 
war. He had remarried and had one child 
by the second union. Thus our subject 
grew to manhood without the influences of 
a home, so that whatever he is in this world 
is due to his own efforts. His life, his char- 
acter and his success financially are the out- 
come of his honesty of purpose, his true 
nobility and his earnest labor. He lived 
with thirteen different families during the 
years of his childhood, and at the age of 



eleven j'ears became an inmate of the home 
of Daniel Carpenter, with whom he con- 
tinued until after the close of the war. At 
the age of fifteen he made a contract 
with him to remain until he had attained 
his majority, but circumstances caused him 
to abandon this plan. 

In February, 1865, with a spirit of true 
patriotism he offered his services to the Gov- 
ernment and became a member of Company 
C, Eleventh Wisconsin Infantry, in which he 
continued until after the South had laid down 
its arms and peace was once more restored. 
His enlistment was attended with some very 
unpleasant circumstances. Mr. Carpenter, 
his employer, seemed to believe that he had 
a lease on the life and services of Mr. Eddy 
and would only permit him to go to the war 
as a substitute, while he (Carpenter) pock- 
eted the bounty. This proceeding, worthy 
of a barbarian, naturally created no little 
condemnation through the community and 
was largely the cause of Mr. Eddy severing 
the connection between them. After leav- 
ing Mr. Carpenter he worked in various 
ways and at various tasks in order to earn 
an honest living, and at length came to 
Delta county, in 1870. Here he went into 
the lumber woods, where he was employed 
for some time, when he engaged in fishing, 
and later took up carpenter work. For the 
past three years he has given his attention 
wholly to the dairy business and milks from 
ten to thirteen cows. He now has a good 
trade, which comes from the best class of 
people. 

On the 3d of September, 1873, Mr. 
Eddy was united in marriage with Miss 
Julia Drisco, a native of Maine, born in 
Addison, February 3, 1855. The Drisco 
family is of English and Scotch ancestry, 
but has long been founded in America. The 



NORTHERN PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN. 



parents came to Delta county when she was 
a child of ten summers. Her father, George 
Drisco, was born in Maine, in 1832, and 
her mother, who bore the maiden name of 
Lizzie Skinner, was born in the Pine Tree 
State in 1834. They had three children, — a 
son and two daughters; but Mrs. Eddy is 
the only one now living, the others having 
died in childhood. In 1866 Mr. and Mrs. 
Drisco decided to accompany a colony to 
the Holy Land, — an enterprise gotten up by 
some religious people, and accordingly the 
family returned to Jonesport, Maine, whence 
they sailed for Joppa, Palestine. Houses 
were there erected and lands selected and 
portioned out. Mr. Drisco and his brothers 
erected a large three-story hotel, hoping to 
receive the patronage of English-speaking 
travelers, but the enterprise proved a failure. 
Many of the colonists returned to their 
native land, others continued in the Orient, 
and after a year Mr. and Mrs. Drisco again 
came to Delta county, where they are still 
living. 

Mr. and Mrs. Eddy have a family of two 
sons and three daughters, — Lizzie, Alvin, 
Christiana, Lurenna and Clarence, all yet 
under the parental roof. Mr. and Mrs. Eddy 
are members of the Equitable Aid Union, 
and their daughter, Christie, who is an hon- 
orary member, serves as organist. The 
mother and daughter Lizzie hold member- 
ship in the Methodist Episcopal Church. 
Though not a member of any religious or- 
ganization Mr. Eddy contributes liberally to 
the support of the church and gives of his 
means for charitable and benevolent work. 
He belongs to C. F. Smith Post, No. 175, 
G. A. R. , in which he has served as Chap- 
lain for several terms, and in politics he is a 
stalwart Republican. Through life he has 
made the most of his opportunities, and has 



not waited for them, but created them. 
Working his way steadily upward he has 
attained a position in the regard of his fel- 
low-townsmen of which he may be justly 
proud. 



^'^EORGE W. FINCH, electrical 
■ ^^ engineer of Escanaba, possesses 
\^^ great genius in mechanics, and in 
the broad field of electricity has 
gained for himself a place that attests his 
ability and talent. He is now representing 
the Ball Electric Light Company in north- 
ern Michigan, northern Wisconsin and Min- 
nesota, and is also the representative of the 
Sebastian May Company, dealers in machin- 
erj', tools and mechanical supplies. 

Mr. Finch was born in Rotterdam, New 
York, on the 3d of November, 1850, and is 
a son of Nason and Esther (Smith) Finch. 
The father is American born, though of Ger- 
man lineage, while the mother is a native of 
England. Their family numbered the fol- 
lowing children: William, who is married 
and follows farming in Missouri; James, 
who was formerly an engineer, but is now 
living retired on a farm near Traverse City, 
Michigan; Henry, who is captain at the 
United States Life Saving station at Michi- 
gan City, Indiana, also submarine diver in 
the employ of the Government; Alta, widow 
of William Dennis and a resident of Chi- 
cago, where she is employed at the head of 
the hair department in the "Fair;"' Fred, a 
jeweler at Travis City, Michigan; Claude, at 
home; and George W., who completes the 
family. The father is nr-w profitably 
engaged in fruit-growing near Traverse City, 
Michigan. On coming to the West he 
secured a homestead near Grand Rapids, 
Michigan, and continued its cultivation for 



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some years, but the growth of the city sub- 
sequently took it within the corporation 
Hmits and he then sold out, purchasing a 
farm further from the town. There the 
family lived until after the children were 
grown and ready to enter the business world 
on their own responsibility. In 1890 Mr. 
Finch and his wife removed to the farm 
which is now their place of residence and 
surrounded by the comforts of life; they are 
there spending their declining days. 

George W. Finch came with his parents 
to the West and acquired his education in 
Swensberg's Business College at Grand 
Rapids. His life has been a busy and use- 
ful one, with few leisure hours, for the time 
not demanded by his business has usually 
been given to study and invention. In his 
early business career he went to Sand Lake, 
Michigan, and was there employed in clerk- 
ing for a time. His great mechanical ability 
enables him to handle nearly all kinds of 
machinery, and he has never been forced to 
turn away a job of repairing on account of 
not knowing how to do the work. When 
electricity began to demand so much of the 
public attention, it was not strange that a 
man of his tastes and inclinations should 
be attracted by it, and he entered the elec- 
trical field where he has since labored. By 
careful study and experiment he has become 
an expert electrician and engineer, and his 
services have been solicited and given to the 
following well-known companies, — the Ham- 
ilton Iron Ore Company at Iron Mountain; 
Chapin Mine, at Iron Mountain; Hemlock 
Mine at Crystal Falls; Dunn Mine and Paint 
River Mine at the same place; Lake Angel- 
ine Mine; Cleveland Mine; Ishpeming Elec- 
tric Light & Gas Company; the Champion 
Mine at Champion, Michigan; the Republic 
Mine at Republic, Michigan; the Tamarack 



Copper Mine at Calumet; the Chicago & 
Northwestern Railway, and many others. 
He now gives his whole time and attention 
to electrical engineering and to manufactur- 
ing small electrical machinery, to putting 
in telephones and to supplying all kinds of 
electrical appliances and doing electrical 
repairing. His work is so proficient that 
his services are constantly in demand, and 
he is therefore now at the head of a paying 
business. 

In Sand Lake, this State, was cele- 
brated the marriage of Mr. Finch and Miss 
Jennie Bowers, a native of Mendon, Michi- 
gan. Her parents, who were of German 
nationality, are both now deceased. Nine 
children have been born of the union of our 
subject and his estimable wife, but only two 
are now living. Pearl and Mabel May, 
aged respectively seventeen and seven years. 
The family is an interesting one, and in 
social circles, where true worth and intelli- 
gence are received as the passports into good 
society, they occupy an enviable position. 

Mr. Finch takes considerable interest in 
civic societies, and is a member in good 
standing of Cedar Springs Lodge, No. 213, 
F. & A. M. ; Lovell Moore Chapter, No. 88, 
R. A. M.. of Rockford, Michigan, and an 
Odd Fellow. The Republican party num- 
bers him among its stalwart supporters, who 
never falters in his allegiance to the party 
principles and never fails to cast his ballot 
for its men and measures. 



^>^ETER A. ARONSON.— Itisaston- 

1 m ishing to witness the success of 

J the young men who have emigrated 

to America without capital and 

from a position of comparative obscurity 

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NORTHERN PENINSULA OE MICHIGAN. 



107 



prominence. The readiness with which 
they adapt themselves to circumstances and 
take advantage of opportunities offered 
brings them success and wins them a place 
among the leading business men of the com- 
munity in which they reside. Peter A. 
Aronson's career is of this kind, and may 
well serve to encourage others who like him- 
self have to depend from an early age upon 
their own resources. 

He was born in Sweden, March 20, 
1868, and in the public schools of the 
neighborhood acquired his education and 
learned the shoemaker's trade. The first 
of the family to seek a home in America was 
David, who is now married and lives in 
Escanaba. For three years he was em- 
ployed as a brakeman on the Chicago & 
Northwestern Railroad, and for the past 
eight 3'ears he has held the position of con- 
ductor. When Peter was a young man of 
nineteen years, he, too, bade adieu to home 
and friends and sailed for the United States, 
accompanied by his brother, F. W. He is a 
tailor by trade and is employed in that line 
of business in Escanaba. 

Since 1888 Peter Aronson has been a 
resident of this city. For the first two 
years after his arrival he w^orked on the 
shoemaker's bench, and then, joined by his 
two brothers, established the present firm 
of Aronson Brothers, dealers in boots and 
shoes at No. 204, South Charlotte street. 
He has the exclusive management of the 
store and carries a large line of fine goods, 
such as is demanded by the public, which 
grants to him a liberal patronage, on- ac- 
count of his honorable and straightforward 
dealing. He possesses the genial, pleasant 
manner and the tact of meeting all classes 
of people, without which one cannot hope to 
be a successful merchatit. He has worked 



hard to achieve prosperity, and whatever 
success may attend him in life will be the 
reward of his own labors. Mr. Aronson was 
reared in the faith of the Swedish Lutheran 
Church and he and all the family hold 
membership in that denomination. In addi- 
tion to the brothers living in Michigan the 
mother and one brother are still living in the 
land of their nativity, the latter, C. J., fol- 
lowing carpentering in Stockholm. Our 
subject exercises his right of franchise in 
support of the men and measures of the Re- 
publican party, and socially he is connected 
with the Independent Order of Odd Fel- 
lows. 



EANS P. HANSEN, proprietor of a 
fish market situated at the foot of 
Tilden avenue, Escanaba, Michi- 
gan, is a native of Schleswig-Hol- 
stein, Germany. The province, however, 
at the time of his birth, belonged to Den- 
mark, but was afterward secured by the 
German Empire. The date of Mr. Hansen's 
birth is February 13, 1861, and in his native 
land he remained until twenty years of age. 
In the meantime Germany had acquired 
possession of the territory, and as he was 
therefore a German citizen it was demanded 
that he should serve in the German army in 
accordance with the laws of that country. 
This he did not desire to do, and in conse- 
quence perfected arrangements to come to 
the New World. Landing in New York, in 
1 88 1, he came direct to Escanaba, where he 
has since made his home. 

Other members of the family have also 
sought homes in America, Peter being now 
an employe of the "Soo" railroad, while 
Christian is working in the fish market and 
Christina is the wife of Andrew Hanson, a 



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farmer residing in Delta county, Michigan. 
The parents still remain in their native 
province, and with them lives their daugh- 
ter, Kathrina. 

During the first year of his residence 
here Hans P. Hansen was variously em- 
ployed, earning a living in any way he 
could, and also acquiring a knowledge of 
the English language. He then worked on 
the ore docks for several years, after which 
he bought a sail-boat and engaged in hand- 
ling stock and freight on the lake and bay. 
To that work and to fishing he devoted 
his energies through two summers, while in 
the winter season he worked in the lumber 
woods. In 1888 he opened a fish market at 
the foot of Charlotte street, and is still car- 
rying on that trade, building up a good and 
profitable business. In 1893 he bought out 
the plant of Mr. Winegar and transferred 
his business to his present location at the 
foot of Tilden avenue. He formerly owned 
and operated a steam tug in catching fish, 
but now buys mostly from those who make 
it their sole business to engage in fishing. 
He handles pike, and in large quantities, 
and makes extensive shipments to the Chi- 
cago markets. He is associated in this busi- 
ness with his brother-in-law, Andrew Han- 
son, and the firm enjoys an enviable repu- 
tation for honorable and straightforward 
dealing. He came to this country in the 
hope of bettering his financial condition, and 
in this hope has not been disappointed, for 
though he has not obtained a fortune he has 
secured a good paying business and is the 
possessor of a comfortable competence. 

In Escanaba, on the 19th of March, 
1888, Mr. Hansen was united in marriage 
to Miss Annie Marie Jensen, and to them 
have been born two children, Peter and 
Magdalena. They hold membership in 



the Danish Lutheran Church and take an 
active interest in all that pertains to church 
and educational advancement. Mr. Hansen 
votes with the Republican party, but has had 
neither time nor inclination to seek office. 
He holds membership in the Equitable Aid 
Union and is secretary of the local lodge. 



aHARLES BESSON, who is the 
alert and efficient incumbent as 
Deputy Sheriff of Delta county, 
Michigan, and also the local repre- 
sentative of the Metropolitan Life Associa- 
tion of New York, has his residence and offi- 
cial headquarters at Escanaba, where he is 
recognized as a young man of marked honor 
and ability. 

The place of our subject's nativity is Belle 
River, Ontario, Canada, where he was born 
October 10, 1870. His parents, Alexander 
and Mercelene (Bager) Besson, are natives 
of the State of New York, being of French- 
Canadian extraction, the former having 
been born in 1833 and the latter in 1839. 
They are now residents of Brampton, Delta 
county, Michigan, where they located in 
1885, coming thither from Belle River, On- 
tario, which had been their home for a 
period of three decades. They had a family 
of ten children, eight of whom are still liv- 
ing. Of the children we offer the following 
epitomized record: Annie is the wife of 
Antoine Papneau, of Belle River, Ontario; 
Henry is deceased; Alfred is married and re- 
sides in Detroit, Michigan, where he is en- 
gaged in general merchandising; Alexander, 
Jr., unmarried, is engaged in the nursery 
business, with headquarters at Brampton, 
Delta county; Adeline married Eric Oleson, 
a merchant at Bark River, Michigan; our 
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and George, at the parental home; and 
John and Louisa, the latter of whom is de- 
ceased. 

Charles Besson was educated in the pub- 
lic schools of Belie River, in which he com- 
pleted the prescribed course of studj' and 
was duly graduated. He then entered 
Sandwich College, at Sandwich, Ontario, 
where for two years he pursued the classical 
course, but withdrew before graduation. 

After leaving college Mr. Besson came to 
Escanaba, where he secured a position as 
clerk in a grocery, continuing to be thus en- 
gaged for a period of eighteen months, after 
which he was for three years retained in a 
clerical capacity in a clothing store in this 
city. His next association was as collector 
for the Chicago Copying Company, with 
whom he remained one year, with head- 
quarters in the great metropolis of the West. 
In 1889 he returned to his home and- was 
appointed Deputy Sheriff under Sheriff 
Regis Beauchamp. He has served continu- 
ously for nearly five years, and during this 
time has been instrumental in ferreting out 
some very important matters in connection 
w-ith criminality in the county, and has 
made a number of arrests which attach great 
credit to his discernment and skill as an offi- 
cer and detective. Among these may be 
mentioned the apprehension of the guilty 
parties in an atrocious murder case, in which 
investigation seven individuals were arrested 
— four of which number are now expiating 
their crime in the State penitentiary. 

Mr. Besson is identified with the Knights 
of Pythias and the Independent Order of 
Odd Fellows, and takes a lively interest in 
the affairs of these fraternities. His mem- 
bership in the Knights of Pythias is held at 
La Crosse, Wisconsin, but in the other 
order he is identified with the local organi- 



zation. Politically he is an ardent Repub- 
lican, as are also his father and brothers. 
His brother Alexander is likewise a member 
of the I. O. O. F. 

The parents of our subject are faithful 
adherents of the Catholic Church, in which 
religious belief he himself was reared, though 
he is not a confirmed member of the 
church. 



'^Y'OHN GROSS is a representative of 
m one of the oldest families of Delta 
/* 1 county, Michigan. When this local- 
ity was just opening up to civilization 
they came to this State and took up their 
residence at Flat Rock. Since that time 
our subject has witnessed the growth and 
development of this locality and has been 
identified with the work of progress and ad- 
vancement. He is now numbered' among 
the leading business men of Escanaba and 
in this volume well deserves representation. 
He was born in Luxemburg, Germany, 
December 26, 1852, and during his early 
childhood was brought by his parents to this 
country, the family settling in Peoria, Illi- 
nois. The father was a gardener by trade 
and died in that city in 1853. The mother 
made her home there for three years and 
then came with her family to Michigan, 
where she spent her remaining days. She 
married, for her second husband, Peter 
Williams, who still resides in Escanaba, and 
to them was born a son, Joseph, who is now 
an engineer in the employ of the Chicago & 
Northwestern Railroad Company. Four 
children were born of the first union, all yet 
living, namely: Peter, Mrs. Annie Lock- 
wood, Mrs. Katie Buchholtz and John, —all 
located in Escanaba. Here the mother 



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spent her last days, her death occurring in 
this city in 1882. 

From early boyhood John Gross has re- 
sided in Delta county, and in the public 
schools of Escanaba acquired his education. 
In 1879 he embarked in business as a grocer 
and has since carried on operations in that 
line, — one of the oldest merchants in that 
trade in the city. He has an excellent 
store, carrying a complete stock of staple 
and fancy groceries, crockery, queensware, 
schoolbooks and notions. In his dealings he 
is fair and honorable, always courteous in 
his treatment of his patrons, and from the 
public he receives a liberal patronage, which 
he well deserves. 

In 1872, in Escanaba, was celebrated 
the marriage of Mr. Gross and Miss Mary 
Steinbach, a native of Wisconsin, whose 
parents were of German birth. Nine chil- 
dren have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Gross. 
In order of birth they are as follows: 
George, Lizzie, Katie, Edward and Paul, 
besides four deceased. The family are 
prominent in the community, holding an 
enviable position in social circles and their 
friends are many. 

In his political views Mr. Gross is a stanch 
Democrat and has been called to a number 
of public offices of trust, wherein he has 
served with credit to himself and satisfaction 
to his constituents. He was for two terms 
a member of the City Council, served for 
one term as School Inspector, and for two 
terms as City Treasurer. He is a promi- 
nent member and liberal supporter of St. 
Joseph's Church, Roman Catholic, and has 
held a number of its offices, being now a 
member of the Board of Trustees. His life 
has in some degree been uneventful; but it 
is not scenes of excitement or thrilling ad- 
venture that make good citizens. The man 



that faithfully and conscientiously performs 
his duty under whatever circumstances 
placed is he whom any community wants 
and needs. Such a man is Mr. Gross, and 
all esteem him for his sterling worth. 



BREDRIK ENGDAHL, a dealer in 
wall paper in Escanaba and a prac- 
tical painter and decorator, taking 
contracts for the interior finishing 
and decorating of residences and other 
buildings, was born in Helsingborg, Sweden, 
on the 26th of July, 1843, ^nd is a son of 
Rev. Samuel and Anna Christina Engdahl. 
The father was a preacher in the Swedish 
Lutheran Church and devoted his entire life 
to the work of the ministry. His death oc- 
curred in 1868, but the mother is still living, 
at the very advanced age of ninety years, 
yet a resident of Sweden. Three daughters 
are still in that country, two of whom, Hilma 
and Engela, are unmarried and live with 
their aged mother. The other, Mrs. Alfhild, 
resides near the old home. Her husband is 
a "lector" in the high school, — a position 
corresponding to a professorship here. 

Fredrik Engdahl is the only representa- 
tive of the family in America. His brother, 
Agathon, came to this country two years 
after his arrival, and he and his wife died 
the same year in this city, in the house 
which is now the home of our subject. 
Fredrik Engdahl first left Sweden in 1866 
on a trip to South America, where he re- 
mained for five years, working at his trade 
of painting during the greater part of his 
stay there. He returned to his native land 
in 1 87 1, and from that date until 1882 was 
engaged in sailing on the ocean, visiting 
nearly every civilized country on the face of 
the globe. He was upon the deep for 




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twelve years at this time, and before coming 
to America had followed the life of a sailor 
for about five years. In 1S63 he was 
wrecked on the coast of Germany, and was 
saved from a watery grave only by means of 
life-saving apparatus. During the last three 
3-ears and a half that he followed the sea he 
did service in the capacity of mate on a 
vessel. His travel has given him a knowl- 
edge of the inhabitants of the world and 
their manners and customs that could be 
gained in no other way, and he can relate 
many interesting experiences and anecdotes 
of his life as a seaman. 

In 1882 Mr. Engdahl permanently left 
the water and came to the United States to 
make his home, locating first in Chicago. 
There he remained for about a year, when 
he came to Escanaba, since which time he 
has been prominently identified with tlie 
business interests of the cit}'. Here he es- 
tablished himself in his present enterprise, 
carrying on operations in connection with 
his brother until the latter's death. He 
keeps on hand a large stock of fashionable 
wall paper and does painting, papering and 
decorating in the most approved style. He 
has therefore built up a good trade, which 
is constantly increasing, and a liberal patron- 
age now yields to him a good income. 

Mr. Engdahl was married in Escanaba 
to Miss Eline Hendrickson, a native of 
Sweden and a lady whom he had known in 
the land of their birth. The marriage cere- 
mony was performed in the Swedish Lu- 
theran Church of this city on the 13th of 
September, 1889, and their union has been 
blessed with two interesting children: Anna 
Christina, born December 31, 1890, and 
Gustav Frederick, born November 5, 1892. 
The parents are both members of the 
Swedish Lutheran Church and take an 



active interest in everything pertaining to its 
growth. 

Since locating in this country Mr. Eng- 
dahl has three times crossed the Atlantic to 
his native land, and it is his intention, 
should his mother live until that time, to 
take his family back on a visit to the old 
home about Christmas time of 1895. On 
questions of national importance he sup- 
ports the Democratic party, but at local 
elections, where no issue is involved, he 
votes independently, supporting the man 
whom he thinks best qualified for office re- 
gardless of party affiliations. The best in- 
terests of the community, educational, so- 
cial and moral, find in him a friend, and he 
possesses many excellencies of character 
which command the respect and admiration 
of all with whom he has. been brought in 
contact. 



*y ^ OX. N. M. KAUFMAN, ex-Mayor 
»^^^ of the city of Marquette, was not 
\ , r only called to the highest office 
within the gift of his fellow towns- 
men, but has also the honor of being the 
first native citizen elected to this responsible 
position. He is also recognized as a lead- 
ing business man of the county, and a most 
important factor in the upbuilding and de- 
velojiment of this region of the State, exert- 
ing an influence for good and for progress 
that has been long and strongly felt. He is 
both widely and favorably known, and a 
well spent life has won him the confidence 
and esteem of all with whom he has been 
brought in contact. He has spent his en- 
tire life in the city which is still his home. 

Mr. Kaufman was born July 4, 1862, 
when the country was in the midst of civil 
war, and just eighty-six years after the sign- 



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ing of the Declaration that made this coun- 
try a free and independent nation. His 
father, Samuel Kaufman, was a native of 
Germany, who married Juliette Gravereat, a 
native of Michigan. The subject of this rec- 
ord acquired his education in the common 
and high schools of Marquette, and entered 
upon his business career as a salesman in a 
clothing store. In the spring of 1822 he 
went to Negaunee, Michigan, but subse- 
quently returned to Marquette and opened 
a dry-goods and clothing store, soon form- 
ing a partnership with his father under the 
firm name of S. Ivaufman & Sons. lie has 
since been closely connected with the mer- 
cantile interests of this place, and has car- 
ried on a flourishing business, which under 
his able management has steadily increased 
in volume and importance. Mr. Kaufman 
is a very capable man, possessed of excel- 
lent business and executive ability, and his 
efforts have by no means been confined to 
one line of trade. 

In 1884 he began exploring for iron ore, 
and is now interested in several mines which 
are good paying investments, and he also 
owns a vast amount of land. He is yet a 
young man, but his business career has de- 
monstrated beyond the shadow of a doubt 
that he has more than average ability in 
commercial affairs, — which he always con- 
ducts on honorable principles, — and that he 
is capable of handling large amounts of cap- 
ital to the best advantage, and that his un- 
derstanding of the rights of man and cus- 
toms of society is clear and decided. 

On the 30th of January, 1893, Mr. 
Kaufman was united in marriage with Mrs. 
Mary Breitung, of Marquette, a most esti- 
mable lady having many warm friends. In 
the spring of the same year he was called to 
public office by his election to the responsi- 



ble position of Mayor of Marquette, and so 
acceptably did he discharge the duties of the 
office that on the expiration of his first term 
he was re-elected. He labored earnestly 
for the best interests of the city, for its wel- 
fare and for its advancement; and when his 
last term was ended the City Council met 
and passed the following resolutions in 
honor of his faithful performance of the 
tasks which fell to him: 

Recorder's Office, City Hall, 
Marquette, Mich., April 5, 189S. 

"I, Thomas Meads, Recorder of the City of 
Marquette, do hereby certify that the following 
resolutions were unanimously adopted by the Com- 
mon Council of the City of Marquette on the 4th 
day of April, 1895: 

" Resolved, That the thanks of the Common 
Council of the City of Marquette be, and the same 
are, hereby tendered to the Hon. N. M. Kaufman 
for the courteous and impartial manner in which 
he has presided over this body the past two years, 
for the conscientious and faithful discharge of the 
duties of the office of Mayor of the City of Mar- 
quette, and for the liberal expenditure of his pri- 
vate funds for charitable purposes; and be it 
further 

" Resolved, That these resolutions be en- 
grossed at the expense of the City and certified to 
by the Recorder; that the same be presented to 
Mr. Kaufman with the best wishes of the Common 
Council for his future health and welfare. 

(Signed) Thomas Meads, 

Rc-order.'- 

In connection with his other business 
interests Mr. Kaufman has been the pro- 
moter of various enterprises which have 
added to the commercial activity of the city 
and advanced its material welfare. He or- 
ganized the Marquette County Savings 
Bank, of which he was made vice president 
and later president; and he is also president 
of the Marquette Milling Company. He is 
persevering, possesses good managing abil- 
ities and keen discrimination, and carries 
forward to successful completion whatever 
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been crowned with prosperity, and he has 
worked his way upward to a position of 
affluence He is president of the Ham- 
mond, Whiting & East Chicago Road, in 
the southern suburbs of Chicago, which he 
purchased during the panic of 1894, and 
now owns the controHing interest. 

In Masonic circles also Mr. Kaufman 
stands high, being a Knight Templar and a 
Scottish-rite Mason upon whom has been 
conferred the thirty-second degree. He is 
broad-minded, kind hearted, generous, with 
nothing narrow or contracted in his nature. 
The poor and needy find in him a warm 
fried, and his charity and benevolence are 
among his recognized characteristics; }et 
many more of his acts of charity are un- 
known than known by the public. He has 
donated thousands of dollars to those less 
fortunate than himself, and churches and 
public institutions have not sought his aid 
in vain. Everything for the good of human- 
ity and the uplifting of the human race is 
aided by his encouragement and more sub- 
stantial gifts, and he is a noble, honorable 
man whose life is well worthy of emulation. 



%y^ IvEDEEN & BOLGER, merchants, 
l/'^L 312 Charlotte street, Escanaba, 
J^,,J Michigan. — This firm is composed 
of two enterprising young business 
men, of whom we make personal mention 
as follows: 

Per August Bredeen, of the firm of Bre- 
deen & Bolger, was born in Sweden, May 
19, 1869, son of Olof and Breta Stena 
Person, both natives of Sweden, where they 
still reside, the father engaged in farming. 
Their family is composed of three sons and 
one daughter, two of the sons, the subject 
of our sketch and Andrew V. G., bein"; in 



Escanaba; the others still in Sweden. It 
was April 11, 1887, that Per A. Bredeen 
reached the New World, landing at Quebec 
and coming direct from there to his present 
location at Escanaba. Here he was var- 
iously employed for four years, at the end 
of which time he became associated with a 
Mr. O'Meara in the grocery and shoe busi- 
ness, the firm name being O'Meara & Bre- 
deen. This partnership was subsequently 
dissolved, and Mr. Bredeen and Mr. E. F. 
Bolger became partners in their present 
business, which they are conducting suc- 
cessfully. They handle a full line of staple 
and fancy groceries and provisions, working 
clothes, shoes, notions, etc. 

Fraternally, Mr. Bredeen is identified 
with the I. O. O. F. and I. O. G. T. He 
is a member of the Grand Lodge of the lat- 
ter order and is Grand Treasurer of the 
Lake Superior District. 

Edward F. Bolger, the other member of 
the above named firm, dates his birth in 
Portland township, Dodge county, Wiscon- 
sin, Januar}', 13, 1866. His parents, Ed- 
ward J. and Bridget M. Bolger, were born 
in Ireland and came to America with their 
parents in childhood, both families locating 
in Dodge county, Wisconsin, where Mr. and 
Mrs. Bolger grew up, married and still re- 
side. Edward F. is the eldest of their ten 
children and the only one who has left the 
parental home. He was reared to farm life, 
attended the public schools and the Water- 
loo high school, and in 1885 engaged in 
teaching, which occupation he followed in 
the country schools of Dodge and Dane 
counties. \\'isconsin, for four \ears. Since 
April 18. 1890, he has been a resident of 
Escanaba, Michigan. On coming here, he 
accepted a position as clerk in the mercantile 
house of John Corcoran, in whose employ 



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he remained nearly two years. March 14, 
1892, he became associated with Mr. Bre- 
deen in their present business. Both gen- 
tlemen are unmarried. They are genial and 
obliging, and both in a business and social 
way have made many friends since locating 
in this city. 

Mr. Bolger is a member of the St. 
Joseph's Church, Catholic, and in his political 
views is a Democrat. He is secretary of the 
Catholic Order of Foresters, and Treasurer 
of the Ancient Order of Hibernians. 



m 



.\RTIN THEODORE THOR- 
SEN, dealer in groceries and pro- 
visions in Escanaba, Michigan, 
as a member of the firm of Thor- 
sen & Beck, claims Norway as the land of 
his birth, which occurred in Tvedestrand on 
the 22d of September, 1867. His parents, 
Thor Thorstensen and Maren (Tellefsen) 
Thorstensen, spent their entire lives in Nor- 
way and are now both deceased. In their 
family were ten children, six sons and four 
daughters, of whom si.\ are yet living. One 
brother and two sisters are yet residents of 
Norway. A brother, Tellef, is a resident of 
Escanaba, where he is engaged in carpenter 
work, and the sister is Mrs. Ane Peterson. 
Under the parental roof the subject of 
this sketch was reared to manhood, spend- 
ing his entire minority in the land of his 
nativity. When a young man of twenty- 
one, however, he determined to seek his 
fortune beyond the Atlantic, and in the 
spring of 1888 sailed for New York. In 
the East he did not tarry, but came at once 
to Michigan, settling in Escanaba, where he 
secured a position as clerk in a grocery 
store, being thus employed from the fall of 
1888 until the fall of 1892. It was then 



that he embarked in business on his own 
account. He had managed to acquire some 
capital through his own efforts, — the result 
of his diligence, econom}' and perseverance, 
— and this he now invested in a stock of 
groceries. He formed a partnership with 
Charles Beck, which still continues, and 
they now have a first-class grocery and pro- 
vision store and are enjoying a large trade, 
the volume of their business constantly in- 
creasing. Their fair and honest dealing has 
won them the confidence of all, and their 
courteous treatment and earnest desire to 
please the public has gained them a fair 
share of the general patronage. 

Mr. Thorsen is a member of the Nor- 
wegian Lutheran Church and in politics is 
independent. It was a fortunate day for 
him when he determined to try his fortune 
in this country, for here he has prospered 
and has also gained a large circle of warm 
friends who esteem him highly for his many 
excellencies of character. 



HDOLPH E. HABERMANN.— In 
giving an account of the leading 
and influential business men of 
Escanaba this gentleman cannot be 
omitted, else the record would be incom- 
plete. He is a member of the firm of 
Habermann & Bittner, dealers in furniture 
and proprietors of one of the largest and 
best appointed stores of this class in the 
northern peninsula. They carry a complete 
stock of fine furniture, and carpets, and also 
do an undertaking business. The proprie- 
tors are men of recognized business and exec- 
utive ability, enterprising and progressive, 
and by their fair and honorable dealing, cour- 
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their customers they are able to command a 
large share of the public patronage. 

Mr. Haberman has always lived in the 
West and claims Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, 
as his place of birth, which event occurred 
on the 30th of June, 1869. His father, 
August Habermann, was a native of Ger- 
many and during his childhood was brought 
by his parents to America. In Platteville, 
Wisconsin, he was united in marriage to 
Miss Julia Zwoelaneck, a native of Bohemia, 
who came with her family to this country in 
her early girlhood. They are now residents 
of Gladstone, Delta county, Michigan, 
where the father is engaged in merchan- 
dising. In the family were eight children, 
five of whom are yet living. Our subject, 
the eldest, is the only one now married. 
Ida and Julia, 3'oung ladies, are still under 
the parental roof; and the brothers. Otto 
and Herman, are employed in their father's 
store in Gladstone. 

Adolph E. Habermann remained in the 
city of his birth until he had attained his 
majority and acquired his education in the 
public schools. When he entered upon his 
business career it was as a furniture dealer 
in Rhinelander, Wisconsin, where he re- 
mained for a year, coming thence to 
Escanaba, Michigan, in 1892. The busi- 
ness at Rhinelander was also conducted by 
the present firm of Bittner & Bittner, who 
are now at the head of one of the leading 
commercial enterprises of the city. Mr. 
Habermann is a practical undertaker, and 
in addition to his business in furniture and 
carpets he has a good trade in that line. 

The domestic relations of oursubject are 
very pleasant. On the ist of February, 
1890, he was happily married to Miss Lucy 
Bittner, a daughter of his partner, and 
a native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Two 



children grace this union and add light 
and joy to the home, Matie and Ray Ed- 
ward Martin August. The parents have a 
wide circle of friends and acquaintances in 
this community and their friendship is most 
highly prized by those who know them best. 
They hold membership in the German 
Lutheran Church of Escanaba and Mr. 
Habermann belongs to the Knights of the 
Maccabees, the Ancient Order of United 
Workmen and the German Aid Society. 
By his ballot he supports the Republican 
party, but has neither time for, nor inclina- 
tion to receive, public office, preferring to 
devote his energies to his business interests. 



a ARL JOSEPH EMBS.— The mer- 
cantile interests of Escanaba are 
well represented by this gentleman, 
one of the leading grocers. He was 
born in the kingdom of Prussia, Germany, 
on the 28th of September, 1842. His par- 
ents, Joseph and Annie Maria Gleckner, 
both died in that country, but he has one 
brother living in America, John Embs, who 
is living retired in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. 

The gentleman whose name introduces 
this review spent the days of his boyhood and 
youth in his parents' home and acquired his 
education in the public schools. At the age of 
twenty-one he bade adieu to the fatherland 
and sailed for the New World, landing in 
New York. He did not tarry long in the 
East, but made his way to Tracy. Wiscon- 
sin, where in company with his brother he 
purchased a brewery, carrying on business in 
that line for several years. He then sold out 
and was in the United States Army from 1 865 
to 1869, and then moved to Oshkosh, Wis- 
consin. For a time he was employed in 
boating. In 1872 became to Escanaba and 



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entered the employ of the Chicago & North- 
western Railroad Company, with which he 
was connected for four years. He then em- 
barked in the saloon business, which also he 
carried on for four years. In 1882 he 
changed his business, removing to 231 Lud- 
ington street, where he opened a grocery 
and provision store. He handles a full line 
of staple and fancy groceries, provisions, 
flour and feed, and is enjoying a good trade 
which has constantly increased from the be- 
ginning and has now assumed e.xtensive pro- 
portions. 

In the year 1869 was celebrated the 
marriage of Mr. Embs and Miss Wilhelmina 
Neitzel, a native of northern Prussia, who 
in 1867 crossed the Atlantic and located in 
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, where the wedding 
ceremony was performed. They became 
the parents of five children who are yet liv- 
ing; they have also lost two. Joseph John 
is employed as a mail carrier in Escanaba; 
Anna Marie died at the age of one year; 
Anton F. is employed in his father's store 
and is also a supernumerary mail carrier; 
Katherina S. is a graduate of the parochial 
school of this city; and Joseph and Anton 
are graduates of the public schools of Esca- 
naba; Johnny died at the age of four years; 
and Freddie M. and William are still in 
school. The family has been reared in the 
Catholic faith, and to that church the par- 
ents belong. 

Since coming to this countr}- Mr. Embs 
has twice visited his native land. In 1877 
he crossed the Atlantic in the interest of 
family affairs, and again business took him 
to Germany in 1885. He has prospered in 
his mercantile dealings and has acquired a 
handsome competence. As a citizen he 
stands high in the community in which he 
resides. The Democracv numbers him 



among its stalwart advocates, and on that 
ticket he has been several times elected to 
public office. In 1888 he was chosen a 
member of the City Council, serving for two 
terms, and in 1889 he was elected President 
pro tem. In 1883 he was elected a mem- 
ber of the County Board of Supervisors, and 
has served for two terms of two years each 
as a member of the Board of Education of 
the city. In all these offices he has served 
in an acceptable manner, discharging the 
duties devolving upon him with promptness 
and fidelity. He is a public-spirited and 
progressive man, devoted to the welfare of 
his adopted county, and his hearty support 
and willing co-operation are ever given to 
those enterprises which are calculated for 
its advancement. 



VVOSEPH STAFFORD, Chairman of 
^ the Board of Supervisors and pro- 
A 1 prietor of the Newberry Pharmacy, 
Newberry, Michigan, has been iden- 
tified with the civic and commercial interests 
of this place during the past decade and is 
classed among the foremost of its leading 
men. 

Mr. Stafford was born near Reading, in 
Berks county, Pennsylvania, March 28, 
1849, the twelfth in a family of fifteen chil- 
dren. His father, John Stafford, was a 
native of the Emerald Isle, born about the 
year 1 790, and in his boyhood was brought 
into southeastern Penns3'lvania, where he 
grew up and married Miss Lydia Esherman, 
who was of German descent. John Staf- 
ford died in 1873. He was an honest and 
industrious man, and by his upright life won 
the respect of all who knew him. Of his 
large family of children, we record that 
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the old homestead in the Keystone State, 
only two being in other States, — one son in 
Wells county, Indiana, and Joseph, in Mich- 
igan. 

Joseph Stafford spent his boyhood days 
on his father's farm and received his educa- 
tion in the old school-house near his home, 
and thus passed the years until I.S68, when, 
on the 28th of March, he left his native 
State and came west to Rossville, Vermilion 
county, Illinois. His first season in Illinois 
was spent as a farm hand. The next year 
he secured a clerkship in the drug-store of 
Issac Warner. In 1871 we find him in 
Alcona county, Michigan, and, with ren- 
dezvous at Harrisville, he was engaged in 
lumbering for nine years. He moved to 
Otsego county, this State, in 1880, and 
there continued the same business until 
November, 1882, when he was elected 
Sheriff of the county. Prior to this he 
had served one term as Township Super- 
visor in Otsego county. In January, 1884, 
he came to the northern peninsula and soon 
after opened a drug-store in Newberry, 
where he has since had a prosperous busi- 
ness career. He is a Republican of sound 
convictions and has ever been true to the 
principles of his party, in recognition of 
which the Republicans have honored him 
with oflicial preferment. He has served 
acceptably as Township and Village Treas- 
urer. April I, 1895, he was elected a mem- 
ber of the Board of Supervisors, and is now 
officiating as Chairman of the Board, and he 
is also serving as Village Trustee. 

Mr. Stafford was married while living in 
Alcona county, October 3, 1873, to Miss 
Mary E., daughter of Joseph Sayers, a 
native of Ireland, and now a merchant of 
Grand Rapids, Minnesota. Mrs. Stafford 
was born in Canada, and is an only child. 



Socially, Mr. Stafford is identified with 
McMillan Lodge, No. 400, F. & A. M., and 
Marquette Chapter and Commandery, and 
is also a member of Saladin Temple, Nobles 
of the Mystic Shrine, at Grand Rapids. 
Personally, he is a man of genial and gen- 
erous impulses and enjoys the confidence 
and respect of all who know him. 



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S. LOCKE. — For fourteen years 
he whose name heads this sketch 
has been a resident of McMillan, 
Michigan, and as such he has fig- 
ured prominently among those who have 
materially and intellectually added to the 
prosperity of the town. As Supervisor of 
Columbus township, as a prominent farmer 
and most substantial citizen, he merits rec- 
ognition on these pages. 

Mr. Locke is of Canadian birth. He 
first saw the light of day in Holdmand, On- 
tario, August 17, 1850. His father, Josiah 
Locke, a respected farmer, is of English 
birth, and in early life became a resident of 
Canada. He married Miss Mary Ann Doan, 
daughter of Abram Doan and wife, nee 
Swartz, natives of New Jersey and Pennsyl- 
vania, respectively. Josiah and Mary Ann 
Locke's children are as follows: W. S., the 
gentleman whose name graces this article; 
Josiah, a machinist of Brantford, Canada; 
Alice, wife of Mahlon Davis, Victoria, On- 
tario; and Margaret, wife of Joel Davis, 
Essex county, Ontario, Canada. 

W. S. Locke remained a member of the 
home circle and assisted in the farm work 
until he was fourteen years of age, in that 
time having acquired the rudiments of an 
education. Then eager and ambitious to 
push out in the world for himself he left 
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the boundaries of Canada and came to 
Michigan. His first stop was at Grand 
Rapids. There he had hoped to find an 
opening where he could learn the machinist s 
trade, but finding no demand for boys there 
he went into the lumber woods for the Lan- 
singburg Company, and for two years was 
a woodsman. Next he took to the lakes, 
among his first boats being the Philo B. , 
Captain Hudson, out of Port Rowan, Can- 
ada. He followed the \\'ater with scarce a 
break for a period of ten years, retiring in 
1879 as mate of the Erie Queen. On leav- 
ing this vessel he proceeded from Chicago 
to Cheboygan, to St. Ignace, and, then 
to Black River, in Mackinac county, where 
he found employment as clerk and later as 
manager of the Black River Lumber Com- 
pany's store. He was there two years. 
Next he came to Lakefield township, Chip- 
pewa county, now Luce county, and turned 
his attention to farming, soon afterward be- 
ing honored by election to the position of 
Supervisor. In the latter part of 1881 he 
came to McMillan and bought out Mr. West, 
one of the first merchants in the town. 
This business he conducted successfully and 
also at the same time served as Postmaster, 
appointed in 1889 and filling the office six 
years, and was succeeded by William Darcy, 
He has since given his chief attention to ag- 
ricultural pursuits. He owns a highly im- 
proved farm of forty acres and besides has 
other lands. He was the prime mover in 
the organization of Columbus township in 
1892 and has been its Supervisor ever since. 
A Republican in politics, he cast his first 
presidential vote in Oswego, New York, for 
Hayes, and has contributed his ballot and in- 
fluence to this party ever since. 

Mr. Locke has been twice married. His 
first marriage was in Norfolk county, On- 



tario, to Miss Tryphena Ryesse, who died 
in Mackinac county, Michigan, in 1880, 
leaving to mourn their loss a husband and 
the following children: Cora Alma, wife of 
Milton Roat of this count}-, and Lula Maud, 
Amy Josephine and Frances Garfield. His 
second marriage was consummated Decem- 
ber 8, 1886, with Sarah Jane, daughter of 
Robert Garden, formerly of Georgian Baj' 
district in Canada. Their children are Inez 
Margaretta and Edison G. 

Mr. Locke has been initiated into the 
mysteries of the Masonic fraternity and has 
advanced in that order to the Scottish rite 
degrees. As a Masonic brother, a worthy 
citizen and an official, his character is with- 
out tarnish, and is such a man as would oc- 
cupy a substantial position in an\- com- 
munitv in which he might chose to live. 



(D 



OSES B. TOUTLOFF.— This 
gentleman has had a varied busi- 
ness experience and is now the 
owner of the finest saloon in the 
upper peninsula of Michigan, his location 
being at Ishpeming. A brief review of his 
life gives the following facts. 

Moses B. Toutloff was born in Canada, 
August 5, 1 84 1, son of Frank Toutloff. 
Frank Toutloff, also a native of Canada, 
was a butcher by trade and carried on a 
large business there, killing and dressing his 
own cattle. He died in 1869 at the age of 
sixty-eight years. Moses B. attended the 
parochial school in his parish until he was 
fourteen. Then he entered the high school 
in which he graduated at the age of eighteen, 
and after his graduation accepted a position 
as clerk on the steamship Phcenix running 
between Ottawa and Grandville on the 
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NORTHERN PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN. 



Queen Victoria, which was owned by the 
same company. He maintained his position 
on these vessels for seven seasons. After 
this he engaged in the general merchandise 
business, and also dealt in lumber, in Buck- 
ingham, Canada, and in connection with his 
store he kept a saloon. Fi\e years later he 
sold out and went to Green Bay, Wiscon- 
sin, where he accepted a position as clerk in 
the dry -goods establishment of Bennett & 
Williamson, which relation he maintained 
for a period of inve years. At the end of 
this time he was taken in as a member of 
the firm and was placed in charge of their 
branch store at Oconto, Wisconsin. This 
store was burned out a short time afterward 
and as there was no insurance the loss was 
total, Mr. Toutloff losing everything he had 
saved. Returning to Green Bay, he again 
entered the main store as clerk and served 
as such one year. His ne.xt move was to 
DePere, Wisconsin, where he opened a 
small grocery store and saloon and con- 
ducted the same two years. Then he was 
employed as traveling salesman for Law- 
rence & Company of Green Bay and was 
on the road about three years. Ishpeming 
was his next location. Here he assumed 
the management of a grocery store for 
Leroux & Langsign, and seven months later 
this store met a similar fate to the one he 
was in at Oconto — going up in flames. That 
was in the spring of 1874. His next em- 
ployers were the Donahue Brothers. He 
opened a grocery store for them and had 
charge of it for two years. After that he 
embarked in the saloon business on his own 
account and has been engaged in this line 
ever since. He is now the owner, as stated . 
in the beginning of this article, of the finest 
saloon on the upper peninsula of Michigan. 
The fixtures in his establishment are the 



very finest he could secure and were 
bought at a cost of nearly $3,000. His 
walls are decorated with handsome works of 
art. The large center picture is a winter 
scene and the canvas is lox 14 feet. He 
also has a number of other smaller oil 
paintings. Mr. Toutloff is Vice President 
of the Liquor Dealers' Association. 

Politically, he allies himself with the 
Democratic party and has always taken 
more or less interest in public affairs. In 
1878 he was elected Alderman of the first 
ward of Ishpeming, was re-elected and held 
the office two terms. In 1880 he was the 
Democratic candidate for County Sheriff, 
but as this is a strong Republican county he 
was defeated. As showing his popularity, 
however, we state that although he was de- 
feated it was by a very small number of 
votes. He has a fraternal relation with the 
Knights of Pythias. 

Mr. Toutloff has been twice married. 
April 23, 1 86 1, he wedded Miss Esther 
Lebeau, a native of Buckingham, Canada, 
and by her he had a family of eleven chil- 
dren. She died December 18, 1880. Oc- 
tober 9, 1893, was consummated his mar- 
riage with Mrs. John Hanson, a native of 
Iowa. 



aAPTAIN L. R. BOYNTOX, mana- 
ger of the Mackinaw Transporta- 
tion Company, of St. Ignace, 
Michigan, was born in St. Clair 
county, this State, December 9, 1833. He 
is a son of Granville F. Boynton, a carpen- 
ter and joiner, who came into the State 
under an arrangement to build a steam mill 
at Desmond, now Port Huron, which was 
the first steam mill constructed there and 
known as Black River Steam Mill Company. 



MEMORIAL RECORD OF THE 



He remained in that town as its leading archi- 
tect and builder till death, about 1845, at 
the age of thirty-seven years. He was a 
" Green Mountain " man by birth, and 
there learned his trade. He went into Can- 
ada on leaving home, and while in the 
vicinity of the St. Clair river he met and 
married Miss Fannie Rendt, the daughter of 
a German who had come to America as a 
soldier in the English army. On being 
transferred to Canada, all officers of foreign 
birth were placed on half pay, for the pur- 
pose, it was discovered, of forcing the said 
foreigners to resign and thus reduce the 
number of officers and bring the personnel 
of the army to actual Englishmen. This 
officer and the father of Mrs. Boynton was 
Captain Lewis Rendt, who settled on the St. 
Clair river. The young carpenter brought 
his wife to Michigan about the year 1831. 
After his death she became the wife of 
Jonathan Graves. Mr. Boynton was a 
Master Mason and a member of the Congre- 
gational Church, and was a man of the high- 
est integrity of character, respected by all 
who knew him. His father, the grand- 
father of our subject, was likewise a me- 
chanic, a bridge-builder, born in Vermont, 
who, in his extensive operations, frequently 
contracted for work far away from home. 
On one occasion his work brought him out 
to Ohio, putting a bridge at Perrysburg, and 
while there he took the Maumee fever and 
died, and thus ended the career of Nathan 
S. Boynton. He was the father of seven 
children whose sons and daughters are 
broadcasted over this country and are oc- 
cupying positions in every calling. 

Captain L. R. Boynton is his father's 
first born. The next is Major M. S. Boyn- 
ton, of Port Huron, Michigan, the father of 
the Knights of the Maccabees in the United 



States, and who is now the Grand Com- 
mander of the order. The Major went into 
the Union army as a Lieutenant of cavalry, 
served under General Thomas, and was 
mustered out with the rank of Major. Gran- 
ville L. is the third and last of the Boynton 
sons. He is a marine engineer at Port 
Huron. The two half brothers of our sub- 
ject are George Graves, of Denver, Colorado, 
and Albert Graves, a wholesale merchant in 
Port Huron. The mother of these gentle- 
men died in 1889, at the age of seventy- 
eight years. 

In his native town Captain Boynton's 
boyhood days were spent, his education 
being received in the public schools and in 
a printing office. His initiatory work as a 
printer was performed on the Port Huron 
Observer, as office boy under Editor William 
L. Bancroft. He learned the routine of the 
newspaper office very thoroughly during the 
winter seasons, and in the summer his time 
was spent on the lakes. His last work in 
the composing room was on the Port Huron 
Commercial, that being just before the war. 
His first trip on the water was on the Grace 
Amelia, a sailing vessel commanded by Cap- 
tain Dillon, and as a boy before the mast he 
exhibited evidences of becoming a proficient 
sailor. He has filled engagements in some 
capacity every summer for a period of forty- 
five years, and during all this time he has 
never met with an accident, has never lost 
any lives, nor has he ever caused an insur- 
ance company to pay out a dollar. For 
fourteen years he sailed with the Alpena 
Transportation Company on their steamers 
Winona and Galena from Cleveland to De- 
troit, Alpena and Mackinaw. He followed 
this with a term of years as captain of the 
St. Paul between the same points. Then 
he became a boat owner, buying a half in- 



NORTHERN PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN. 



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terest in the steam barge Rhoda Stewart, 
plying between Cleveland and Alpena; ran 
her two years. It was at this time, 1S83, 
he came to St. Ignace and took charge of 
the Algomah for the Mackinaw people. Their 
boats are now the Saint Ignace and the 
Santa Marie, the ice crushers of the straits. 
Captain Boynton is president and general 
manager of the Island Transportation Com- 
pany, owning and operating the Algomah 
between Mackinac island and points in the 
straits. 

He was married at Algonac, Michigan, 
September 15, 1853, to Sarah E., daughter 
of Oliver Kendall, a machinist, who came to 
Michigan from the Bay State. Mrs. Boyn- 
ton's mother was nee Betsy Cummings, of 
whose family of four children only two sur- 
vive, — Mrs. Boynton and Mrs. Olive Crip- 
pen, the latter of Alpena, Michigan. The 
Captain and his wife have a family as fol- 
lows: Lewis Kendall, bookkeeper in the 
office of Grand Commander of K. O. T. M., 
at Port Huron; Arthur Hulbert, foreman of 
the Port Huron Gas Company; Fannie, wife 
of George Westover, of Seney, Michigan; 
Granville W., captain of the steamer Al- 
gomah; Adah, now Mrs. Arthur Dudgeon, of 
Oscoda, Michigan; Wilbur P., marine engi- 
neer; Albert H., second officer of the Santa 
Marie, St. Ignace; Raymond E., clerk in 
the freight office of the D., S. S. & A., St. 
Ignace; Sarah Irene; Oliver Cummings, a 
pharmacist of Port Huron; and Walter C, 
quartermaster on the Algomah. 

In his political affiliations, Captain Boyn- 
ton has always been a Democrat. He has, 
however, given little time to politics. He 
is a Royal Arch and Knight Templar Mason, 
and is also identified with the A. O. U. W. 
and K. O. T. M. Personally, the Captain 
is of the average height, weighs 190 pounds, 



is of pleasing address, and looks younger by 
many years than he really is. He has a 
wide circle of acquaintances in the lake 
region and is as popular as he is well known. 



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Mr. 



OLLET PERRIZO, Jr. , of Daggett, 
Michigan, is the son of Pollet Per- 
rizo, Sr , the senior member of the 
firm of Perrizo & Sons. 
Perrizo, whose name heads this 
sketch, was born January 26, 1864, at Fond 
du Lac, Wisconsin, and was reared to farm 
life until he was about thirteen years of age 
at Delevan, Minnesota, attending the pub- 
lic schools until he was seventeen years old, 
when he spent a year at Caldwell, Kansas, 
and a period at Marinette, Wisconsin, en- 
gaged in the sawmill of Hamilton Merryman 
there, and then came to Daggett, opening 
out in general merchandise, in partnership 
with Nary L. Bush. After conducting this 
business for a year, Mr. Bush sold out his 
interest to the senior Perrizo, and the store 
was run by the latter and his son until 1893, 
when a younger son, Edward Perrizo, was 
admitted to the firm, and the name of the 
company was changed to Perrizo & Sons. 
This company also runs a general cedar 
mill, extensively engaged in getting out and 
selling telegraph poles and cedar blocks for 
paving. Our subject is president and gen- 
eral manager of the Pollet Perrizo Cedar & 
Lumber Company at Marinette, of which 
his brother, Edward, is secretary and treas- 
urer; capital stock, $10,000, all owned by 
Pollet Perrizo, Jr. The latter is also Post- 
master at Daggett, first appointed under 
President Cleveland's first administration 
and again appointed in 1893. He is a 
member of Menominee Lodge, Knights of 
Pythias. 



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^ V* W. DAVIS, who is one of the popu- 
J lar residents and representative mer- 
A 1 chants of Mackinac island, Mackinac 
county, Michigan, has been a resi- 
dent of the far-famed and beautiful isle 
since the year 1866, when he came hither 
and began operating the C. L. Abel, a sail- 
ing vessel plying the straits in the freighting 
business. He acquired title to this boat at 
Grand Traverse, Michigan, and very soon 
afterward he put the vessel into service from 
Mackinac island, as already noted, the en- 
terprise proving duly successful. On dis- 
posing of the boat he engaged in mer- 
chandising here on a moderate scale, putting 
in a small stock of goods and deriving his 
trade chiefly from the fishermen of the sec- 
tion, whose efforts at that period constituted 
the basis of quite a flourishing industry. 
Each successive year found his stock in trade 
in excess of what it had been the preceding 
year, the increase in profits being in a due 
measure applied to increasing the limitations 
of the business, until a point was reached 
where it became evident that any greater 
accretion of stock would not be justified by 
his trade. He had, however, established a 
standard, and from this he has not lapsed in 
any particular, his establishment being all 
that the limitations of his trade territory 
can demand. 

Mr. Davis originally conducted the en- 
terprise alone, but in 1S75 he admitted his 
son, J. D. Davis, to a partnership, since 
which time the latter has been his father's 
faithful coadjutor, assuming his due share of 
the management and responsibility. 

Our subject was born in Oswego county. 
New York, January 25, 1826, and as his 
father was a farmer he matured under the 
sturdy discipline of the husbandman's art, 
acquiring his educational training in the dis- 



trict schools. His father, John Davis, was 
a native of France, and upon coming to 
America he at once took up his abode in the 
old Empire State, where he passed the resi- 
due of his days, dying at Oswego in 1877, 
at the age of seventy-seven years. In his 
earlier life he followed a seafaring business, 
but abandoned this to engage in agricultural 
pursuits. His marriage was celebrated at 
Sackett's Harbor, New York, the lady of his 
choice being Miss Ann Sager, who bore to 
him eleven children. Of this number only 
four are now living, namely: Rosa, wife of 
Nelson Hibbard, of Oswego, New York; N. 
B. Davis, of Saginaw, Michigan ; Mary, wife 
of Dr. B. Benedict; and our subject, who 
was the fourth in order of birth. The 
mother of these children lived to the ad- 
vanced age of ninety-three years. Her son, 
J. W. Davis, was a great comfort to her in 
her old age. 

J. W. Davis began an independent 
career very early in life, being but sixteen 
years of age when he engaged himself as 
cook on board the Potomac, a vessel plying 
between Oswego and Chicago, which latter 
city was but a village of a few hundred 
inhabitants at the time he made his first 
landing there. He rose by successive pro- 
motions until he held command as captain 
of the brig Hampton and other vessels, 
whose route was the same as that of the 
first vessel on which he had set sail. Up to 
the time that he had engaged in business on 
Mackinac Island Mr. Davis had sailed the 
Great Lakes continuously from the time 
when he first went aboard the Potomac, 
with the exception of nine years, during 
which interim he was successfully engaged 
in farming in Grant county, Wisconsin. 
From this long association it is needless to 
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island is one that has many attractions for 
him, in that here he may at all times 
look out upon the blue waters which 
cradled him on many a voj'age. Mr. 
Davis has been a thorough business man 
and has manifested no inclination to wander 
into strange paths or speculations. He has 
been honorable and straightforward in all 
his actions, and the esteem in which he is 
held is the strongest evidence of his sterling 
manliness. In his political proclivities he 
is a stanch Republican, but he has never 
consented to accept preferment as a public 
functionary, believing the honors and emolu- 
ments not sufficient to justify the sacrifice of 
time. 

The marriage of our subject was solemn- 
ized in his native county in 1848, when he 
was united to Miss Priscilla King, a daughter 
of Ezra King. She is now sixty-seven 
years of age (1895) and has been her hus- 
band's faithful helpmeet and devoted com- 
panion during a long and happy married 
life. Mr. and Mrs. Davis have two sons, 
namely: J. D., who has been twice mar- 
ried, his first wife having been Eva Smith, 
and his present companion, whose maiden 
name was Nellie Truscott, being a daughter 
of Thomas Truscott, of Mackinac Island; 
the second son is Ray C, who married 
Rosa Truscott, who also is a daughter of 
Thomas Truscott, just mentioned. 



>^OHN H. D. EVERETT, a capital- 
m ist of the Upper Peninsula and one 
A 1 of the largest real-estate owners of 
Sault de Ste. Marie, has acquired a 
fortune entirely through his own efforts and 
demonstrated the fact that success is not a 
matter of genius or the result of propitious 
circumstances, but the reward of honorable 



labor, of well directed efforts, of keen fore- 
sight and sound judgment. 

A native of the province of Quebec, 
Canada, he was born near the city of Mon- 
treal on the 1 6th of April, 1852, and is a son 
of Dr. C. M. Everett, who was born in Eng- 
land in 181 3, and came to the New World in 
1832. He married Elizabeth McClintock, 
a native of Belfast, Ireland, whose parents 
were of Scotch birth. Dr. Everett studied 
medicine in London, England, and engaged 
in the practice of his profession in the vicin- 
ity' of Point Fortune until his death, which 
occurred in 1869. In the family were 
twehe children, of whom John H. D. is the 
youngest son. Ten of the number are still 
living, namely: Thomas I., a lumberman 
of St. Ignace, Michigan; William M., a cap- 
italist and ex-Mayor of Petoskey, Michigan; 
James, an artist, who makes his home in 
Sault de Ste. Marie; George a resident of 
Des Moines, Iowa; Mrs. S. J. Howell, who 
is located in Seattle, W'ashington; Mrs. 
J. W. Howell, a resident of Omaha, Ne- 
braska; Mrs. George Cross, whose home is 
in Victoria, Nebraska; Mrs. Peter Mcintosh, 
a resident of Vankleek Hill, Ontario, and 
Mrs. William Williamson, of Point Fortune, 
Quebec. 

The gentleman whose name heads this 
review spent the days of his boyhood and 
youth in his native land, and after he had 
attained his majority took up the study of 
law in Manistee, Michigan. Later he pur- 
sued his studies in the law school of Ann 
Arbor, Michigan, and was fitting himself for 
a successful career in the legal profession, 
but abandoned that plan to give his atten- 
tion to an undertaking that to him has 
proved a most profitable one. His con- 
structive ingenuity asserted itself and led 
him into the field of invention. He then 



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established an agency for the sale of his in- 
ventions, and from this branched out into 
the real-estate business and into speculation 
in lands. He bought considerable county 
and city property, and at the same time 
managed the manufacture and sale of his in- 
ventions, one of which alone has realized 
for him quite a snug little fortune. He con- 
tinued investing his capital in realty, and 
his keen sagacity and foresight enabled him 
to make judicious purchases, the value of 
which have increased and brought to him 
handsome returns. 

Mr. Everett now owns large amounts of 
farming land on the eastern end of the Up- 
per Peninsula, also valuable property in Des 
Moines, Iowa, and San Diego, California. 
He began buying acre property near Sault 
de Ste. Marie in 1882 and added to this each 
year until 1887. The next year, when 
there was a great demand for property here 
and prices in consequences rose, he was en- 
abled to sell at a handsome profit. His in- 
terests were in Everett Brothers' addition, 
the first and second addition of Wilgus and 
in Everett & Everland's subdivision, all of 
which is now included within the corpora- 
tion limits of the city. Mr. Everett pos- 
sesses excellent business and executive abil- 
ity and his transactions have ever been 
marked by the most straightforward dealing, 
which has gained him the confidence and 
respect of all with whom he has been 
brought in contact. 

On the 24th of July, 1883, was cele- 
brated the marriage of Mr. Everett and 
Miss May A. Dolsen, daughter of N. H. 
Dolsen, of Mackinac county, Michigan, but 
originally from Chatham, Ontario. Three 
children graced this union, but two, — little 
daughters, — are now sleeping beneath the 
evergreens on the hillside, where played the 



eldest daughter during her early childhood 
days. The residence of the family occupies 
one of the most beautiful building sites on 
the peninsula. It is a fine two-story and 
basement edifice, built in a modern style of 
architecture and handsomely finished on the 
interior in hardwood. It was erected at a 
cost of $7,000 and stands on Chandler's 
Heights, overlooking the city, the locks and 
the adjoining military post. Evidence of 
the cultured, refined taste of the inmates 
everywhere abounds in the rich and tasteful 
furnishings, and the home is noted for its 
generous hospitality. 



IRA CARLEY, Ingalls, Michigan, is 
the proprietor of a sawmill and gen- 
eral merchandise store here, and is 
well known as an enterprising and 
successful business man. 

Mr. Carley was born at Southport, New 
York, October 10, 1846, and is a son of 
William Carley, a farmer of Caton, Steu- 
ben county, that State. His schooling was 
limited to the common schools and was ob- 
tained before he was fourteen. At that age 
he began running the engine in his father's 
sawmill, his father being engaged in both 
milling and farming; and in this way young 
Carley was occupied when the Civil war 
came on. In 1863 he enlisted in the Six- 
teenth New York Heavy Artillery, entering 
the service as a private and the following 
year being promoted to the rank of Cor- 
poral. He was on duty until the close of 
the war and was mustered out August 25, 
1865, returning home without having re- 
ceived a wound. 

On his return to Caton, Mr. Carley en- 
gaged in farming until 1S67. Then he 
went to work in a sawmill for a Mr. Svn- 



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aker, and was employed as engineer in that 
mill for one year. From 1868 until 1873 he 
worked in sawmills at different places, and 
in 1873 entered the employ of J. Richardson 
of Elmira, New York, with whom he re- 
mained nine years. Then he went back to 
Caton, New York, and, after spending one 
year at his old home, came from there to 
Ingalls, Michigan, and bought out the saw- 
mill of E. L. Parmenter. This mill he and 
his brother William operated in partnership 
for three months, at the end of which time 
his brother sold his interest back to the 
former owner and the firm name became 
Carley & Company, remaining as such for a 
period of nine years. Mr. Carley then pur- 
chased Mr. Parmenter's interest and since 
that time has conducted the business under 
his own name, doing a general sawmill busi- 
ness and meeting with prosperity in his oper- 
ations; and in 1883 Mr. Carley opened a 
general merchandise store in Ingalls, which 
he has since conducted. In addition to 
these enterprises, he has a shingle mill and 
general store at Parmenter Junction. His 
business career has been one of marked suc- 
cess; he has succeeded in establishing a 
large business and acquiring valuable prop- 
erty, and is to-day estimated to be worth no 
less than $85,000. 

May 13, 1873, Mr. Carley was married 
at Addison, Steuben county. New York, to 
Miss Nettie Carley. 

Politically, he is a stanch Republican. 



* | ^ L. HARRIS, proprietor of the 

1'^^ Newberry Celery Garden, New- 

\ W beiry, Michigan, is a gentleman 

whose connection with one of the 

important enterprises of the northern pe- 



ninsula entitles him to some special notice 
in this work. 

Mr. Harris was born in Steubenville, 
Ohio, August 10, 1857. He was educated 
at the Fourteenth ward school and at Duff's 
Business College in Pittsburg, Pennsyl- 
vania. His father, William G. Harris, was 
an iron worker and the son was attracted 
naturally to the rolling mill as a place of 
employment on arriving at proper age, his 
first wages being earned in the mill of More- 
head, McLain & Company, and, with one 
or two intervals excepted, he followed the 
business till he attained his majority. At 
the age of twenty-one he went to Titusville, 
Pennsylvania, and ran a stationary engine for 
the Eams Petroleum Iron Works for some 
months, and on returning to Pittsburg en- 
tered the employ of the Pittsburgh Transfer 
Company. His ne.\t move was to Wyan- 
dotte, Michigan, then to Luce county, this 
State, he having come here to take a position 
with the Vulcan Furnace Company, in whose 
employ he remained three years. Then he 
was bookkeeper for the Peninsula Land 
Company at Dollarville for some time 
prior to his selection as superintendent of 
their company and the Newberry Celery 
Garden. And we can find no better place 
than now and here to present a history of 
this celery industry, and from a publication 
which was issued as early as 1889 we glean 
the following: 

"About five years ago a small piece of 
land lying adjacent to the D. M. & M. R. 
R. was cleared up by the Land Department 
for an experimental farm or garden. The 
first efforts were discouraging, as the grounds 
were very wet. Considerable difficulty was 
also experienced in getting the land plowed, 
and the horses had to be provided with 
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order to keep them from sinking in the soft 
ground. A systematic plan of ditching was 
adopted and the ground was thereby 
drained. With this small garden as a be- 
ginning, Mr. J. H. Sherman experimented 
in raising different varieties of vegetables, 
and finally, as the soil seemed well adapted, 
decided to try raising celery and procured a 
few hundred plants from Detroit. This 
first effort was not wholly successful, but 
the partial failure was thought to be due to 
the plants set out. During this experiment, 
however, it was shown that a phenomenal 
growth of celery was obtained. The next 
season (spring 1886), in order to avoid this 
difficulty, hot-beds were built near the New- 
berry Hotel, where all the plants needed 
were raised. From this time on, which 
really marked the beginning of celery-raising 
in Newberry, no great obstacles presented 
themselves. Different varieties of seed 
were tried and those not found satisfactory 
were rejected. The crops raised during 
1886-7, although small, demonstrated fully 
what could be done, and in the fall of 1887 
the Newberry Celery & Improvement Com- 
pany, with W. O. Strong, W. C. McMillan, 
Wetmore Hunt and S. B. Wight as manag- 
ers, was incorporated to carry on the busi- 
ness started by the Land Department. 
This new company purchased the old New- 
berry garden and commenced at once to 
clear up additional ground preparatory to 
enlarging the business. Buildings were 
erected for the head gardener and store- 
houses for wintering the crOp were pro- 
vided. In the season of 18SS, eight and 
a half acres were planted to celery, besides 
considerable acreage to vegetables and po- 
tatoes. Unfortunately, at the start of the 
enterprise, great damage was done by the 
ravages of grasshoppers and later by the un- 



usually heavy frosts, and fully three acres 
of celery were a total loss. Notwithstand- 
ing the drawbacks, the season was en- 
couraging to the company, and preparations 
were accordingly made for a greater output. 
This year (1889) the company has fourteen 
acres of celery, three acres of vegetables 
and ten acres of potatoes. The past sum- 
mer has been very favorable, and nothing 
has occurred to discourage the undertaking. 
The market has proven itself to be unlim- 
ited and the company has been obliged to 
limit the number of orders taken in order to 
insure a steady supply to its customers." 

And from a recent publication we quote 
the following: "The company now has a 
capital stock of $10,000 and own about 150 
acres of land, most of which is under culti- 
vation, about thirty-five acres devoted to 
celery. They employ fourteen men and the 
entire crop finds a ready market in Mar- 
quette, the Soo, Duluth, Superior and all 
along the south shore line. 

Returning to the life of Mr. Harris, we 
find that he has in various ways been identi- 
fied with the interests of Newberry ever 
since he took up his residence here. He has 
served as Township Clerk a number of 
terms, is now School Inspector and Chair- 
man of the Board of Education, and is 
President of the village of Newberry. In 
his political affiliations he is a Republican; 
fraternally, he is an Odd Fellow, a Mason, 
and a K. O. T. M., and in religion is a 
Baptist. 

Mr. Harris has been twice married. His 
first marriage occurred at Wyandotte, April 
II, 1 88 1, to Hattie, daughter of John B. 
Franklin, an engineer who came west from 
Connecticut. Her happj' married life was 
of short duration, for on January 12 of the 
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home. June 21, 1886, Mr. Harris wedded 
Eva Leighton, and tliej- have children as 
follows: Leighton H., Linton M., Logan 
W. and Perry L. 

Mr. Harris's father has already been 
referred to, but before concluding this article 
we make still further mention of his par- 
ents. William G. Harris, his father, now 
a resident of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, was 
born in that cit\' in 1826, son of Richard 
Harris. Richard Harris was a native of 
New York State, a horse dealer by occupa- 
tion, and in the early days was a driver on 
the National Pike through Pennsylvania to 
Cumberland, Maryland. His wife was iicc 
Martha Logan and their family comprised 
nine children, four of whom are still living: 
William G. , Charles and Alonzo, of Big 
Timber, Montana; and James, of Pitts- 
burg. William G. Harris married a daugh- 
ter of Linton McAleese, who was born in 
county Antrim, Ireland, and who was a 
farmer and gardener. His daughter was born 
near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The sub- 
ject of our sketch is the eldest of their living 
children, the others being William G., Jr., 
an iron worker of Pittsburg; George, a 
telegraph operator of that cit}'; Lizzie G., 
wife of John Anderson, Pittsburg, and 
Sarah I). 



,>^EINER HOCH.— We are pleased 
I /^ to introduce to our readers Mr. 
JL_r Reiner Hoch, president of the Up- 
per Peninsula Brewing Company, a 
man whose ability and sound business prin- 
ciples have placed him on the list of the 
most prominent business men in the Upper 
Peninsula; and we feel assured that a sketch 
of his life will prove interesting to those who 



had the pleasure of being acquainted with 
the gentleman referred to. 

Mr. Hoch was born near Cologne, Ger- 
many, on October rS, 1851, the second child 
of William Hoch, a farmer by occupation. 
Following the strong current of emigration 
and attracted by the golden reputation of 
the New World, Mr. Hoch, Sr. , decided to 
come across to America, and located on a 
farm in Waukesha county, Wisconsin, in 
April, 1852. The subject of this biogra- 
phy spent the early days of his boyhood on 
the farm with his parents, and at the age of 
eighteen entered the R. C. Spencer Business 
College at Milwaukee. After completing 
his course there he embarked in the beer- 
bottling business, with his brother-in-law, J. 
Haucke, which occupation he followed for a 
year, after which he sold his interest to his 
partner. He afterward engaged in the 
manufacture of white beer, in company with 
Otto, Gustave and Charles Meeske, the firm 
being known as Meeske Brothers & Hoch. 
After three years of successful business he 
and Mr. Charles Meeske purchased the inter- 
ests of the other partners and conducted the 
business under the name of Meeske & Hoch 
until the fall of 1878, in which year the 
manufactory was sold to Gressbourn & Ker- 
hein in Chicago. 

Then, foreseeing the grand future of the 
Upper Peninsula, Mr. Hoch and his partner 
removed to Marquette, Michigan, where 
they purchased the brewery plant conducted 
up to that time by George Rublein, one of 
the oldest and most favorabh' known pioneers 
of Marquette count}-. They remodeled and 
enlarged the plant, so that it now has a 
capacity of 25,000 barrels, and is fitted with 
all the latest improved machinery and 
modern equipments, making it one of the 
best establishments of its kind in the State. 



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Under the skillful management of Mr. Hoch 
and his partner, it was soon found that, not- 
withstanding the large capacity of the plant, 
it could no longer meet the requirements of 
their steadily increasing trade, and in June, 
1 88 1, the partners opened a brewery in 
Negaunee, Michigan, under the personal 
charge of Mr. Hoch, Mr. Meeske remaining 
in charge of the Marquette plant. Under 
the immediate direction of Mr. Hoch this 
brewery was also equipped in first-class style 
and soon became a worthy branch of the 
Marquette plant, having a capacity of 15,000 
barrels annually, and turning out a product 
which is claimed by connoisseurs to be equal 
to the best and never excelled. 

With his usual spirit of enterprise Mr. 
Hoch soon concluded to erect a malting 
plant in connection with the brewery, with 
a yearly capacity of 3 5,000 bushels, furnish- 
ing the malt used in the Marquette and 
Negaunee breweries. In December, 1890, 
Messrs. Meeske and Hoch formed a stock 
company, under the name of the Upper 
Peninsula Brewing Company, with Reiner 
Hoch as president and Charles Meeske as 
secretary and treasurer. These two gentle- 
men, in connection with Messrs. N. M. 
Kaufman and E. N. Breitung of Marquette, 
constitute the board of directors. The com- 
pany has agencies in several of the largest 
cities of the Upper Peninsula and northern 
Wisconsin. 

In addition to his other interests, Mr. 
Hoch is secretary and treasurer of the Mar- 
quette Valley Milling Company, whose mill 
is located on the Dead river, near Marquette; 
is a stockholder and director of the Demine 
and Dierkes Furniture Company, one of the 
leading manufacturers of furniture in the city 
of Chicago, and he is also a stockholder of 
the Negaunee and Ishpeming Street Railway 



and Electric Company, operating between 
Negaunee and Ishpeming. 

In February, 1892, longing to see his 
native land, Mr. Hoch decided to take a 
trip abroad, and in compan}' with his father 
made an extensive visit to the Fatherland, 
spending four months sight-seeing among 
the principal cities of Germany and Austria, 
and returning home in the latter part of May 
of the same 3'ear. 

Mr. Hoch is a prominent member of the 
society of the Sons of Hermann and of the 
German Aid Society. 

In 1878 he contracted marriage with 
Miss Mathilda Geele of Sheboygan, Wiscon- 
sin, who died on November 2, 1887. By 
that union he has three children living, — one 
daughter, Elsa, and two sons, Frank and 
Walter. He was married the second time 
in 1889, to Miss Trilling, of Menasha, Wis- 
consin, and they have three sons, — Hugo, 
Carl and Albert. 



^y^ EUBEN D. ASHMUN is a descend- 
I /"^ ant of one of the oldest families of 
\ , T Sault de Ste. Marie. In 1S24, 
when Michigan and Wisconsin 
were wild and undeveloped regions, the 
home of the Red men and the haunts of 
wild animals, Samuel Ashmun, the grand- 
father of our subject, took up his residence 
on the site of this city, having come to the 
West as the representative of the American 
Fur Company. He located a tract of Gov- 
ernment land of 160 acres extending from 
the river back toward the bluff, all of which 
forms a part of the original plat of Sault de 
Ste. Marie, and through it now runs Ashmun 
street, named in his honor. Samuel Ash- 
mun was born in New York, in the latter 



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NORTHERN PENINSULA OF MICIUGAN. 



'S.'^ 



half of the eighteenth century, and was a 
son of Jehida Ashmuii, a minister of Eng- 
lish birth, who was sent out by a missionary 
society to " Darkest Africa" and some years 
later came to America, taking up his resi- 
dence in New York. There the grandfather 
of our subject was born and reared, making 
his home in the State of his nativity until 
1S12, when he came to the West in the in- 
terest and employ of John Jacob Astor, Sr. , 
having charge of the business of that shrewd 
old German in the Minnesota regions im- 
mediately prior to his advent in the little 
Indian village on St. Mary's Rapids. He 
was a man of fine business abilit}', and by 
the successful management of his affairs be- 
came quite wealthy and gave all of his chil- 
dren a collegiate education in Eastern insti- 
tutions of learning. He married the daugh- 
ter of an Indian chief, of the Chippewa 
tribe, and their children were as follows: 
Henr}', who was a prominent lawyer of 
Saginaw, Michigan, for a number of years; 
Mary, who was the wife of James \'an Ran- 
selaer; Elii;a, who was the wife of Captain 
John Spalding; Samuel, who engaged in 
butchering business in this city; Fred, who 
died in youth; Tecumseh, who was educated 
for a printer; and Edward, the eldest, the 
father of our subject. 

The last named was born in Minnesota 
in 1825. He was educated in Potsdam, 
New York, graduating at what was then a 
popular institution of learning in the East, 
and on completing his school life he re- 
turned to his father's home in Sault de Ste. 
Marie, and with him entered into business. 
While at school he had the distinction of 
being the room-mate and a warm personal 
friend of Schuyler Colfax, afterward vice 
president of the United States. After 
joining his father in business Mr. .-\shmun 



had charge of all the catches on the Upper 
Peninsula and as far west as Fond du Lac, 
Wisconsin, which country he covered ac- 
companied by his band of Indians and 
Frenchmen. He could speak both their 
languages fluently and was an invaluable 
aid in conducting the fur business, then one 
of the leading industries of this section of 
the country. He was very fond of the 
water and traveled over the lakes and rivers 
far and wide, on one occasion following the 
Mississippi from its head waters to its 
mouth. Like his father, he was a thrifty, 
industrious, energetic man and became 
well-to-do. He was also one of the his- 
toric characters of this region, which he 
aided greatly in opening up to civilization. 
Having traveled over nearly every foot of 
the country in the Badger and Wolverine 
States he well knew their advantages and 
the best places for location, and aided many 
people in securing homes. He served as 
Postmaster of Sault de Ste. Marie, also as 
Justice of the Peace, was Government in- 
terpreter at this point, lighthouse keeper at 
White Fish Point, and Lake Superior customs 
inspector. He was also elected and served 
as Sheriff of Chippewa county for two terms, 
and he was ever faithful and true to his 
duties and the confidence reposed in him. 
His political views were in harmony with 
tile principles of the Republican party. 

On one of his trips Edward Ashmun 
met, at Mackinac island. Miss Amanda 
Chapman, who was born in Fond du Lac, 
Wis., and whom he wooed and won. Her 
father, Bela J. Chapman, was born in Ver- 
mont and settled in Wisconsin during its 
infanc)', but afterward changed his residence 
to Mackinac island, from which county he 
was elected to the Michigan Legislature, 
serving for a number of years. While 



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serving in the House, he was one time 
returning from Lansing and about to take 
the boat at Detroit, when a httle boy 
accosted him, begging Mr. Chapman to 
take him home with him. Thinking the 
boy a resident of that place Mr. Chapman 
dismissed him and the subject from his 
mind by saying that if the boy would be 
at the wharf at lo o'clock that night he 
would take him along. On going aboard at 
the hour mentioned what was his surprise 
to find the lad awaiting him. It was found 
that he was a little orphan and no amount 
of persuading could convince him that he 
ought not to go to that far-off region; 
so he was finally taken aboard and at length 
reached Mackinac island. He said his 
name was Peter White. He remained 
with Mr. Chapman until he was grown, 
and in company with James Chapman left 
the island one spring to look up a location. 
James located in Bayfield and Peter in Mar- 
quette, Michigan, where he began business, 
becoming a prominent insurance man. He 
is still living in that city, aged and wealthy. 
The care and kindness which he received 
from Mr. Chapman showed forth what was 
one of the striking characteristics of that 
worthy and honored pioneer. 

To Mr. and Mrs. Edward Ashmun were 
born nine children : Lucy, wife of Charles 
Ripley; Reuben D. ; Edward G., who died 
in San Francisco, California; Amanda, wife 
of James Kelly; Ella, now Mrs. Heaco.x; 
Mary; Annie; Jennie, wife of Peter Ivelly, 
and Grace, deceased. 

We would now call attention to the per- 
sonal history of the gentleman whose name 
heads this record, — one of the leading mer- 
chants of Sault Ste. Marie and a worthy 
representative of an honored family. He 
engaged in the boot and shoe business as a 



member of the well-known firm of Anthony 
& Ashmun, who dealt in coal and had 
stores both in this city and in Detour. 
Their business assumed extensive propor- 
tions and they commanded the patronage of 
a large class. Carrying a full and well- 
assorted stock, while their transactions were 
marked by fairest dealing, they won the con- 
fidence of the public, and the standing of 
the house in the community was among the 
best. May i, 1895, Mr. Ashmun retired 
from the boot and shoe business and now 
devotes his attention to his coal interests. 

On the 15th of September, 1881, Mr. 
Ashmun was united in marriage, in this 
city, with Ellen Anthony, a sister of his 
partner and a daughter of Thomas C. 
Anthony, Sr. Their only child, Thomas 
Edward G. , is now eight years of age. In 
politics Mr. Ashmun is an active Republican. 
On the 1st of April, 1895, he was elected 
Alderman and is now a leading and valued 
member of the City Council. Socially he is 
connected with the Knights of Pythias and 
in religious belief is a Presbyterian. His 
life has been well and worthily spent, and 
his many friends esteem him highly for his 
many excellencies of character. 



^'^EORGE WARREN HAYDEN.— 
■ ^r\ True biography in every instance 
^^^^ must prove a narration whose sim- 
plicity shall constitute its chief ele- 
ment of strength. Not undue adulation 
should be entered, but the record should be 
a clearly defined outline from which the full 
measure will be granted by inference. In 
the life of the subject of this review the 
record of honest worth and success lies pat- 
ent to all, and mere words will not tend to 



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more clearly establish the fact. He is recog- 
nized as one of the leading attorneys at the 
bar of Marquette county and as one of the 
representative citizens of Ishpeming. 

A native of the State of Michigan, Mr. 
Hayden dates his birth at Charlotte, Eaton 
county, October 23, 1850. His father, John 
Hayden, was born in Washington county, 
Pennsylvania, November 26, 1819, being 
the son of Miles and Sarah (Caskey) Hay- 
den, both of whom were natives of Washing- 
ton county, Pennsylvania, where the former 
was born October 10, 1781, and the latter 
May 26, 1788. They were married in their, 
native county, the date of this event having 
been in November, 1808. The father of 
Miles Hayden was a schoolmaster at Belfast, 
Ireland, and with his wife emigrated thence 
to America and settled in Washington 
count}', Pennsylvania, a short time prior to 
the birth of their son Miles. Some time 
after the birth of his son John (18 19) Miles 
Hayden removed with his family to Orange, 
Ashland county, Ohio, in which county he 
retained his residence until the hour of his 
death, having there been engaged in the 
practice of his profession, — that of medicine, 
— for a long term of years. 

John Hayden located at Charlotte, Mich- 
igan, in 1845, and four years later his mar- 
riage to Patience Moulton was consum- 
mated. She is of Scotch lineage, her an- 
cestors having emigrated to America from a 
small town on the river Dee, and near the 
border between England and Scotland. 
Her father was a physician, and for many 
years devoted himself to the practice of his 
profession. In later life he lived for some 
time at Raisin Center, Lenawee county, 
Michigan, and subsequently took up his res- 
idence at Decatur, \'an Buren county, where 
his death occurred. 



John and Patience (Moulton) Hayden 
have continued their residence at Charlotte 
since the time of their marrriage and are 
now living in that quiet retirement which is 
the recompense duly granted to those who 
have labored faithfully and well. The father 
of our subject was for many years en- 
gaged in the hardware business at Charlotte 
and was among her foremost business men, 
being to-day held in the highest esteem in the 
community where so many years of his life 
have been passed. He served for some 
time as Lieutenant Colonel in the Michigan 
State Militia. Both he and his wife are de- 
voted members of the Universalist Church. 
They have two children living: George W. , 
the subject of this sketch; and Agnes, who 
is the wife of Marshall F. Barber, of Biwa- 
bik, Minnesota. Mr. and Mrs. Barber have 
one child. Max. 

George W. Hayden passed his boyhood 
years in his native city, where he was 
granted the excellent advantages afforded 
by the public schools, after which he was 
enabled to continue his educational disci- 
pline at the Michigan State University, Ann 
Arbor, where he was a student in the year 
1872, in September of which year he was 
admitted to the bar at Charlotte. 

Thus prepared in a theoretical way for 
the duties of his profession, our subject was 
not long in deciding as to when and where 
he should enter upon the practice of the 
same. In the spring of 1873 he located at 
Ishpeming, and made ready to devote him- 
self faithfully to the interests of clients. His 
ability and honorable methods soon brought 
him the coveted recognition, and he has 
here been continuously in practice and has 
secured the support of a very large and 
representative clientele. He stands at the 
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cit}' so far as the point of continued resi- 
dence is concerned. When Mr. Hayden 
established himself in practice here he asso- 
ciated himself in a professional partnership 
with William H. Parks, under the firm 
name of Parks & Hayden, which associa- 
tion was maintained until 1 876, when a 
dissolution occurred. He then continued 
alone until 1884, when was formed the part- 
nership at present existing, — Mr. H. O. 
Young becoming his professional coadjutor. 
The firm of Hayden & Young holds distinc- 
tive precedence at the bar of Marquette 
county, and has been concerned in much of 
the important litigation calndered in the 
same. Their practice extends into all the 
courts of the United States, and the}- are 
recognized as men of sound judgment and 
wide professional acumen. Their spacious 
suite of offices occupies the entire floor 
over the Ishpeming National Bank, and 
their general and reference library is one 
of comprehensive and well selected order. 
The firm's methods are such as to retain to 
them the confidence and respect not only 
of their clients but of the general public. 

Fraternally Mr. Hayden is prominently 
identified with the Masonic order, having 
advanced to the thirty-second degree in the 
Scottish rite. He is a member of the blue 
lodge at Ishpeming, the chapter at Negaunee, 
the commandery and Mystic Shrine at Mar- 
quette, and the Consistory at Grand Rapids, 
Michigan. He has also been connected 
with the Knights of Pythias and the Ancient 
Order of United Workmen. As bearing 
more particularly on professional associa- 
tions we note that he is a member of the 
Marquette County Bar Association and the 
State Bar Association, in the latter of which 
he has served on .several of the important 
committees. 



Mr. Hayden is stanchly arrayed in the 
support of the Democratic party, and has 
been an active participant in the councils of 
of the same. He has served as a member 
of the Democratic State Central Commit- 
tee, and also at various times as chairman 
of the Marquette County Central Commit- 
tee. He was the incumbent as Prosecuting 
Attorney of his county in 1885-6 and has 
served as City Attorney of Ishpeming for 
several years. 

The marriage of our subject occurred 
September 9, 1882, when he was united to 
Miss Ida E. Spaulding, a native of Sault de 
Sainte Marie, Michigan, and a daughter of 
John and Achsah (Johnson) Spaulding, who 
were early settlers of the Wolverine State. 
Her maternal grandfather was an officer 
and came to Sault de Sainte Marie with 
General Brady when the old fort was estab- 
lished there. John Spaulding was the super- 
intendent of the canal at that point for many 
years. Mrs. Hayden was born September 
22, 1856, and completed her education at 
Cleveland, Ohio, being an artist and musi- 
cian of more than ordinary talent and profi- 
ciency. Her death occurred January 28, 
1895, and such was the tender grace of her 
noble womanhood that her loss was deeply 
felt even out of the home which she had 
glorified by her presence. She was a con- 
sistent member and communicant of the 
Protestant Episcopal Church, and was active 
in kindly works. Up to the time of her 
final illness she devoted no little attention to 
the art work which she loved, but never was 
this permitted to conflict with the higher 
duties which she owed to husband, children 
and all others who came within the circle of 
her influence. 

Mr. and Mrs. Hayden l)ecame the par- 
ents of three children, namely: Agnes, who 



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was born October 31, 1884; George Spauld- 
ing, born January 12, 1888; and John Ellzey, 
born August 6, 1889. 



"^»T*OHX POWER, a lawyer of eminence 
m in Escanaba, has won a rank in the 
/• 1 legal profession which might well 
be envied by those who have every 
advantage to aid them on life's journey, but 
since an early age he has been dependent 
entirely upon his own resources and has 
reached his present high position unaided 
save by the perseverance, resolution and 
energy which are numbered among his chief 
characteristics. Many aspire to prominence 
in the legal profession but comparatively few 
attain it, and when it is reached indicates the 
labor and exertion which have been the 
means of securing it. 

Mr. Power is a native of the Emerald Isle, 
his birth having occurred in Waterford, and 
from the public schools of that city he was 
graduated. At the age of seventeen he ran 
away from home and sailed for America. 
Only one other member of the family ever 
came to this country, — a sister who is now 
married and lives in New York. The other 
theee children and the parents remained in 
Ireland. Mr. Power of this sketch landed 
in New York city and on the opening of the 
Civil war offered his services to the Govern- 
ment, serving a full term. On the e.xpira- 
tion of that period he re-enlisted for frontier 
duty in the Thirty-sixth Michigan Infantry, 
with headquarters at Fort Wilkins. He was 
ever faithful to his duty and the cause he es- 
poused and deserves the gratitude which is 
justly due the brave boys in blue who went 
forth to battle for the Union. 

Soon after the close of his second term 
Mr. Power began the study of law and was 



admitted to practice in Keweenaw county, 
Michigan. Removing to Red Jacket, Hough- 
ton county, he opened an office and entered 
upon the prosecution of his profession, which 
he successfully followed at that point for 
twelve years, enjoying a liberal clientage, 
during which time he was twice the nomi- 
nee of the Democratic party for Con- 
gress. In 1 88 1 he removed from Red 
Jacket to Escanaba and has here twice 
been the Congressional candidate of his 
part}', but as the Republican party is in the 
majority in this locality he failed of election. 
He is at present the United States District 
Attorney for the Western District of Michi- 
gan and has been for eleven years City Attor- 
ney of Escanaba. He is regarded as one of 
the leading members of the Democracy in 
the upper peninsula and ably upholds its 
principles. He has a very extensive law 
practice and is numbered among the leading 
lawyers as well as politicians. He is a man 
of keen and brilliant intellect, quick percep- 
tion and a logical reasoner, and as an advo- 
cate before judge and jury is able, earnest 
and convincing. 

Mr. Power was married at Copper Har- 
bor, Michigan, in 1868, to Miss Lizzie Cor- 
rig, a native of Montreal, Canada, and to 
them have been born eight children. Walter 
J., the eldest, was educated in the public 
schools of Escanaba, graduated at the high 
school, and then took up the study of law in 
his father's office. He was admitted to the 
bar in April, 1892, and at once opened an 
office in this city. He now devotes the 
greater part of his time and attention to the 
real-estate and insurance business. He was 
married in February, 1894, to Miss The- 
ressa E. Preiss, who died only five months 
later, on the 12th of July. Patrick S., the 
second of the famih', is now a student of 



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law. Kittie is at home, and May is attend- 
St. Patrick's, an acadeni}- of Chicago under 
the management of the Sisters of Notre 
Dame. Roscoe B., Mathew, Lamar, \'ictor 
Leo and Patrecia are all students in the 
schools of Escanaba. The Power family 
are prominent members of the Catholic 
Church and are leading members of society. 
The life of John Power shows what may 
be accomplished by an intelligent and indus- 
trious boy in America. Coming here with- 
out money or influential friends, he has 
steadily worked his way upward, at first 
devoting several years to the service of his 
adopted country, enduring many privations 
and dangers and receiving very meager pa}-, 
but manifested what should be the keynote 
of every man's character, — patriotism. He 
then turned his attention to the study of law. 
and being naturally industrious and possess- 
ing a retentive memory and a good command 
of language he has attained a proud position 
at the bar. He has also reared a large fam- 
ily and has accumulated a handsome com- 
petence, so that the time is not far distant 
when he will be enabled to lay aside all bus- 
iness cares and rest in the enjoyment of the 
fruits of his former toil. 



^'^EORGE MOORE.— The biogra- 
■ rT\ pher is now permitted to touch 
^L^m upon the life history of one of the 
leading citizens and popular officials 
of Au Train, Michigan, a self-made man 
and one in every way worthy of considera- 
tion on these pages, — George, Moore, Re- 
corder of Deeds and ex-Sheriff of Alger 
county. 

He was born in New York State, April 
lo, 1850. Benjamin Moore, his father, was 
a son of Irish parents and was b\' occupa- 



tion a lumber dealer. He moved to Ontario 
in 1 85 1 and located at Colborne, where he 
spent the remainder of his life, dying there 
in 1 862, at about the age of fifty years. His 
wife, Susan, was a daughter of Peter 
Moore, a Canadian farmer. She still re- 
sides in the old town of Colborne, and at 
this writing is seventy-four years of age. Of 
her four children, we record that Sarah 
Jane died at the age of two years; Lewis is 
deceased; George is the gentleman whose 
name graces this article; and William is a 
resident of Lake View, Michigan. 

George Moore received only a very lim- 
ited education in his youth, being obliged 
to quit school at the early age of ten years 
in order to go to work. He did farm work 
on the home place from that time until he 
was thirty years of age, when he came to 
Michigan. On his arrival in this State he 
was employed in a shingle mill at Trufant, 
near Greenville, his employers being Hill- 
man, Hesser & Company. Three years 
later, in 1883, he came to the upper penin- 
sula and located at Black River, where he 
began making shingles for John Gilchrist 
and where he remained three years. His 
ne.xt location was m Alger county and his 
employer a Mr. Gibbs, and from there he 
went to Newberry and for eighteen months 
was engaged in the manufacture of shingles 
for Mr. J. E. White. Returning to the 
employ of Mr. Gibbs, this time at Au Train, 
he worked for him a portion of two sum- 
mers, and subsequently for Mr. J. M. Carr 
at Singleton for one or more seasons. Then, 
coming back to Au Train, he spent one 
summer in fishing. In the fall of 1892 he 
was brought out as the Democratic candi- 
date for County Sheriff and was duly elected, 
receiving a majority of two votes. In this 
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good stead and he rendered a high degree of 
satisfaction to all concerned, his duty being 
performed in a manner that reflected credit 
alike upon himself and his constituents; 
and in the fall of 1894 he was nominated 
for the position of Register of Deeds b}' the 
same party, and this time was elected by a 
larger majorit\'. In addition to the duties 
of this office, he is now also serving as 
under Sheriff. 

Mr. Moore's marriage was consummated 
in Colborne, Ontario, July 9, 1887, with 
Miss Emma Prout, daughter of W'illiam 
Prout, a Canadian farmer. The}' have an 
interesting family of three little children, 
ranging in age from seven to three years, — 
Georgia L. , Charles Frederick, and Howard 
Murrel. 



(D 



R. MANHARD, a dealer in hard- 
ware and manufacturer of brooms 
in Marquette, is a worthy repre- 
sentative of the business interests 
of the cit}-, successfully conducting enter- 
prises which add to the material prosperity 
of the community. The commercial inter- 
ests of the town indicate its life and prog- 
ress, and to this feature of Marquette Mr. 
Manhard contributes greatly. A native of 
Canada, he was born July 9. 1840, and is a 
son of William and Sarah (Clark) Manhard. 
The family is of German rrigin and was first 
founded in Vermont, whence its representa- 
tives removed to Canada. Some of the 
number participated in the war of 1812. 
The father of our subject was a farmer b)- 
occupation and lived and died in Canada. 
In the family were five children, four of 
whom still survi\e, namely: Miner\'a, de- 
ceased; Howard, M. R., Mar\' and Rufus, 
The boyhood days of M, R. Manhard 



were spent upon his father's farm until four- 
teen years of age, and in the public schools 
he became familiar with the common Eng- 
lish branches of learning. To fit himself for 
earning his living he began to learn the tin- 
ner's trade in Brockville, Canada, where he 
served a full apprenticeship. Subsequently 
he removed to Petroleum, Canada, where he 
followed his trade and also engaged in the 
oil business for a short time. His next 
place of residence was in Port Huron, Mich- 
igan, where for six months he was employed 
as a tinner. When that period had expired 
he went to Sarnia, where he was foreman 
of a shop for about a year, and in 1862 he 
came to Marquette, Michigan, for the pur- 
pose of working for a railroad company. 
On arriving at his destination, however, he 
changed his mind and entered the employ 
of B. Neidhardt, with whom he remained 
for a short time. His next removal made 
him a resident of Negaunee, where he took 
charge of the hardware store of J. B. Mass, 
conducting the same for quite a period, 
when he entered into business for himself 
under the firm name of Manhard & Hop- 
kins. That partnership continued for about 
a year, when Mr. Manhard sold out and re- 
turned to Marquette. 

It was not long after this that he be- 
came a partner in the firm of B. Neidhardt 
& Company, hardware dealers. On sell- 
ing his interest in that establishment he em- 
barked in business for himself and success- 
fully carried on operations until 1890, when 
the Manhard Hardware Company was es- 
tablished. This was subsequently succeeded 
by the Manhard-Jopling Hardware Com- 
pany, limited. Mr. Manhard also owns a 
large hardware store and harness shop in 
Newberry, Michigan, which has been very 
successful. In the fall of 1 894 he organized 



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the Lake Superior Broom factory at Mar- 
quette, under the firm name of M. R. Man- 
hard & Son, and still continues his connec- 
tion with that concern. They have a good 
factory and employment is furnished to from 
thirty to sixty men, turning out first-class 
work, which finds a ready sale on the mar- 
ket. Mr. Manhard possesses excellent busi- 
ness and executive ability and is a man of 
varied resources and power. He also organ- 
ized the M. R. Manhard Heating Company 
of Marquette, and has successfully con- 
ducted it, and he is a stockholder in the 
Northern Furnace Company. He carries 
forward to a successful completion whatever 
he undertakes; so it is of value to any con- 
cern to have him connected with it. His 
energy, determination, good management 
and enterprise are sure factors in a pros- 
perous career. Although he came to the 
city with a capital of only $5 in his pocket, 
he is now one of the substantial and repre- 
sentative business men of his adopted 
county. 

Mr. Manhard is connected with the 
Masonic fraternity, and is also a Noble 
of the Mystic Shrine; for two years he 
was Representative to the Grand Lodge, and 
he also belongs to the Ancient Order of 
United Workmen. For over fifteen years he 
was chief of the fire department of Mar- 
quette. Everything connected with the city 
that tends to its upbuilding and advance- 
ment receives his hearty support, and he 
may well be classed among the valued and 
influential men of the community. The 
lady who shares his name and his fortunes 
was in her maidenhood Miss Lizzie Deroy, 
a native of Belgium, and they have one son, 
Ransom A., who is largely interested with 
his father in business, in both Marquette 
and Newberry. 



^ I "V E. ASIRE, real-estate and loan 
■ I ■ agent, Marquette, was born in 
V J ^ Medina, Ohio, January 23, 1861, 
a son of Josiah and Hannah (Fer- 
ris) Asire, — father a native of Pennsylvania 
and mother of Vermont. Of the ancestry 
of the Ferris family several members were 
soldiers in the Revolutionary war. Mr. 
Josiah Asire was a jeweler by trade, and was 
carrying on his business as such at Medina 
when the great war of the Rebellion was in- 
augurated. He enlisted in the service and 
was killed at Vicksburg, in battle, by a gun- 
shot. By his death he left a widow and an 
only child, who is the direct subject of this 
biographical sketch. 

The latter came with his mother to Osh- 
kosh, Wisconsin, in 1868, where he was 
educated, at the State Normal, graduating 
in the elementary course. His eyes grow- 
ing weak, he was compelled to rest. In 
1881 he came to Marquette, Michigan, and 
the next year taught school, living in town 
meanwhile and walking four miles forth and 
back daily, besides keeping three sets of 
books at night. After teaching three terms 
he was employed by Joseph E. Rean and 
placed in the entire charge of the immense 
ice business, which place he filled with abil- 
ity. Then, from the old establishment, he 
stocked what is now the Lake Superior Ice 
Company, of which he was elected secretary. 
This position, however, he soon afterward 
resigned, and he engaged in the real-estate 
business, in which he has since been engaged, 
with success, for he has ever been known 
as a "square" dealer, never misrepresenting 
and always careful as to his statements. In 
1889 he was made secretary of the Citizens' 
Association and Board of Trade, which po- 
sition he still fills. He is also secretary and 
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for four years he was secretary of the Build- 
ing and Loan Association, in which body he 
is still a director. Also he is a director and 
assistant secretary of the Marquette Opera 
House Company, and director and treasurer 
of the Odd Fellows' Building Association, 
and secretary and treasurer of the Anna 
River Brick Company. In the real-estate 
business he has platted the North Marquette 
addition and Island Beach addition, and he 
is interested in a vast amount of real estate. 

Being of a social and sympathetic nature, 
as all our kind should be, he is a member of 
the I. O. O. F. , K. of P., National Union, 
K. O. T. M., and Sons of Veterans. 

In 1 889 he was married to Miss Laura 
M. Mahaffy, and has one child, — Myron J. 
Mrs. Asire is a member of the Presbyterian 
Church. 



HUGUST MACHTS, who has been 
identified with Marquette from the 
establishment of the place and has 
ever been an important factor in 
its growth and development, is now serving 
as the capable Cit)' Treasurer. He was 
born in the village of Krautheim, Germany, 
near Weimar, May 3, 1828, and is a son of 
Thomas H. and Dorothea Machts, who 
spent their entire lives in their native land 
and are now deceased. Our subject attend- 
ed the common schools until about fourteen 
years of age, and then entered the employ 
of a merchant, with whom he continued for 
six years, when he determined to try his fv^r- 
tune in America, of whose advantages and 
privileges he had heard so much. 

In May, 1849. Mr. Machts sailed for the 
New World, and after a long voyage of 
seven weeks landed at New York, on the 
1st of Jul)'. He did not tarry long in the 



Eastern metropolis, however, but at once 
continued his journey to Milwaukee, Wis- 
consin. Near that city he worked on a 
farm for two weeks. He had no cash capital, 
but was blessed with a good constitution and 
willing hands, and resolved to make the 
most of his opportunities. About this time 
plans were on foot for the establishment 
of Marquette, Michigan, and an agent was 
in Milwaukee to secure men who would go 
to the new town. Mr. Machts was among 
the number who went up the river on a boat 
to Sault de Ste. Marie and thence on a 
small sailing vessel to Marquette. Here he 
worked as a common laborer, doing any- 
thing that was to be done. There were but 
two or three buildings in the town, and 
these were little more than shanties. Ar- 
rangements had been made for the workmen 
to be accomodated at one of these places, 
but they often had to sleep out of doors in 
all kinds of weather and had scarcely more 
food than would keep soul and body to- 
gether. 

In 1855 Mr. Machts began clerking for 
Peter White, with whom he remained for a 
year, when that gentleman sold out and our 
subject continued with his successor, James 
P. Pendill, until i860. About that time he 
embarked in the grocery business for him- 
self and thus carried on operations for nine- 
teen years, or until 1879, when he sold out 
and again entered the employ of Mr. Pendill, 
with whom he continued for a few years. 
Whatever success he has achieved in life is 
entirely due to his own efforts. He abhors 
idleness and has ever been an industrious, 
energetic man, whose well directed exer- 
tions have secured to him a comfortable 
competence. 

In 1874 Mr. Machts was elected Cit\' 
Treasurer, which office he held for four sue- 



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cessive years, and in 1888 he was again 
chosen for that position and has since served 
in that capacity. This makes in all eleven 
j'ears that he has given to the care of the 
city funds, and in all this time Marquette 
has never lost a cent through his manage- 
ment. His long service indicates his fidelity 
to duty and the confidence that is reposed 
in him by his fellow townsmen. In the '60s 
he served as Township Treasurer. 

Mr. Machts was married in 1856, the 
lady of his choice being Miss Lena 
Schwartz," a native of Bavaria. He has one 
daughter living, Mrs. Louise Hudson. His 
wife died in 1862 and he has since remained 
true to her memory, having never married 
again. He is now the oldest living resident 
of Marquette, having been identified with 
this city since the erection of its first house. 
He went through the hardships of the pio- 
neer settlers, and has ever borne his part of 
the work of public improvement. He has 
also witnessed its advancement to a thriving 
commercial center with extensive business 
interests, growing industries and enterprises, 
and in this volume he well deserves men- 
tion. 



>Tr*AMES F. FOLEY, Director of the 
^ Wiegand Gold Mining Company, 
m J was born at Cape Breton, a son of 
David Foley, who was a native of 
Waterford county, Ireland. He was a 
farmer in the old country, but came to 
America man}- years ago and engaged in 
mining. Our subject was taken to Pennsyl- 
vania when an infant, where he attended 
the public schools until ten years of age, 
and for the following five years worked in 
the coal mines. He was then bound out to 
learn the bricklaying and plastering trades, 



and, after completing his apprenticeship, he 
followed the former occupation at different 
places until 1850. In that year he came to 
Lake Superior, where he followed the 
mason's trade and mining until 1853, and 
was then given charge of the Metropolitan 
mine for one year. During the next sum- 
mer Mr. Foley had charge of a railroad 
that carried ore from the Forest mine to the 
stamp mill. His next business venture was 
that of farming in Wabasha county, Min- 
nesota, which he continued for seven years, 
but was unsuccessful in that undertaking. 
Returning to Lake Superior, he engaged at 
the mason's trade in Houghton county, next 
took a contract from the Franklin mine, 
afterward came to Negaunee and took a 
wood contract from the Iron Cliff Mining 
Company, spent the following winter in 
Houghton, and then returned to this city and 
resumed the mason's trade. Mr. Foley has 
erected many of the principal buildings of 
Negaunee, and during that time also fol- 
lowed prospecting and was engaged in many 
of the large mine deals of this region. He 
opened the mine known as the Lucy, also 
purchased silver property for S. P. Ely and 
Captain Johnson in Utah, sunk three shafts 
on the property, and remained in the State 
about one and a half years. Returning to 
Negaunee, Mr. Foley began prospecting for 
himself. He discovered and worked the 
Milwaukee mine one year, discovered and 
worked the Wheeling mine three years, was 
then engaged in prospecting in Connecticut 
and New York, and discovered the hematite 
ore. He also discovered the Iron King 
mine at Mesaba. During the years 1 88 1-2-3 
Mr. Foley was superintendent of the Mil- 
waukee, Hematite and Chicago mines, and at 
the present time he is engaged in prospect- 
ing, operating in the Rainy Lake mining 



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district. He is also a Director of the 
Wiegand Gold Mining Companj', of which 
his brother, J. C. Foley, is president. The 
capital stock of the company is $200,000. 
In addition to his mining interests, our sub- 
ject has served as Supervisor of the Second 
ward of Negaunee, and was three times 
elected to the position of Assessor. He 
was elected Mayor in April, 1895. 

He was united in marriage with Miss 
Margaret Finnegan, a native of county 
Kerry, Ireland. They have two living chil- 
dren, — David F., aged thirty-eight years; 
and Mollie F., now the wife of T. G. Atkin- 
son. In his social relations, Mr. Foley is a 
thirty-second degree Mason, and a member 
of the Knights of Pythias order. 



EENRY W. HOCH, one of the rep- 
resentative business men of Mar- 
quette, now conducting a leading 
industry of this city, — the manufac- 
ture of carbonated beverages, — has spent 
his entire life in the West. He was born in 
Waukesha county, Wisconsin, on the 23d 
of July, 1859, and is a son of William and 
Mary Hoch, both of whom were natives of 
Germany, where they were reared and mar- 
ried. About 1852 they sailed for the 
United States and began life in this country 
in the Badger State. Locating upon a 
farm they resided there until 1866, when 
they removed to Milwaukee, where the 
father engaged in keeping hotel, as propri- 
etor of the Union House, the name of 
which he afterward changed to Hoch Hotel. 
This is still carried on, at the corner of 
Fourth and Chestnut streets, and the prop- 
erty is still owned by Mr. Hoch, although 
he is now no longer conducting the hotel. 
In 1 891 he removed to Chicago, where he is 



living retired, resting in the enjoyment of 
the fruits of his former toil. In the family 
were six children, five sons and a daughter, 
namely: Reiner, who is president of the 
Upper Peninsula Brewing Company; James 
J., an attorney of Chicago; John, a brewer 
of Chilton, Wisconsin; Henry W. , whose 
name heads this record; William, who is 
employed in the Demming & Dierkes Fur- 
niture Factory of Chicago; and Maggie, de- 
ceased. 

The gentleman whose name introduces 
this review spent his early boyhood days 
upon a farm, where he continued until seven 
years of age, at which time his parents re- 
moved to Milwaukee. This ended his con- 
nection with agricultural life. He began 
his education in the district schools, which 
he attended for about two terms. He then 
pursued his studies in the public schools of 
Milwaukee and the Milwaukee Academy, 
and was graduated at the Commercial Col- 
lege of that city. Being now fitted for a 
useful business career, he secured a situation 
as salesman in Milwaukee, and later was 
employed in a similar capacity in Chicago 
for a few years. In 1S85 Mr. Hoch came 
to Marquette, where he has since made his 
home and for two years served as book- 
keeper for the Upper Peninsula Brewing 
Company. In 1887 he embarked in his 
present business, the manufacture and sale 
of carbonated beverages, and in this under- 
taking he has been very successful. He 
makes a specialty of the manufacture of a 
high grade of sodas, and the excellent qual- 
ity of these goods brings a large and con- 
stantly increasing patronage, which comes 
from all parts of the peninsula. Some idea 
of the volume of business transacted may be 
gained by the statement that Mr. Hoch em- 
plo\s from three to five men regularly in 



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packing and shipping. He has secured an 
excellent reputation as one of the leading 
manufacturers in his line in this part of the 
State, and his large business is a fitting re- 
ward for his labors. 

Mr. Hoch is a member of the Catholic 
Mutual Benevolent Association and of St. 
Peter's Society. He was married in 1889 
to Miss Ida Thoney, and their union has 
been blessed with two children, Edna and 
Arthur. The family is widely and favor- 
ably known throughout this community and 
their friends are many. As a citizen, Mr. 
Hoch is public-spirited in an eminent degree 
and takes a commendable interest in every- 
thing pertaining to the welfare of Marquette 
and its upbuilding. He is serving his sec- 
ond term as Alderman of the Fourth ward 
and in his official capacity exercises his in- 
fluence for the support of all measures that 
are calculated to bring about the public 
good. He is numbered among the promi- 
nent business men of the city and as such 
well deserves representation in this ^'olume. 



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■•ILLIAM R. NORTH UP is the 
senior member of the well-known 
real-estate firm of Northup & Ben- 
ton, of Escanaba, and a man who 
has the highest respect of all with whom he 
has been brought in contact, whether 
through business or social interests. 

A native of New York, he was born in 
Jefferson county October 17, 1823, and is a 
son of William and Hannah (Foster) Nor- 
thup. His father was a native of Rhode 
Island, and his death occurred in Washing- 
ton county. New York; while his mother 
was born in Maine and died in Jefferson 
county, of the Empire State. The former 
made farming his life work, and his children 



were trained in youth to agricultural pur- 
suits. There were four sons and two 
daughters, but the latter are both now 
deceased. Lydia Ann died at the age of 
twelve years. Caroline O. became the wife 
of A. P. Mason and died in Sheboygan, 
Wisconsin. Of the sons. Wanton C. is 
engaged in farming near Herman, St. Law- 
rence county, New York; William R. is the 
next younger; George W., a Baptist minis- 
ter, was for over twenty years president of 
the Theological Seminary of Chicago, and 
is still one of the teachers in the theological 
department of that institution; C. W. is 
probably living in Kansas, but the exact 
location is not known. 

The maternal grandfather of our subject 
was one of the heroes of the Revolution, 
valiantly aiding the colonies in their struggle 
for independence; and William Northup, 
Sr., was a soldier of the war of 1812. On 
the maternal side the family is noted for 
longevity and an aunt of Mr. Northup, of 
this sketch, — Miss Lydia Foster, — is now 
living in Chicago, at the advanced age of 
more than ninety years, and is in full pos- 
session of all her faculties. 

In taking up the personal history of the 
gentleman whose name introduces this re- 
view, we present to our readers the life 
record of one who is both widely and favor- 
ably known in Escanaba and the surround- 
ing country. He acquired his literary 
education in the schools of his native count)' 
and entered upon his business career as a 
teacher. He afterward studied law and 
engaged in practice for only a short 
time. He was married in the State of his 
nativity in 1848, and shortly afterward 
sought a home in the West, making his way 
first to Milwaukee, thence to Fond du Lac 
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place, and his next home was in Sheboy- 
gan, where he continued until 1880, — the 
year of his arrival in Escanaba, his perma- 
nent place of residence. During these 
years he has been variously employed. For 
a time he engaged in teaching, also carried 
on farming and dairying, but during the last 
ten years of his stay in Wisconsin he en- 
gaged in the real estate, insurance and loan 
business, which he has since followed with 
good success. The firm of Northup & Nor- 
thup has an extended reputation as the lead- 
ing insurance firm of northern Michigan, 
and at the present time, under the firm 
name of Northup & Benton, is representing 
forty standard companies. Loans are care- 
fully made for other parties and the firm 
enjoys an enviable reputation for honesty 
and integrity in the discharge of their busi- 
ness interests. 

We have before alluded to the marriage 
of Mr. Northup, which was celebrated in the 
Empire State in 1848, the lady of his choice 
being Miss Mary L. Warren, a native of 
Washington county, New York. Their 
union has been blessed with a family of four 
children, a son and three daughters, name- 
ly: Alonzo R. , Ida L. , Rose B. and Marj' 
E. There are also five grandchildren. The 
daughter. Rose, is the wife of H. I. Benton, 
who is associated with her father in busi- 
ness. 

Politically Mr. Northup has been a stal- 
wart Republican since the organization of 
the party. During the late war he volun- 
teered for service but was rejected on the 
physical examination. He was afterward 
drafted, but was exempted on the same 
grounds. His influence and support, how- 
ever, were ever given to the Union cause 
and to upholding the President's policy. 
The duties of citizenship are never slighted 



by him, and true to the best interests of the 
community he labors for all that will ad- 
vance the general welfare. He has been 
honored with a number of local offices, hav- 
ing served as Township Superintendent for 
some time while living in Sheboygan, Wis- 
consin, and while in Escanaba he has filled 
various positions of public trust. He was 
Superintendent of the county poor for about 
seven years within which time the count}' hos- 
pital was erected and the county poor farm 
was purchased, improved and fitted up. He 
was chairman of the Board of Commission- 
ers of the Poor and has served as Justice of 
the Peace during at least a half of his life. 
Long continuance in office is certainly the 
highest testimonial that can be given of 
faithful service, and in this way his efficiency 
has certainly been complimented. While in 
Sheboygan he served as chairman of the 
Board of Supervisors, and in all these offices 
he has proved true to the trust reposed in 
him and faithful to the people he has repre- 
sented. His life has been well spent, and 
over his long business, official and private 
career there is cast no shadow of wrong or 
suspicion of evil. He has lived so as to 
command the respect and esteem of all who 
know him and his example is well worthy of 
emulation. 



>^OHN B. TIBOR, one of the repre- 
m sentative business men of Ishpeming, 
A 1 who conducts a meat-market and 
grocery store, is a native of Luxem- 
burg, in the Grand Duchy of Luxem- 
burg, born on the 8th of August, 1852. His 
father, Nicholas Tibor, was also a native of 
the same locality and was a farmer and con- 
tractor. He served in the German Revolu- 
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the greater part of his life. He was married 
there to Catherine Sprirnont, who was also 
born in Luxemburg and descended from a 
family of French lineage. The parents 
came to America in 1872, taking up their 
residence upon a farm near Port Washing- 
ton, Wisconsin, where he made his home 
until his death, which occurred about 1884. 
His widow then came to Michigan and made 
her home with her son Michael at Marquette 
until called to her final rest in 1887. This 
worthy couple were the parents of eight 
children, four of whom are now living, as 
follows: John, who is living in Traverse 
City, Michigan; Michael, who makes his 
home in Marquette; Lizzie, wife of Nicholas 
Passmel, a resident of \'alley City, North 
Dakota; and the gentleman whose name 
heads this review. 

John B. Tibor acquired his education in 
the Royal Atheneum at Arlon, Belgium, 
completing the regular course, and was thus 
well fitted for his life work. He was a young 
man of nineteen years when he bade adieu 
to home and friends and sailed for the New 
World. On reaching the shores of this 
country, he at once started westward and 
soon took up his residence in Port Washing- 
ton, Wisconsin, and the next summer began 
working for Nich Bour, a merchant of that 
place. Later in the year he started for the 
Upper Peninsula of Michigan and located at 
Eagle River in Keweenaw county, working 
in the copper mines for two years. He than 
secured a situation in the store of D. D. 
Brockway & Son, proprietors of a general 
store at Eagle River, with whom he con- 
tinued for two years, when he changed em- 
ployers and during the next two years was 
an employe of Antoine Zebilsky, also of 
Eagle River. When he changed his place 
of residence he sought a home in Houghton 



county, Michigan, and for four months worked 
for J. Vertin & Sons in Hancock, after which 
he passed a year in the employ of L. Hennes 
& Company at Red Jacket, Michigan. In 
1879 he arrived in Ishpeming and securing 
a position as bookkeeper for T. F. Donahue 
was a trusted and faithful employe of that 
gentleman until 1886. He then embarked 
in business for himself, in connection with 
C. Melby, under the firm name of C, Melby 
& Company, dealers in general merchandise, 
and the partnership continued until January, 
1887, when Mr. Tibor sold out. On the 
1 5th of February following he established 
his present store. He is located at Nos. 
202 and 204 Main street, where he has a 
large double store, well" stocked with gro- 
ceries, meats, crockery and glassware. This 
is one of the best groceries and markets in 
the city, and the owner well deserves the 
liberal patronage he receives, for he earnest- 
l}' desires to please his customers and is 
straightforward and honorable in all deal- 
ings and transactions. 

In 1874 Mr. Tibor was united in mar- 
riage with Miss Mary Daley, a native of 
Eagle River, Michigan, and a daughter of 
Martin Daley, who with his wife still resides 
at that place, one of its pioneer settlers. 
Mrs. Tibor was educated in the public 
schools of that place. Nine children have 
been born to our subject and his wife, name- 
ly: Albert J., Mary Isabel, Louisa, Agnes 
M., Charlotte A., Hubert J., Bernard A., 
Sarah E. and Leo. The parents hold mem- 
bership in the Catholic Church, St. John's, 
and he is secretary of the Board of Trus- 
tees. 

Mr. Tibor is also a member of the An- 
cient Order of United Workmen, in which 
he is serving as Receiver; of the Modern 
Woodmen of America, of which he is 



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Banker; and is President of the St. John's 
Branch, No. 64, Cathohc Mutual Benevo- 
lent Association. He has also been Grand 
Deputy for the Diocese of Marquette, of the 
Catholic Mutual Benevolent Association. 
He was formerly a member of the city fire 
department and has been First Assistant 
Chief; also secretary of the department. He 
takes quite a prominent part in political af- 
fairs and supports the Democratic party. In 
1886 he was elected City Recorder and was 
re-elected in 1888. In 1890 he was ap- 
pointed by the City Council to serve as City 
Assessor and filled that position until 1893. 
In public office he is ever true and faithful 
to the trust reposed in him, in business he is 
honest and honorable, in social life he is 
pleasant and genial, and withal he is a cour- 
teous gentleman, well deserving of mention 
among the representative men of the Upper 
Peninsula. 



aAPTAIN GEORGE BARTLEY, 
general superintendent of the Es- 
canaba Towing & Wrecking Com- 
pany, is a native of the old Bay 
State, his birth having occurred in Chelsea 
on the 25th of August, 1835. His parents 
were Casper and Clara (Brown) Bartley, 
the former born in Schenectady, New York, 
of Mohawk Dutch parentage, while the 
latter was a native of Massachusetts and of 
French lineage. The family removed from 
Chelsea to New York, and when the Cap- 
tain was a young man of twenty years emi- 
grated to Wisconsin, where both parents 
died. The father was a hotel-keeper. Cap- 
tain Bartley was the only son and second 
child in a family of six children. Elizabeth, 
the eldest daughter, is the widow of D. N. 
Robinson, formerly of Lockport, New York, 



and makes her home in San Francisco, Cali- 
fornia. Sarah, now Mrs. Judd, resides in 
Milwaukee; Mrs. Susanna Damon, also 
makes her home in Milwaukee; and Del- 
phine died at the age of five years. 

In taking up the personal history of 
Captain Bartley we present to our readers 
the life record of him who is both widelj- 
and favorably known in this locality, — a 
man highly esteemed for his sterling worth 
and his many excellencies of character. His 
life has been an eventful one, and has been 
spent mostl}' upon the water. He first 
sailed on the Great Lakes, there spending 
four X'ears, when he shipped before the mast 
on a whaler, which left the harbor of New 
Bedford, Massachusetts, on a three years' 
cruise in the Atlantic, Pacific and Arctic 
oceans, and the Japan, Yellow and Okhotsk 
seas, for the capture of sperm whales. Dur- 
ing that voyage he visited all the principal 
islands in the Pacific and some in the Atlan- 
tic: was at New Zealand, the Sandwich 
Islands, Society Islands, King Mill Island, 
Juan Fernandez, the Friendly Islands, and 
touched on the coast of California. That 
cruise was a source of pleasure to the Cap- 
tain, and many interesting incidents does he 
relate of it. They went as far north as 
seventy-three degrees and thirty minutes, — 
something unusual on ordinary whaling ex- 
peditions. For six weeks the boat was 
frozen in the ice of the northern seas, during 
which time the crew captured many seals. 
They also killed a monstrous polar bear, 
weighing 1,530 pounds, and the Captain 
tells how he cut off the animal's paw, skinned 
it and made of the hide a cap, which just 
fitted his head without a change. They also 
traded quite extensively with the Eskimos, 
the articles of traffic being tobacco, needles, 
pins, and thread, in exchange for which they 



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received furs, walrus teeth and other such 
commodities. In capturing whales, their 
boats were frequently capsized and crushed 
to pieces in the vigorous fight which was 
made by the monster of the deep for his 
life. At the Sandwich Islands Mr. Bartley 
shipped on a boat for a winter voyage 
around the equator to capture the right 
whale. 

At length Captain Bartley returned to 
his home, in the fall of 1859, and has since 
been continuously employed upon the Great 
Lakes. He has served as foremast hand, 
mate and master, and for the past twenty- 
two years he has been master of a towing 
and wrecking tug. He has been upon the 
waters since 1852 and has met with some 
narrow escapes, though his boats have had 
few accidents. On one occasion he was 
wrecked off Twin River Point, Wisconsin, 
the tug having gone down in quicksand, but 
she was raised and restored to service. 

The Captain was married in Manitowoc, 
Wisconsin, in iS6i,to Miss Maria Branigan, 
a native of that city, born of Irish parent- 
age. They had have nine children, all yet liv- 
ing. Mrs. Bartley died in Chicago, whither 
she had gone for treatment. For his second 
wife Captain Bartley chose Miss Nina H. 
Leighton, a native of Maine and a daughter 
of Arthur and Lois (Donovan) Leighton. 
They have three children, — Gertie, Clifton 
and Warren. The lady's parents removed 
from Indian River, Maine, to Bay de No- 
quet, Delta county, Michigan, when she was 
a maiden of six years. Her mother died 
there, and her father, who has married again, 
is still living at that place. Mrs. Bartley is 
the elder of two daughters, the other being 
Mrs. Adelaide Dady, a resident of Escanaba. 

Captain Bartley is a member of the In- 
dependent Order of Odd Fellows, and in his 



political connections is a Republican; but 
his busy life has precluded the possibility 
of seeking office even though he should 
have desired to do so. He has traveled 
much and seen many countries, but to the 
Captain there is " no place like home." He 
has a beautiful and commodious residence, 
which was erected under his personal super- 
vision. It is large, well built, finely finished 
and handsomely furnished, and is supplied 
with all modern conveniences, including hot 
and cold water all over the house. It was 
erected at a cost of $5,000, exclusive of fur- 
nishings, and is located at 624 Georgia 
street. There in the midst of his family 
Captain Bartley delights to spend his leisure 
hours, and to his many friends he extends a 
heart-felt hospitality. 



eUGENE F. BRADT, mining en- 
gineer and chemist of the Lake An- 
geline Iron Company, of Ishpeming, 
Michigan, has the honor of being a 
native of this State, his birth having oc- 
curred May 6, 1857, in Porter township, 
Van Buren county. His father, James 
Bradt, was a native of Castile, Wyoming 
county. New York, and his mother, who 
bore the maiden name of Wilmena Harlan, 
was born in Germany. They were married 
in Van Buren county, Michigan, and settled 
on a farm in Porter township, where the 
father carried on agricultural pursuits for 
many years, but is now living retired in 
Marcellus, Michigan. Mr. and Mrs. Bradt 
have a family of three children, — Eugene 
F. , Edgar F. , and Caroline Kinney. 

On the old homestead our subject was 
reared, acquiring his elementary education 
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later becoming a student in Albion College. 
Entering upon the profession of teaching, he 
was employed in the capacity of teacher in 
Porter township and taught for three win- 
ters. At the age of twenty-four he was 
principal of the schools in Marcellus, Michi- 
gan, and in the fall of 1882 became princi- 
pal of the schools of Hartford, Van Buren 
county, where he remained for five years. 
In the meantime he had further perfected 
himself for his work by study in Oberlin Col- 
lege, of Ohio, and in 1887, became a stu- 
dent in Ann Arbor University, doing elective 
work and later chemical work. In the 
spring of 1889, he came to Ishpeming, and 
in March formed the connection with the 
Lake Angeline Iron Company, which has 
since continued uninterruptedly. He does 
surveying on the surface and underground 
and makes chemical analysis of the ores, 
and his efficiency is shown by his long reten- 
tion in the employ of one company. 

In 1885 Mr. Bradt was united in mar- 
riage with Miss Ida V. Hurlbut, a native of 
Hartford, Van Buren county, and a daugh- 
ter of Joseph B. and Antoinette Hurlbut, 
who were early settlers of that county. She 
was educated in South Haven, and in Olivet 
College, both in Michigan, and for some 
years successfully engaged in school-teach- 
ing. She was also a student at Ann Arbor 
and is a lady of more than average intelli- 
gence. In the family are two children, — 
Harlan H. and Frances Gertrude. 

Mr. Bradt is an honored member of the 
Masonic fraternity, belonging to the blue 
lodge of Ishpeming, Xo. 314, F. A. & M., 
of which he is now Master, and also to the 
chapter of Negaunee, No. 108, Royal Arch 
Masons. In politics he is a stalwart sup- 
porter of the Republican party and takes a 
deep interest in local affairs. His fellow 



citizens, appreciating his worth and ability, 
have frequently called him to public office, 
and he is now serving as supervisor from the 
Seventh ward and is chairman of the Board. 
For four years he has been the incumbent 
in this office, his fidelity to duty winning 
him a re-election each year. He is also a 
member of the city School Board and takes 
a deep interest in the cause of education, 
doing all in his power to raise the standard 
of the schools. Public-spirited and progress- 
ive, whatever is calculated to promote the 
general welfare receives his support and en- 
dorsement. Throughout the community in 
which he resides he is held in high regard, 
and his many excellencies of character have 
won him a host of friends. 



>T^ W. SPARLING, Supervisor for Seney 
■ township, Schoolcraft county, Mich- 
A ■ igan, may be termed a self-made 
man and is one whose push and en- 
terprise would make him a desirable acces- 
sion to any community. He dates his resi- 
dence in the northern peninsula from 1880, 
which year he left his native heath in Can- 
ada and came, via Chicago, to Marquette. 
He found employment as a common laborer 
in the lumber woods with Ransom, Burtiss 
& Marsh, a Chicago firm, and remained 
with them two years. In the autumn of 
1882 he engaged with Perry, Pierson & 
Company scaling logs, and the next spring 
went to South Manistique and took a clerk- 
ship in the company's store. He held that 
position till 1885, when, in November, he 
came to Seney for that company's success- 
ors, the North Shore Lumber Company, as 
office clerk in charge of the distributing 
warehouse. After two and a half vears he \\as 



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promoted as superintendent of their lumber- 
ing operations, a position he still holds. 

Ever since becoming identified with 
Seney Mr. Sparling has taken a laudable in- 
terest in its affairs. He casts his vote and 
influence with the Republican party, has 
been recognized by his fellow citizens as 
worthy of official position, and has on two 
occasions been elected to office. In 1886 
he was made Township Treasurer, and in 
the spring of the present year, 1895, he was 
elected Supervisor for Seney township. 

Mr. Sparling was born in Bruce county, 
Ontario, Canada, September 11, i860, and 
grew to manhood on his father's farm, his 
mental culture being limited to training in 
the common schools. His father, Loftus 
Sparling, was born in county Armagh, Ire- 
land, in 1 82 I, son of George Sparling, and 
in his youth came across the Atlantic with 
his father and located in Canada. There 
he grew up and married Miss Mary Ann 
Baker, like himself, of Irish origin, and they 
became the parents of ten children, eight of 
whom are living, namely: Lydia J., wife 
Robert Wickett; Eliza Ann and John C, all 
in Bruce county, Ontario; Mrs. James 
Nicoll, Pine Plains, Manitoba; W. J., West 
Superior, Wisconsin; Edward E., Seney, 
Michigan; J. W. , whose name graces this 
article; and Loftus D., a school-teacher at 
Sintaluta, Manitoba. 

J. W. Sparling was united in marriage 
at Cadillac, Michigan, July 11, 1890, to 
Miss Mary I. Coveyou, daughter of Frank 
Coveyou, a Frenchman, and ncc Mary I. 
McCarroll, of Irish parentage. The other 
members of the Coveyou family are Jennie, 
wife of George Wall, of Cadillac; and Ed- 
win, Mack and Ida, near Petoskey, on the 
home farm. Mr. and Mrs. Sparling's chil- 
dren are three in number and as follows: 



Mary Lena, aged four years; Lawrence 
Alberton, two years; and Francis Ellis, four 
months. 



aAPTAIN THOMAS WALTERS, 
the efficient and popular superin- 
tendent of the Pittsburg Lake An- 
geline Iron Company of Ishpem- 
ing, Michigan, is a native of Devonshire, 
England, born on the 21st of June, 1847, 
and was reared in the land of his birth. 
From the early age of seven years he has 
been dependent upon his own resources for 
a livelihood, and since eight years of age, 
with the exception of three or four years, 
has carried on mining. For twenty-five 
years he lived in England, then came to 
America, hoping thereby to better his finan- 
cial condition. He sailed in 1872 and took 
up his residence in Jeddo, Pennsylvania, 
where he was employed in the coal mines 
for a time, removing thence to Wilkes 
Barre, Pennsylvania, where he engaged in 
contracting in the coal mines. In 1873 he 
arrived in the Lake Superior country and 
began mining near Ishpeming in the Saginaw 
mine. He was always faithful to his work, 
laboring for his employer's interest as well 
as his own, and his merit afterward won 
him promotion, he being made pit boss. 
Later he began contracting, employing from 
forty to fifty men. Subsequently he became 
superintendent of the Mitchell mine, and in 
1883 he was made mining captain. 

For the past ten years Captain Walters 
has served as superintendent for the Pitts- 
burg Lake Angeline Mining Company, and 
his long continuance in that capacity well 
indicates his fidelity. His faithfulness to 
any trust reposed in him, whether public or 
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acteristics of Captain Walters, and has se- 
cured him the confidence and respect of the 
officers of the company. This company 
was organized in 1862 and began operating 
the same year. It is now one of the strong 
companies of this locahty, and its present 
officers are James LaughHn, Jr., of Pitts- 
burg, Pennsylvania, president; W. G. Pol- 
lock, of Cleveland, Ohio, secretary and 
treasurer; George R. Persons, of Ishpeming, 
cashier; A. Kidder of Marquette, Michigan, 
agent; Captain Walters, superintendent; 
and Eugene F. Bradt, of Ishpeming, mining 
engineer and chemist. The company owns 
200 acres of land, and the mine extends 
nearly a mile in length, and the depth is 
550 feet. Soft, hematite and hard specular 
ores are secured, and since 1883 the output 
of the mine has been a quarter to a third of 
a million tons per annum; but they do not 
work to their full capacity. At the begin- 
ning only eighty-three men were employed, 
but as the business and demand have in- 
creased the force has been enlarged until 
they now employ from 500 to 700 miners 
and other workmen. The products of the 
mine are shipped principally to Cleveland, 
Ohio, and the mine is now a paying invest- 
ment, paying a good dividend to the stock- 
holders. All the present fine improvements 
have been placed in the mine by the efficient 
superintendent, in connection with the 
agent, Mr. Kidder, and in the advancement 
of the company's interests the Captain does 
all in his power. He has also been inter- 
ested in other mines and has been superin- 
tendent of the Volunteer mine, which is 
now closed. 

In 1874 Mr. Walters led to the mar- 
riage altar a most estimable lady, Miss Mary 
Pellow, a native of England. The wedding 
was celebrated in Ishpeming, and their 



union has been blessed with five children: 
Nellie N. , who is now a student in the State 
University of Ann Arbor, Michigan; Kate, 
Emma, Thomas P. and W. J. Mrs. Wal- 
ters and her children hold membership in 
the Episcopal Church. The Captain is con- 
nected with the Masonic fraternity, holding 
membership with the blue lodge of Ishpem- 
ing, the chapter of Negaunee, and the com- 
mandery of Marquette, while in the Scot- 
tish rite he has progressed to the eighteenth 
degree. In the Odd Fellows society of Ish- 
peming he is also an honored member. He is 
one of the executive members of the Board 
of Public Works of Ishpeming and is one of 
the most prominent men in the Northern 
Peninsula. He has a wide circle of friends, 
who freely give him their high regard in 
recognition of his many excellent traits of 
character. As a citizen he is devoted to 
Ishpeming, and has identified himself with 
all movements that are calculated to prove 
of public benefit. Educational, social and 
moral work finds in him a friend, and the 
community numbers him among its valued 
citizens. 



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\RTIN H. QUICK.— The most 
useful members of a community 
are its prominent business men, 
who by successfully conducting 
various enterprises promote the commercial 
activity of a locality and add to its material 
prosperity and general welfare. Such a 
man is Mr. Quick, who is now serving as 
vice-president of the Chicago Lumbering 
Company, also of the Weston Furnace 
Company, and is superintendent and direc- 
tor of the Weston Lumber Company of 
Manistique. His connection with this city 
dates from the fall of 1872. 



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Mr. Quick is a native of New York. He 
was born in Cameron, Steuben county, Feb- 
ruary 17, 1840, and is a son of Hiram and 
Catherine (Chapman) Quick, the former a 
native of Steuben county, and a son of John 
Quick, who was born in New Jersey, and 
was of German descent, his ancestors having 
settled in this country in Colonial days. 
The mother was a daughter of Rev. Schether 
Chapman, a native of New York, of English 
lineage, and a minister of the Baptist 
Church. 

Martin H. Quick spent his boyhood days 
upon the old home farm and his educational 
privileges were those afforded by the com- 
mon schools. At the age of eighteen, he 
engaged in the lumber and milling business, 
at Cooper's Plains, New York, running the 
mill on a contract. He was thus employed 
for six years, when he entered the employ 
of Fox, Weston & Bronson, of Painted 
Post, New Xork, with whom he continued 
for six years, after which he spent one year 
in the West prospecting. As before stated 
his arrival in Manistique dates from 1872, 
when he became connected with the Chi- 
cago Lumbering Company, as one of its 
directors, and as manager of the sawmill 
department. In this capacity he has since 
served, and his care and progressiveness are 
manifest in the excellent work which is 
turned out by the employees under his 
supervision. He is a man of broad capa- 
bility and has been an important factor in 
advancing the business interests of this lo- 
cality. In August, 1 88 1, he aided in the 
organization of the Weston Lumber Com- 
pany, became one of its directors, and from 
the beginning has served as superintendent, 
the success of the concern being largely due 
to his untiring efforts and efficient manage- 
ment. He thoroughly understands the bus- 



iness in all its details and is therefore capa- 
ble of intelligently directing those under his 
supervision. He was one of the organizers 
of the White Marble Lime Company, and 
aided in the establishment and was one of 
the first directors of the Manistique Bank, 
of which he is now vice-president. He is 
systematic and methodical in his habits, 
straightforward and honorable in all trans- 
actions, and success has come to him as a 
reward of perseverance, close application 
and enterprise. 

On the 4th day of September, 1862, 
Mr. Quick was united in marriage with 
Martha Jane Gifford, a native of Steuben 
county. New York, and a daughter of 
Joseph and Eliza (Adarrs) Gifford. Her 
father was born in Chenango county. New 
York, of English ancestry, and her mother 
was a native of Steuben county. They 
have two children, Alice and Oren G. 

Not only m business has Mr. Quick been 
prominently identified with the interests of 
Manistique, but he also has done much for 
its development and progress in other ways. 
He has served as Supervisor of his town- 
ship, was President of the village for three 
years, and for more than twenty years' has 
been President of the School Board, doing 
all in his power to promote the cause of 
education and raise the standard of the 
schools, of which he is a warm friend. In 
his political preferences he is a Republican. 
For four years, 1S73 to 1877, he served as 
Justice of the Peace. 

Both Mr. and Mrs. Quick are consistent 
members and active workers in the Baptist 
Church, in which he is now serving as Dea- 
con. He also acted in that capacity while 
in Painted Post, New York. He organized 
the first Sunday-school in Manistique, and 
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was then conducted for ten years as a union 
Sunday-school, in which all the Protestant 
people of the place united. His life has been 
crowned with success financially, and has 
ever been such as to merit the confidence 
and regard in which he is universally held. 



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K. PARSILLE, the efficient man- 
ager of the mercantile depart- 
ment of the Hall & Munson Com- 
pany, one of the largest lumber 
firms of Michigan, doing business at Bay 
Mills, Chippewa county, was born in Bruce 
county, Ontario, on the 27th of June, 1859, 
and comes of a familj- of English origin. 
His paternal grandfather left New Jersey 
during the war of 18 12, and went to York 
county, Ontario, where in 1822 James D. 
Parsille, father of our subject, was born. 
About 1858 the latter located in Bruce 
county, where he is still living. He is a 
blacksmith by trade, and has followed that 
business throughout the greater part of his 
life. He married Miss Eliza Kennedy, 
daughter of William Kennedy, whose an- 
cestors came to America from the north of 
Ireland, and settled in Maryland in the early 
part of the 17th century. They were loyal 
to their mother country, and when the 
Declaration of Independence was published 
they left Maryland and sought a home in the 
land not in rebellion against the crown. It 
was then they located in New Brunswick, 
whence they afterward removed to York 
county, Ontario, about the year i Soo. 

Mr. Parsille, whose name heads this 
record, is the fifth in a family of nine chil- 
dren. Herbert L. and D. B. are residents 
of Chicago; and John E. makes his home in 
Sault de Ste. Marie, while the others, with the 



exception of our subject, are residents of 
Ontario. On leaving school W. K. Parsille 
began learning the foundry business, which 
he followed for a time. He then engaged 
as bookkeeper for a veterinary surgeon at 
Brantford, Canada, and on leaving that serv- 
ice came to Bay Mills, dating his residence 
here from 1882. He was employed as man- 
ager by R. D. Perry, who was then a part- 
ner with James Norris & Company. This 
firm established the business, in 1875, which 
has developed into the extensive interests of 
the Hall & Munson Lumber Company. On 
the 1st of May, 1883, James Norris & Com- 
pany sold out to the firm of Hall & Buell, 
who, on the ist of April, 1891, was suc- 
ceeded by the present company. The plant 
and its auxiliary concerns cover more than 
a quarter section of land, on which is located 
the village of Bay Mills, a town of 900 
people, nearly all interested in the work of 
the Hall & Munson Company. In their 
plant they have a capacity of about forty 
million feet of lumber annually, and they 
own more than a mile of dock frontage, 
covered with millions of feet of lumber 
ready for shipment. 

Mr. Parsille has entire charge of the 
mercantile department, in which are sold all 
commodities usually found in a general mer- 
cantile establishment. In addition he is 
acting as Postmaster of Bay Mills, which 
position he has filled since 1884. In his 
political views he is a stalwart Republican, 
and in 1885 was elected Supervisor. Four 
years later he was again elected to that 
position, which he has filled continuously 
since. He is devoted to the best interests 
of the community, and whether in public or 
private life labors for the general welfare. 
Socially he is connected with the Masonic 
fraternity, holding membership with De 



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Witt Clinton Consistory, and Saladin Tem- 
ple of the Mystic Shrine, of Grand Rapids. 
On the 4th of July, 1887, Mr. Parsille 
led to the marriage altar Miss Julia Chis- 
holm, of Thesalon, Canada, who died with- 
in a year, and on the 5th of February, 1894, 
he wedded Miss May McBride, a daughter 
of Moses McBride, of Sault de Ste. Marie, 
and formerly of Port Elgin, Canada. He is 
a man of good business ability, who has the 
confidence of the company and his business 
associates, and in the community where he 
lives he is recognized as a valued and hon- 
ored citizen. 




IHOMAS BAILEY, secretary and 
treasurer of the Hall & Munson 
Company of Bay Mills, has been a 
resident of this city since 1885, 
coming to this place as bookkeeper for the 
firm of Hall & Buell. When the company 
was incorporated, on the 24th of October, 
1890, he was elected to the position which 
he now fills, having since creditably served 
in that capacity. He possesses excellent 
business ability and the success of the enter- 
prise is largely due to his well-directed 
efforts. 

Mr. Bailey is a native of the province of 
Quebec, born November 25, 1849, and is a 
son of S. D. Bailey, who was purser on a 
line of propellers running between Chicago 
and Montreal. He emigrated from Ireland 
to Canada about 1847, and located in 
Quebec. He married Ellen Robinson, by 
whom he had a family of six children, four 
yet living. Our subject is the third in order 
of birth. He was educated in the Trinity 
grammar school of Toronto, and at the 
early age of fourteen years started out in 
life for himself. He began with the grocery 



firm of Malcolm & Nivin, and after a time 
entered the employ of the Montreal Tele- 
graph Company, being stationed in Toronto. 
His next work was as cashier for the whole- 
sale grocery firm of Thomas Griffith & Com- 
pany at Toronto, in whose employ he con- 
tinued for four years, when he entered the 
house of E. Bendelari & Company as book- 
keeper. On the failure of that house he 
formed a connection with the Canada Car 
Manufacturing Company, and filled the 
position of secretary and treasurer until 
the failure of that firm, when the business 
was closed. Later he was associated with 
Warren Brothers & Boomer, who are 
engaged in the wholesale grocery business 
in Toronto, where he continued until his 
removal to Bay Mills, and at this place his 
business career has been a prosperous and 
progressive one, making him one of the sub- 
stantial citizens of the community. 

On the 13th of June, 1877, Mr. Bailey 
was married, in Toronto, Canada, the lady 
of his choice being Miss Sarah A. Gwatkin, 
a daughter of Robert C. Gwatkin, a dealer 
in printers' supplies. To them have been 
born eight children, namely: Arthur, 
Charles, May, Alfred, George, Herbert, 
Percival and Ellen Mary. The last named 
died in June, 1886. The parents are well- 
known people of this community, have 
many warm friends, and in social circles 
hold an enviable position. 



HLBERT PRENZLAUER, of the 
firm of Prenzlauer Brothers, is 
pre-eminently the leading mer- 
chant of Sault de Ste. Marie, being 
the proprietor of a wholesale and retail gen- 
eral mercantile establishment, the largest 
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seems phenomenal, yet is merely the result 
of earnest labor, close application, enter- 
prise and good management. He came here 
from Berlin in 1868, a young and inexper- 
ienced German, without capital or influen- 
tial friends. He spent the winter with his 
brother, who had previously crossed the 
Atlantic, and the following spring he was 
given employment by an uncle in Sault de 
Ste. Marie, receiving but small wages. In 
1870 he removed to Marquette, where he 
was employed by Watson & Son from May 
until October, when he returned to this citj-. 
Mr. Prenzlauer then entered upon his 
mercantile career, opening a small store, 
which he conducted for six months, when 
the firm of Prenzlauer Brothers was formed. 
They did business on Water street in the 
building now occupied by their grocery de- 
partment, the dimensions being 24x75 feet 
and the stock valued at $2,000. In 1886 a 
new building was erected, 45 x 140 feet, 
three stories in height with basement, all of 
which is utilized by the firm, besides the en- 
tire space in a warehouse 40x75 feet, where 
there wholesale stock is stored. They began 
their wholesale business sixteen years ago 
and sell over a territory extending seventy- 
five miles from this city, mostly in the Up- 
per Peninsula. Their sales in ICS71-2 
amounted to about $r,500, and in 1894 to 
$250,000, such had been the increase in 
their business. They first made their pur- 
chases in Cleveland, Detroit and Chicago, 
but now buy extensively in Boston and New 
York. In 1893 the brother, Herman Prenz- 
lauer, sold his interest to our subject, and 
B. Dessenberg. Such in brief is the history 
of the largest mercantile establishment in 
Chippewa county, yet nothing has been said 
of the excellent executive ability of its chief 
owner, who has controlled his interests with 



a steady guiding hand that has brought to 
him the highest success. He has managed 
his affairs on strict business principles, all 
transactions are marked by straightforward 
dealing, and the house has therefore won a 
reputation which is most honorable. 

Mr. Prenzlauer was born in Berlin, Sep- 
tember 3, 1857, and at the age of fourteen 
left school to aid his father, who was a lum- 
berman, having charge of the pay roll and 
looking after camp supplies for a force of 
fifty men. He was thus engaged until his 
embarkation for America in 1868, sailing 
from Hamburg to Castle Garden. In addi- 
tion to his extensive operations as a mer- 
chant, his name is inseparably connected 
with other business interests of Sault de 
Ste. Marie. He is now an extensive real- 
estate owner, and besides his property here, 
in connection with his brother he owns Chi- 
cago realty to the value of $100,000, all of 
which has resulted from an investment of 
$2,000 in a little general store about twenty- 
five years ago. He is also vice-president of 
the Soo National Bank, and owns stock in a 
knitting works in Chicago. 

Mr. Prenzlauer was married in Cleve- 
land, Ohio, in September, 1880, to Miss 
Cora Joseph, daughter of M. Joseph, a mer- 
chant, and their only child. Myrtle, was 
born in June, 1881. He is devoted to his 
home and his family and cannot do too much 
to promote their welfare and enhance their 
happiness. He is a thirty-second degree 
Mason, belonging to the blue lodge of this 
city, and DeWitt Clinton Consistory of 
Grand Rapids. Although he has prospered 
he does not selfishly hoard his money, but 
gives freely to charity and benevolent work, 
and is widely known as a kind-hearted, lib- 
eral man. America has no more true or 
loyal citizen than this adopted son, who 



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loves the institutions of freedom and does 
all in his power for the welfare of the com- 
munity in which he now makes his home. 



HMOS L. HILL, Superintendent of 
the Poor and Justice of the Peace, 
is one who may be consistently 
termed one of the pioneers of the 
city in which he now retains his residence, 
having come hither when the place was a 
straggling village, and having watched its 
gradual development into a prosperous and 
modern little city of fully 4,000 population. 
The place of Mr. Hill's nativity is Tioga 
county, Pennsylvania, where he was ushered 
into the world March i, 1847, the son of 
Alva and Polly A. (Tanner) Hill, natives 
respectively of New York State and Penn- 
sylvania, the father having been engaged in 
agricultural pursuits during the major por- 
tion of his life. They became the parents 
of eight children, seven of whom yet sur- 
vive, namely: Abigail, Amos L., Almina, 
Anna, Alonzo, Addie, and Silvia. 

The subject of this review was born on 
the parental farmstead, where he continued 
to abide until he had attained the age of 
thirteen years, when he severed home ties, 
and, boy that he was, dauntlessly set forth 
to earn his own living and to make for him- 
self a place in the world. For four years 
he was engaged in driving stage on the route 
between Coudersport and Wellsboro, Penn- 
sylvania, after which, in February, 1864, 
being at the time only seventeen years of 
age, he enlisted in Company H, Forty-sixth 
Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and served 
until July 29, 1865, having participated in 
the battle of Stone River and other minor 
engagements. 

Returning home after his discharge from 



the service he was for a number of years 
employed by Weston Brothers, who were 
engaged in the lumbering business. In 1874 
he came to Manistique, Michigan, where he 
was in the employ of the Chicago Lumber 
Company until 1894. He has served as 
Justice of the Peace for the past nineteen 
years, and in addition to this office he has 
held that of Superintendent of the Poor, to 
which he was first elected in 1882, retaining 
the preferment for six years, and then, after 
a brief interregnum, was re-elected in 1890 
and again in 1893, — circumstances which 
unmistakably indicate that his administra- 
tion has been such as to give satisfaction to 
the public and to win him the endorsement 
of all concerned. He has also been School 
Inspector for fifteen years. 

Politically our subject is a stalwart Re- 
publican, and fraternally he is identified 
with the Masonic order and the Grand 
Army of the Republic. One of the oldest 
settlers now residing in Manistique, he has 
gained and retains the confidence and esteem 
of the community, in both social and busi- 
ness elements. 

In 1875 ^f'^- Hill was united in marriage 
to Miss Emma Fuller, and to them have 
been given three children: Adaline, Elmer 
and Alice, all of whom are attending school. 



V ^y p » ^ H. HILL, in his varied business 
mm I interests, is a fit representative 
mjL^ of the thriving town of Manis- 
tique, Michigan. Gifts of money, 
judiciously expended, may add to the beauty 
and attractive appearance of a place, but 
the real benefactors of a city are the men 
who add to its progress and prosperity 
through the establishment of enterprises 
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thus promote commercial activity. A city 
may be like an inland lake, beautiful, but 
still as the waters. It is the one full of life 
and activity that pleases the Western man, 
for it is in keepiiij^' with the progressive 
spirit of the age. The growing town of 
Manistique owes much of its development 
to Mr. Hill, who stands in the front rank in 
business circles. 

He was born in Livingston count}-, New 
York, in 1848, and is a son of Henry F. 
and Elizabeth A. fPeabody) Hill, the former 
a native of Vermont and the latter of the 
Empire State. The father was a Baptist 
minister, and in that holy calling his entire 
life was passed. His home in his last days was 
in Steuben county, New York, and there he 
passed peacefully away in 1 878. In the fam- 
ily were eight children, four of whom are yet 
living: Henry F. , Jr., who is still living in 
Steuben county; William H. ; Charles P., 
manager of the store of the Chicago Lum- 
bering Company, of Manistique; and Mrs. 
Harriet L. Straight, of Florence, Colorado. 

In the public schools of Rochester, New 
York, William H. Hill obtained his educa- 
tion, and at the age of sixteen became con- 
nected with the lumber business as an em- 
ploye, skidding logs the first winter in 
Steuben county. Steadily he worked his 
way upward, careful to understand every 
branch of the industry, and his knowledge 
of lumbering interests is probably now sec- 
ond to none. At length he purchased a 
plant in Lindley, New York, and there car- 
ried on operations for a number of years as 
manager and owner. The timber becoming 
exhausted in that locality he determined to 
go to the timber regions of the Mississippi 
valley, which for some years past had at- 
tracted wide-spread attention, and in 1884 
came to Manistique, forming a connection 



with the Chicago Lumber Company. The 
company was organized in October, 1863, 
the incorporators being John S. Reed, Henry 
Whitbeck, J. H. Whitbeck, George Whit- 
beck, Charles T. Harvey and Asa E. Cutler. 
They carried on operations for a few years, 
and then formed a joint stock company, Abi- 
jah Weston and others coming from Painted 
Post, New York, and purchasing the entire 
stock. Mr. Weston was afterward joined 
by other Eastern men, — Martin H. Quick 
coming in 1872, George H. Orr in 1873, 
John D. Mersereau in 1876 and W. H. 
Hill in 1884. The present officers of the 
company are .^bijah Weston, president; 
W. H. Hill, superintendent; M. H. Quick, 
vice president, and John D. Mersereau, sec- 
retary and treasurer. The Weston Lumber 
Company is under the same management 
and doing business in the same office. This 
company does an enormous business, hand- 
ling about 100,000,000 feet of lumber an- 
nually, haviiig six office employes and from 
1,000 to 1,200 men in the woods. They 
own their shipping vessels, twelve in num- 
ber, and ship large quantities of lumber 
to all lake ports. This company also owns 
a planing mill and box works, two hotels 
and a large general mercantile store, where 
the sales amount to about $260,000 an- 
nually. The officers of this company are 
Abijah Weston, president; George H. Orr, 
vice president; John D. Mersereau, secre- 
tary and treasurer; and M. H. Quick, super- 
intendent. 

Other business enterprises with which 
Mr. Hill is connected are the Weston Fur- 
nace Company, the White Marble Lime 
Company and theManistique Bank. The first 
is engaged in the manufacture of Lake Super- 
ior charcoal pig iron and the general office 
and works are located in Manistique, while 



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there is also an office in the Rookery build- 
ing of Chicago for the accommodation of 
trade in that region. This company is offi- 
cered by John D. Mersereau, president; M. 
H. Quick, vice-president; W. H. Hill, treas- 
urer; and H. Duvall, secretary. The White 
Marble Lime Company deals extensively in 
white marble lime, are jobbers in all build- 
ing materials and cedar products, also in 
flour, hay and grain. Its officers are George 
Nicholson, Jr., president; W. H. Hill, vice- 
president; J. D. Mersereau, secretary and 
treasurer. The vast volume of business 
transacted by these various concerns causes 
a large amount of banking business, and for 
accommodations of the companies a bank 
was organized under the name of the Man- 
istique Bank, with Mr. Hill as president; 
M. H. Quick, vice-president, and H. W. 
Clarke, cashier. Nothing succeeds like 
success, and the prosperity that has attend- 
ed the first organization has extended to all 
the others until the various industries are 
numbered among the most prominent and 
important of the Northern Peninsula. 

In 1876 Mr. Hill was united in marriage 
with Miss Helen M. Leach, of Syracuse, 
New York, and to them were born three 
children, two yet living, — Edith M. and 
Helen E. Grace E., their second born, has 
been called away. The parents hold mem- 
bership in the Presbyterian Church. 

The policy of the Republican party re- 
ceives the approval of Mr. Hill, and he 
sanctions this by his ballot, which supports 
its men and measures. In 1885 he was 
elected Supervisor of Manistique and has 
since held that office, serving as chairman of 
the Board since 1886. He has been a 
member of the school board since 1884, and 
his influence and support have been promin- 
ent factors in the development and upbuild- i 



ing of the city. His own career seems mar- 
velous, yet it is but the natural sequence of 
knowledge well applied, of business and ex- 
ecutive ability and unfaltering purpose. He 
is a self-made man in the truest sense of that 
oft misused term, and from the age of six- 
teen years has depended entirely upon his 
own resources. The architect of his own 
fortunes he has builded wisely and well, 
rearing a structure which is a creditable 
monument to his ability. 



^V^ R. J. M. SATTLER is a skilled 
I I and prominent physician and sur- 
^^.^ geon of Manistique and in pro- 
fessional circles occupies an envia- 
ble position. He is one of the worthy citi- 
zens that the Buckeye State has furnished 
to the Northern Peninsula of Michigan, and 
was born in Ashland, Ohio, on the 5th of 
January, 1857. His parents, J. Philip and 
Magdalene (Eidt) Sattler, were both natives 
of Germany and in early life emigrated to 
America, their marriage being celebrated in 
Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, whence 
they removed, in 1840, to Ashland county, 
Ohio. There they located on a farm, 
where the}' lived for over forty j'ears, and 
on the old homestead both departed this 
life. Honored pioneers of the county, they 
took an active interest in everything per- 
taining to its welfare, and their many 
excellencies of character gained them the 
high regard of all with whom they were 
brought in contact. Their family numbered 
six children, three sons and three daugh- 
ters, of whom five are living, namely: 
Lewis; Mrs. August Melching; Mrs. Kate 
Hiller; Charles, deceased; Dr. John M. and 
Mrs. Mary Wertman. 

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old home farm, there remaining until 
twenty years of age, working in the fields 
through the summer months, while in the 
winter season he pursued his studies in the 
common schools of the neighborhood. He 
then learned the plasterer's trade, which he 
followed for a time, when he entered upon 
a professional life as a teacher in the country 
school. For si.x years he was thus em- 
ployed, and in the fall of 1883 he took up 
the study of medicine, and was graduated in 
1887 in the medical department of Wooster 
Universit}' at Cleveland, and was valedic- 
torian of his class. When he had com- 
pleted the course he first located in Ash- 
land, Ohio, where he continued in practice 
for two years. He then opened an office in 
Brooklyn village, one of the suburbs of 
Cleveland, Ohio, and in 1890 he went to 
Fayette, Michigan, where he served as 
physician and surgeon for the Jackson Iron 
Company, continuing with them for a period 
of two years. 

In the year 1892 Dr. Sattler came to 
Manistique, where he has since successfully 
engaged in the prosecution of his profession. 
He keeps abreast with the times in every- 
thing connected with the science, and is 
doing a good business, receiving a liberal 
patronage from patrons who recognize his 
skill and ability. He is examining physi- 
cian for the Knights of the Maccabees and 
the Ladies of the Maccabees, also of several 
life-insurance companies and of the Odd 
Fellows lodge. He is serving as health 
officer of Manistique and a member of 
the school board. In the fall of 1894 he 
was elected Coroner of Schoolcraft county 
on the Republican ticket. He takes an 
active interest in whatever tends to promote 
the educational, moral or social interests, 
and is a kindly, benevolent man. He has 



made a good citizen and an efficient officer, 
and the respect of all with whom he has 
been brought in contact is unreservedly 
given him. 

The happiness of his life has been pro- 
moted by his marriage to Miss Isa Fouch, a 
native of Wayne county, Ohio, and to them 
has been born a son, John Earle. The 
parents are consistent members and active 
workers of the Presbyterian Church, in 
which the Doctor is now serving as Trustee. 
In his political views he is a Republican. 
One of the best known citizens of this com- 
munity, he well deserves mention in the 
history of the northern section of his 
adopted State. 



eN. ORR, one of the leading busi- 
ness men of Manistique, is now the 
senior member of the firm of E. N. 
Orr & Company, dealers in fine 
drugs. He became interested in this con- 
cern in 1 88 1, when he embarked in business 
as a partner of Dr. A. E. Burdick. The 
following year he bought out his partner's 
interest and continued operations alone for 
some time, when in 1891 he admitted to 
partnership Charles Orr, under the present 
firm style. They have a fine drug store, 
which would do credit to a city many times 
the size of Manistique. It is neatly and 
tastefully arranged and stocked with a good 
line of pure drugs and toilet articles. The 
senior partner's connection with this estab- 
lishment has been an era of prosperity in his 
hfe, for good management, systematic busi- 
ness methods and careful attention to all 
details has brought him success. 

This well-known druggist claims New 
York as the State of his nativity, his birth 
having occurred in Steuben county, on the 



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2 1st of December, 1856. His parents, 
James C. and Adelia F. (Newman) Orr, 
were also born in New York, and the father, 
a retired farmer, is still living in Steuben 
county. For a number of years he did busi- 
ness as a lumber merchant, and then turned 
his attention to agricultural pursuits, but is 
now enjoying a well-earned rest. He is 
quite an influential citizen of that community 
and for several years served as Supervisor 
of his township and also held other local 
offices. In the family were three children, 
all yet living, namely: Elmer N., whose 
name introduces this article; Melvin, who is 
employed as bookkeeper by the Arm of Orr 
Brothers & Company, proprietors of a large 
meat market; and Gertrude, wife of Will- 
iam D. Wright, a resident of Corning, New 
York. 

E. N. Orr was educated in the schools 
of Binghamton, New York, the year of his 
graduation being 1877. I''' June of that year 
he started westward to try his fortune and 
sought a home in Manistique, where he 
shortly secured a position as manager of the 
lumber-yard of the Chicago Lumber Com- 
pany, serving in that capacity until the fall 
of 1880. During the succeeding winter he 
taught school, and in the spring, as before 
stated, he purchased an interest in the drug 
store of Dr. Burdick and has since carried 
on the popular establishment which we have 
before described. 

Mr. Orr was married in 1878, the lady 
of his choice being Miss Jennie E. Smith, a 
native of Steuben county. New York. They 
have one daughter, Gertrude, and Mrs. Orr 
and the daughter hold membership in the 
Presbyterian Church. In social circles they 
hold an enviable position, their home is 
noted for its hospitality and their friends in 
the community are many. 



Throughout the county Mr. Orr is recog- 
nized as one of the leaders of the Repub- 
lican party, — warmly advocating its prin- 
ciples and doing all in his power to promote 
its growth and insure its success. He is 
now serving as chairman of the Republican 
county central committee and has held a 
number of local offices, having served as 
Town Treasurer, as Village Treasurer and as 
Assessor of Manistique for a period of five 
years. All know him to be a devoted and 
loyal citizen, interested in everything per- 
taining to the welfare of the community and 
its upbuilding. He takes quite a prominent 
part in several civic societies, belonging to 
the Masonic and Knights of Pythias frater- 
nities, both subordinate lodge and the 
Uniform Rank in the latter. He has filled 
all the offices in the Masonic lodge, being 
Master of the blue lodge and High Priest of 
the chapter; and he has been Captain of the 
Uniform Rank of the Knights of Pythias. 
He is quite well known in Masonic circles 
and has represented the subordinate lodges 
in the Grand Lodge. He came from the 
East a young man with very limited capital, 
having to depend solely upon his own efforts, 
but steadily has he worked his way upward 
and to-day he is numbered among the sub- 
stantial citizens of Manistique. 



ORR BROTHERS & COMPANY 
are proprietors of the leading meat 
market in Manistique. The busi- 
ness was established in January, 
1886, by a firm composed of Erastus T. and 
Walter L. Orr, and Edgar C. Brown. An 
e.xtensive business is conducted, they carry- 
ing on two markets, one on the west side 
of the river. They also established a 
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Thompson, Michigan, but these they have 
since sold out. The firm owns and occu- 
pies a nice two-story brick building, — a 
double store, — each store being 25 x 70 feet. 
One was erected in 1893 and the other was 
built in 1894. The store is supplied with 
all modern fixtures and ever}' convenience 
and appliance known to the trade which 
will keep their meet in first-class condition. 
A liberal patronage is enjoyed, coming to 
the company as a reward for fair dealing 
and courteous treatment. 

The Orr Brothers, Erastus T. and Wal- 
ter L., came to Manistique from Steuben 
county. New York, in 1884, and have since 
successfully carried on business in this 
place. The latter was born in 1857. They 
are sons of Robert Orr, who came to Man- 
istique in May, 1891, and they were edu- 
cated in the State of their nativity. They 
are strictly business men, devoting their en- 
tire time and energies to the enterprises 
with which they are connected. Walter L. 
is the efficient manager of the meat market, 
which is under his immediate supervision, 
and the prosperity which attends the under- 
taking is due almost entirely to his efforts, 
his perseverance and good executive ability. 
Socially he is connected with the Masonic 
fraternity, and he and his brothers are sup- 
porters of the men and measures of the Re- 
publican party. 



eDMUND ASHFORD, who is now 
serving as County Clerk and Reg- 
ister of Deeds of Schoolcraft 
county, Michigan, makes his home 
in Manistique. A native of England, he was 
born in the old and famed shire of Warwick 
on the 25th of March, 1853. From an old 



family of that country he descended, and his 
parents, James and Mary (Perks) Ashford, 
spent their entire lives there. In their family 
were eleven children, nine of whom are yet 
living, namely: Joseph, Thomas, John, Mary, 
George, Walter, Edward and Earnest. 

Edmund Ashford is the only one that 
ever came to the United States. He was 
educated in public and private schools of his 
native land and at the age of sixteen he bade 
adieu to home and friends, sailing for Aus- 
tralia. He located in Adelaide, South Aus- 
tralia, and was in the government service, 
exploring in the survey department. There 
he remained for some years, but at length 
returned on a visit to England, and while 
there was married, in 1876, to Miss Carrie 
Davis. In the same year he sailed with his 
bride for Canada, and secured employment 
with a lumber firm of that country for a 
year at Mad river. In 1878 he came directly 
to Manistique and engaged with the Chicago 
Lumber Company, continuing that connec- 
tion until 1892. He is now engaged in real- 
estate transactions, the only real-estate 
dealer in the city, and is doing a good busi- 
ness in that line owing to his full knowledge 
of land values and his straight-forward, hon- 
orable dealing, which commends him to the 
confidence of all. 

Mr. and Mrs. Ashford have a pleasant 
home in this thriving little city and their 
friends in the community are many. Their 
family numbers three children, Harry, Ade- 
laide and Frank; and they also lost five. 
They are members of the Episcopal Church 
and in its work and upbuilding take an act- 
ive interest. 

Mr. Ashford is one of the leading and 
representative citizens of this community, 
and has been officially connected with Man- 
istique almost from the time of his arrival 



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here. For two years he was Treasurer of 
Hiawatha township, served as its Clerk for 
one year and was Supervisor for four years. 
In 1892 he was elected County Clerk, and 
his efficient service again made him the peo- 
ple's choice for that office in 1894, so that 
he will serve until 1896, for the term em- 
braces two years. Socially he is a member 
of the Masonic lodge, the Knights of Pythias 
and the Knights of Maccabees. For eight 
j'ears he served as Secretary of the first 
named, and at present is the Vice Chancel- 
lor of the Ivnights of Pythias lodge. He has 
been identified with nearly all the public 
enterprises of Manistique and is recognized 
as a citizen that the community could ill 
afford to lose. He has traveled much and 
seen much of the world, thereby gaining a 
knowledge of men and their methods which 
no amount of reading could secure him. In 
" merrie England," in Australia, in Canada 
and " the land of the free " he has found a 
home, but his allegiance is fully given to the 
United States and this country has no more 
loyal citizen. 



Vt* D. MERSEREAU.— This is an age 
■ of progress, and America is the ex- 
A 1 ponent of the spirit of the age. In 
the beginning of this century our 
country was in its infancy, and history 
shows no parallel for its growth and achieve- 
ments. No other country has made as 
great advancement along the lines of science, 
and the superiority of her inventions has 
been widely acknowledged. Michigan has 
nobly borne her part. Each community 
has its enterprising men, — the type of 
American progress, — and Manistique finds 
one of its representatives of this class in the 



gentleman whose name heads this record, 
and to whose history we now direct atten- 
tion. 

Mr. Mersereau, who is the well-known 
secretary and treasurer of the Chicago Lum- 
bering Company of Manistique, was born in 
Portville, New York, on the 20th of June, 
1854, and is a son of Samuel J. and Esther 
C. (Butts) Mersereau, who were also natives 
of New York. On his father's side he 
descended from good French Huguenot 
stock. The first Mersereau who emigrated 
from France to America was an officer of 
rank in the French army, who sought refuge 
on this side the Atlantic because of his faith. 
The family won honorable distinction in the 
Revolutionary war. His mother was a 
descendant of the historic Governor William 
Bradford, of the immortal Mayflower band. 
Both of Mr. Mersereau's parents died during 
the early childhood of their son, who was 
thus left without a parent's care. He 
acquired his education at Williston Semi- 
nary, at East Hampton, Massachusetts, and 
was also at Sheffield Scientific School, a 
department of Yale College. Thus was he 
ably fitted for the practical and responsible 
duties of life, but it remained for him to 
take advantage of the opportunities that 
might be presented to him. He first en- 
gaged in business in his native city, and in 
the spring of 1876 came to Manistique 
aboard the schooner Fame. He secured 
the position of secretary and treasurer of 
the Chicago Lumbering Company and has 
served in that capacity continuously since, 
placing the business on a firm financial 
basis and making its income a satisfactorv' 
one. His interests, however, are not cen- 
tered alone in this enterprise. He is con- 
nected with various other industries, hold- 
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concerns of importance. He was one of 
the organizers of the Weston Lumber Com- 
pany, also the White Marble Lime Com- 
pany. He was instrumental in establishing 
the Weston Furnace Company and the 
Manistique Lumbering Company; and bank- 
ing interests also claim his attention, 
through his connection with the Manistique 
Bank. He is a director in all these organ- 
izations, save the Manistique Lumbering 
Company, having resigned the directorship 
of that in 1893. With a laudable ambition 
and creditable determination he has grasped 
eagerly every opportunity for raising him- 
self to the level of the high standard which 
he placed before him, and his resolute pur- 
pose and commendable diligence have at- 
tained the goal of his hopes. His success 
has come to him not as the result of propi- 
tious circumstances but as the reward for 
far-sighted dealings, executive ability and 
discrimination. 

For four years Mr. ^f ersereau held the 
office of County Treasurer and for four 
years was Deputy County Treasurer. For 
some years he was President of the village 
and has held all other offices connected 
with the local government. Watchful of 
its interests, he has labored for its welfare 
and advanced its improvements. Educa- 
tion and morality have been befriended by 
him, and schools and churches receive his 
support. He was one of the organizers of 
the Presbyterian Church in Manistique in 
1887, is an active and consistent member, 
and has served as Elder and Trustee from 
the beginning. 

The lady who bears the name and graces 
the home of Mr. Mersereau was in her 
maidenhood Miss Nellie May Coleman. She 
is a native of Missouri and a graduate of the 
Michigan University at Ann Arbor, of the 



class of 1 88 1. Their marriage was cele- 
brated in 1883, and has been blessed with 
one daughter, Irene. 



HLEXANDER MAITLAND, presi- 
dent of the First National Bank 
and manager of the Cambra and 
Lillie Mining Companies of Negau- 
nee, is a self-made man, whose success in 
life is due to his own enterprise, energy and 
progressive disposition. The study of 
biography yields in point of interest and 
profit to no other, for it shows what plans 
and methods have been followed by those 
who have prospered and indicates the course 
that leads to a successful termination. The 
life of Mr. Maitland is one well worthy of 
emulation, as it is that of an honorable, up- 
right man, whose devotion to business, good 
management and strict adherence to princi- 
ple have made him one of the substantial 
and valued citizens of his adopted State. 

Born in Scotland, on the 20th of June, 
1844, our subject is a son of James and 
Barbara (Kerr) Maitland, who were also 
natives of the same country. The father 
was a wholesale boot and shoe dealer in 
Kilmarnock, Scotland, and in 1856 removed 
with his family to Canada. After a few 
years spent in Hamilton he went to Hast- 
ings county, Canada, where he purchased a 
farm, on which he still resides. He has 
prospered in his undertakings and has been 
quite prominent in politics in that com- 
munity. In the family were six sons and 
two daughters, four of whom are now living: 
William, a resident of Australia; Hugh, who 
is living in Guelph, Canada; John, who is 
located in Lorain, Ohio; Alexander, of this 
sketch; Jessie, Margaret, James and Allen, 
all deceased. 



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Alexander Maitland is the youngest of 
the family. He attended the common 
schools of his native land and was a student 
at the Academy of Troon, Ayrshire, Scot- 
land, at the time the family sailed for the 
New World. He was then about twelve 
years . of age, and for two years thereafter, 
being in poor health, he was unable to 
attend school or do any work. At the age 
of fourteen he began work upon a farm and 
studied at home, continuing in this manner 
until about eighteen years of age. In the 
winter of 1862-3 he entered the McKay 
carriage factory at Gault, Canada, where 
he continued for the following ten months. 
In July, 1864, he came to Negaunee, 
Michigan, and secured a position as a rod- 
man on the survey of the Mineral Branch of 
the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad, but 
remained there only two months, when he 
formed a connection with the Iron Cliffs 
Company as an explorer. He was thus 
employed until 1868, when he was ap- 
pointed to the position of surveyor and 
engineer, and served in that capacity for 
nine years. In 1879 he was appointed 
assistant general manager, and in January, 
1 88 1, he succeeded T. J. Houston as gen- 
eral manager, which position he filled to the 
1st of January, 1891. From 1881 he was 
also general manager of the Cambra and 
Lillie mines, and is still holding that posi- 
tion with the two latter. Steadily he has 
worked his way upward, his faithfulness to 
his employer's interest and the prompt man- 
ner in which he discharges his duties win- 
ning him promotion from time to time. He 
is now the stockholder and president of the 
Black River Mining Company, which is 
located on Gogebic Range, and is president 
of the North Lake Mining Company, which 
is situated on the north shore of Lake 



Superior. He owns considerable mining 
stock and real estate, having made judicious 
investments in both, and in connection with 
his other property he owns a beautiful home 
in Negaunee, where he spends his leisure 
hours with his family. On the organization 
of the First National Bank in 1887 he was 
elected its president, and has since been at 
the head of that substantial financial institu- 
tion, which, under his able management, 
has been placed on a paying basis. He is 
also a stockholder in the First National Bank 
of Escanaba, the First National Bank of 
Bessemer and the Lincoln National Bank of 
Chicago. 

On the lOth of June, 1874, was cele- 
brated the marriage of Mr. Maitland and 
Miss Carrie V. Sterling, a native of Utica, 
New York, and a daughter of A. J. Sterling. 
Five children have been born to them, 
three sons and two daughters, — Alexander 
F. , Kate, Leslie M., Harvey K. and Rena. 
Mr. Maitland is a member of the Ma- 
sonic fraternity, having taken the Knight- 
Templar degree. In politics he is a stalwart 
Republican. For two terms he served as 
County Surveyor of Marquette county, and 
for two terms Mayor of Negaunee. Coming 
to this country a poor boy, he has been the 
architect of his own fortunes. In business 
he is systematic and methodical, ever 
honorable and upright, and has not only 
won a handsome competence, but has gained 
the respect and confidence of all with whom 
he has been brought in contact. 



>^OHN COSTELLO.— One of the 

m progressive merchants of Manistique, 

A J Schoolcraft county, Micnigan, and 

one who has held distinctive public 

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this sketch well merits recognition in this 
connection. 

Mr. Costello was born on Prince Ed- 
ward island, Ontario, Canada, March 7, 
1846, being the youngest of the eight chil- 
dren of John and Catharine (Ready) Cos- 
tello, both of whom were natives of the 
Emerald Isle, whence they emigrated, in 
an early day to America and took up their 
abode on Prince Edward island, where the 
father was engaged in agricultural pursuits. 
Here his wife died and he subsequently re- 
moved to St. John, New Brunswick, where 
he passed the remainder of his life. 

John Costello was reared to maturity on 
the paternal farmstead on Prince Edward 
island, where he remained until he had at- 
tained his majority, his educational privileges 
being necessarily somewhat meagre in scope. 
From the island he went to St. John, where 
he remained a few years, after which he 
came to Wisconsin, where he was variously 
employed, not flinching from any sort of 
work which would render him the return of 
an honest dollar for his effort. In 1870 he 
came to Schoolcraft county, Michigan, and 
for a few years was engaged at furnace 
work and such other occupation as he could 
secure. 

In the fall of 1872 Mr. Costello was 
elected Sheriff of the county and held this 
office six years by consecutive elections 
and two years served in the appointment of 
Under Sheriff. The strongest evidence of 
his official ability and his personal popular- 
ity is that shown forth by his long retention 
in the important and exacting incumbency. 
In 1882 still further official recognition came 
to him in his election to the offices of County 
Clerk and Register of Deeds, in which he 
served without intermission until January, 
1893. From the above it will be readily 



seen that he has been in public office during 
the greater portion of the time that he has 
been a resident of Schoolcraft county. He 
was also Town Clerk during the fiscal year 
of 1878. He has thus been conspicuously 
identified with the best interests of the 
county as an upright public official, and it is 
scarcely necessary to say that he has won 
to himself a host of friends. 

In addition to his official career our sub- 
ject has been identified with the mercantile 
business of Manistique since the spring of 
1887, when the firm of Lyons, Costello & 
Company was organized and opened a 
grocery in the city. This association con- 
tinued until September i, 1889, when Mr. 
Costello purchased the interests of his part- 
ners, since which time he has conducted the 
business as an individual enterprise, the 
same being one of the leading establish- 
ments of the city. Mr. Costello has been 
ever solicitous of the progress and substan- 
tial upbuilding of Manistique, and he is 
financially interested in one of the finest 
brick business blocks in the place. 

The marriage of Mr. Costello was cele- 
brated in the year 1873, when he was united 
to Miss Elizabeth Donovan, a native of Ire- 
land. The issue of this union has been 
seven children, one of whom, Katie, is de- 
ceased. The others are: Mary, Ellen, 
Maggie, John, Emily and Norene. The 
family are devoted members of the Catholic 
Church. 



E\V. CLARKE.— Standing at the 
head of the executive corps of a 
prosperous and solid monetary in- 
stitution, the Manistique Bank, and 
recognized as a careful financier and a young 
man of marked business capacity, Mr. 



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Clarke is certainly deserving of mention in 
this work, which has to do with the tracing 
of the life histories of those individuals who 
are prominently identified with the interests 
of the Upper Peninsula of the Wolverine 
State. 

Mr. Clarke is a Canadian by birth, 
having been born at Woodstock, Ontario, 
May 22, 1 87 1, the son of Thomas and 
Fannie (Williams) Clarke, both of whom 
were of English lineage. The father was a 
prominent and honored business man of 
Woodstock, where he was for many years 
engaged in the milling industry, and where 
he died, in the year 1875. The mother is 
still living and maintains her home at Sault 
de Sainte Marie, Michigan, whither she re- 
moved in 1880. She became the mother of 
two children: H. W., the subject of this 
review; and Arthur, who is employed on the 
" See " line. 

H. W. Clarke received his preliminary 
educational discipline in the public schools, 
and graduated at the high school of Sault 
de Sainte Marie in 1887. He devoted some 
little time to the study of law and then 
became an employ of the " Soo " National 
Bank, and for two years afterward was 
Deputy City Treasurer. 

In the spring of 1891 our subject came 
to Manistique, where he entered upon duty 
as assistant cashier of the Manistique Bank, 
a position which he retained until January, 
1894, when he was advanced to the still 
more responsible and exacting incumbency 
which he now holds. He is recognized as 
an exceptionally alert and progressive young 
business man, and no other evidence in this 
regard is needed than that set forth by his 
rapid advancement. 

The marriage of Mr. Clarke to Miss 
Evelyn Corquodale was celebrated,, at To- 



ronto, Canada, on the 2d of January, 1895. 
It will certainly be apropos to append in 
this connection a brief record touching the 
history of the Manistique Bank. The insti- 
tution was incorporated in 1889, with the 
following officers: W. H. Hill, president; 
J. D. Mersereau, vice-president; and F. W. 
McKiimey, cashier, — the capital stock being 
$50,000. The present officers are: W. H. 
Hill, president; M. H. Quick, vice-president; 
H. W. Clarke, cashier; and F. H. Orcutt, 
assistant cashier. The directorate com- 
prises Messrs. W. H. Hill, M. H. Quick, 
Abijah Weston, George H. Orr and C. P. 
Hill. The bank has done an excellent 
business and within five years has accumu- 
lated a surplus of $22,000. 



at 



ILEIAM C. BRONSON, who is 
serving as foreman of mill No. i 
for the Weston Lumber Compa- 
ny of Manistique, claims Penn- 
sylvania as the State of his nativity. He 
was born in Lawrenceville, Tioga county, 
May 26, 1849, ^nd is a son of A. H. and 
Lydia (Mosher) Bronson, who were natives 
of Warren county, New York, and were of 
English descent. The Bronson family was 
founded in America in early Colonial days 
and the great-grandfather of our subject was 
one of the heroes of the Revolution who 
fought with the Connecticut troops in the 
struggle for independence. Alvah Bronson, 
the paternal grandfather, owned a sawmill 
and was a lumberman of Warren county, 
New York, where his sons engaged in the 
same line of business. 

A. H. Bronson entered the employ of 
Abijah Weston in 1857 and was with that 
gentleman for several years. Subse- 



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quently he returned to the farm where he 
spent his remaining days engaged in the 
quieter pursuits of agriculture. His life's 
labors were ended by death in 187?, and he 
entered upon eternal rest. His wife still 
survives him, and is now living at Painted 
Post, New York. Their five children are, 
Mrs. O. C. Cooper, wife of Dr. John 
Cooper, of Corning, New York; Irving, of 
Painted Post, an employe of the Weston 
Engine company; Mrs. J. T. Dudley, of 
Leavenworth, Kansas; William C. ; and Lil- 
lian, wife of John B. West, president of the 
West Publishing Company, of St. Paul, 
Minnesota. 

We now turn our attention to the per- 
sonal history of William C. Bronson, whose 
wide acquaintance in this community will 
make the record one of particular interest to 
our readers. Midst play and work his boy- 
hood daj'S were passed and the public 
schools of Painted Post afforded him his 
educational privileges. He entered upon 
his business career as an employe of the 
firm of Fox, Weston & Company at Painted 
Post and severed his connection therewith 
only on his removal to the West on the first 
of March, 1883. He was, therefore, with 
that company for thirteen years, and, ever 
true and loyal to his employer's interests, he 
won their unlimited confidence and high re- 
gard. It was in the interest of Mr. Weston 
that he came to Manistique, Michigan, to 
take charge of the mill which he now man- 
ages and controls. He thoroughly under- 
stands the business in all its details, is sys- 
tematic and methodical, and his control of 
the mill has made it one of the paying in- 
terests of Schoolcraft county. For a quar- 
ter of a century he has been in the employ 
of Mr. Weston, — a record of which he may 
well be proud, and the relations between 



them have ever been mutually pleasant and 
profitable. 

In 1869 Mr. Bronson married Miss Jen- 
nie Casterline, a native of Painted Post, New 
York, and three children have been born to 
them, — Charles A.; Fannie B., wife of 
George H. Carey, of Barron, Wisconsin; 
and Clara L. , who completes the family. 

Mr. Bronson has been prominent in pub- 
lic affairs, and his fellow citizens, recogniz- 
ing his worth and ability, have frequently 
called him to public office. For five years 
he served as Supervisor of Hiawatha town- 
ship, was chairman of the board for one 
year, has been a member of the Board of 
School Examiners, served in the Village 
Council for two years, has been Township 
Clerk, has been a member of the Board of 
Review for several years, and is now serv- 
ing his second term as Justice of the Peace. 
Promptness and fidelity are characteristic 
of his discharge of public duties and he is an 
official true to every trust. He takes quite 
an active part in Masonic circles and was a 
charter member and the first Master of 
Lakeside Lodge, No. 371, F. & A. M. He 
is also a charter member of the Royal Arch 
Chapter of Manistique, is now serving as 
High Priest, has been Master of the blue 
lodge for five years, and served as represen- 
tative in the Grand Lodge of Detroit. He 
and his wife hold membership with the 
Methodist Episcopal Church and took an 
active part in its organization in the fall of 
1884. Mr. Bronson has since been one of 
its active and influential members, untiring 
in his efforts for its advancement, and has 
served as trustee of the church since its 
organization and Superintendent of the 
Sunday-school with the exception of two 
years and a half, and is the present in- 
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of commercial life neglect the holier duties 
which come to each individual. Not so 
with Mr. Bronson. He recognizes the 
brotherhood of mankind, the duties which 
every one owes to his fellow men, and it is 
his constant endeavor to make the world 
better and brighter iov his having lived. His 
Christianity is of that quiet unostentatious 
kind that seeks not the commendation of the 
world, but is content with the approval of 
conscience and the reward that will come in 
the great "beyond." 



BRANK CLARK, one of the pro- 
gressive business men of Manis- 
tique, Schoolcraft county, where 
he is at the head of the popular 
grocery firm of Frank Clark & Company, 
was born in Marathon county, Wisconsin, 
in August, 1857, son of Frank and Johanna 
(Shaughnessy) Clark, the former of whom is 
a native of the State of New York and the 
latter of the Emerald Isle. The father re- 
moved to Wisconsin at an early day and was 
there- engaged in the lumbering business 
for a number of years. He is now re- 
tired from active business pursuits and re- 
tains his residence at Stevens Point, Wis- 
consin. He and his wife became the par- 
ents of four children, namely: Frank, 
Maggie, Thomas and Mary. 

Our subject received his education in 
the public schools of his native county, and 
at the age of about twenty years he em- 
barked in the mercantile business at 
Stevens Point, Wisconsin, continuing the 
enterprise successfully about three years. 
He then made a prospecting trip through 
the West, visiting Washington and Cali- 
fornia with a view to making an ultimate 
location and engaging in business. He, 



however, found that the advantages offered 
in that section had been overestimated, and 
as he was unable to find a location which he 
felt would justify him in the investment of 
his capital in the mercantile line, he re- 
turned to Wisconsin in the fall of J 883, and 
in the following spring he came to Manis- 
tique, Michigan, and here opened a grocery, 
flour and feed store. The enterprise met 
with favorable reception by reason of the 
correct business methods of Mr. Clark and 
his fidelity to the interests of his patrons, 
and the establishment has been continuously 
in operation since that date and is one of 
the leading mercantile houses of the city, 
retaining a large and representative patron- 
age. Particular care is given to the keeping 
of a select and comprehensive stock in both 
staple and fancy lines, and the salesrooms 
are attractive and convenient. In the fall 
of 1S94 Mr. Clark erected a fine brick 
double-store building, 50x95 feet in dimen- 
sions, and this building is now devoted to 
the accommodation of the extensive grocery 
business. The success which has attended 
the efforts of Mr. Clark is but the consecu- 
tive result of his discrimination as a man of 
business and of his constant attention to the 
details of the same. 

Upon the incorporation of the village 
Mr. Clark was elected one of its Trustees, 
and while he manifests a consistent interest 
in the progress of the town and in the wel- 
fare of the local public he has never found 
time, nor has he had inclination, to take 
part in political affairs or to put himself for- 
ward as an aspirant for political office. His 
earnest endeavors in insuring the substantial 
advancement of Manistique is shown in the 
fact that he is conspicuously interested in 
the Riverside addition to the town, as well 
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tions, each of which comprises forty acres, 
with considerable improvement in the way 
of streets, sidewali<s, etc. He is also in- 
terested in acreage property contiguous to 
these additions. 



OLOF ALBIN HEDIN is one of the 
prominent young men of Escanaba, 
Michigan, — a leader in social and 
musical circles. The business in- 
terests of the city are also well represented 
by him, and whether in public or private 
life he is always a courteous, genial gentle- 
man, well deserving the high regard in which 
he is held. 

He was born on the island of Gothland, a 
province of Sweden, on the 29th of July, 
1867, and is a son of John C. Hedin. The 
parents are still in their native land, with 
several of their children. The family num- 
bered four sons and three daughters, namely: 
Olof Albin, John Birger, Annie A., Ida C, 
Hjalmar C, Gerda M. and Gustaf A. The 
father was the first of the family to come to 
America, settling here in 1881. After four 
years he returned to his native land on a 
visit of a year and again crossed the water 
in 1886, accompanied by his oldest son 
Albin. He then stayed here another four 
years and in 1890 returned to Sweden, where 
he has since remained with his wife and 
children. The members of the family still 
in this country are Annie, who is living in 
Brooklyn, New York; Hjalmar C., Birger 
and Albin in Escanaba. 

The subject of this sketch was educated 
in the schools of his native land. His 
father was a machinist, a millwright and a 
fine workman, possessing considerable me- 
chanical ingenuity. Under his father's in- 
struction Albin Hedin became familiar with 



the same business and for a time followed 
general carpentering, both in Sweden and 
America. The year of his emigration was 
1886. For a limited period he was em- 
ployed as a pattern-maker in Chicago, but 
soon came to Escanaba and secured a posi- 
tion with the Cochran Roller Mills of this 
city in the same capacity. For the past five 
years he has served as foreman of the I. 
Stephenson Planing Mill of this city, and his 
fidelity to his employers' interest has won 
him their unlimited confidence and high re- 
gard. In addition to this work he devotes 
his leisure time to the manufacture and 
repairing of stringed musical instruments. 

One of Mr. Hedin's chief sources of de- 
light, pleasure and recreation is music, in 
which he is proficient, — a fine performer on 
the violin, cornet, clarionet and violoncello. 
He has been the leader of two orchestras in 
Escanaba, and while in his native land was 
one of a company numbering sixteen voices, 
which engaged in giving concerts and furnish- 
ing music for various entertainments. He 
has an excellent tenor voice, well trained, 
and has been the leader of two choirs in this 
city, being at the present time the chorister 
of the Ssvedish Lutheran Church. In 
politics he is a Republican. He is a young 
man of excellent habits and character, 
honored in business circles and esteemed in 
social life, respected by all classes of people 
and deserving the high respect of his many 
friends. 



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the 



EORGE CHANTLER, one of the 
progressive and representative busi- 
ness men of Manistique, School- 
craft county, where he is engaged 

drug business, is a native of the 



Dominion of Canada, having been born near 



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the city of Toronto, Ontario, on the iith 
of June, 1849, the son of Charles and Catha- 
rine McMillan Chantler, the former of whom 
was a native of England and the latter of 
Canada. The father is of English Quaker 
stock and came to Canada in his youth. 
During the greater portion of his mature 
life he was engaged in the milling business, 
but he is now living in retirement, having 
abandoned his active business career fifteen 
years ago. The mother of our subject was 
called to the life eternal January 28, 1895, 
at the advanced age of seventy-five years. 
Charles and Catharine Chantler removed 
from Canada to the State of New York in 
an early day, and thence to Wayne county, 
Michigan, where they remained for a time, 
after which they proceeded to Grand Traverse 
county, same State, where the father still 
maintains his residence. They were the 
parents of two sons and six daughters, our 
subject being second in the order of birth. 

George Chantler has passed the greater 
portion of his life in the State of Michigan, 
where his parents took up their abode while 
he was a boy. His educational discipline 
was received in the schools of Traverse 
City, where he completed the high-school 
course and graduated with honor. After 
leaving school he remained at home for two 
or three years and then identified himself 
with the drug business by engaging with a 
firm at Traverse City in a clerical capacity. 
This incumbency he retained until 1878, 
going thence to Ludington, Michigan, 
where he conducted a general mercantile 
business. His next move was to Ionia, 
same State, where he remained for two 
years, coming thence, in the fall of 1882, to 
Manistique, where he entered the employ of 
the Chicago Lumbering Company, retain- 
ing this position for three years. In 1885 



he opened a grocery store and within the 
succeeding year broadened the range of his 
business enterprise by adding a line of 
drugs. In 1887 he separated the two 
departments by removing the drug stock 
into his present quarters, continuing the 
grocery as a partnership enterprise until 
October, 1 894, when he disposed of this 
interest to the gentleman who had been 
therein associated with him. Mr. Chantler 
now has one of the finest drug stocks and 
one of the best-appointed drug establish- 
ments in the Upper Peninsula, carrying also 
a very select line of jewelry and musical 
instruments. 

Politically our subject is a stanch Repub- 
lican, and he has served as a member of the 
village Council and as Town Clerk, being 
recognized as one of the reliable and most 
enterprising citizens of the place. Frater- 
nally he is identified with the Masonic order. 

In 1888 Mr. Chantler was united in 
wedlock to Miss Ida M. Griffin, a native of 
Michigan, and they are the parents of four 
children, — Harry, Herbert, Lawrence and 
Avis L. Mr. and Mrs. Chantler are active 
members of the Baptist Church. 



eH. CONWAY, dentist, is success- 
fully engaged in the practice of his 
profession in Sault de Ste. Marie, 
and is also Treasurer of Chippewa 
county. In business, political and social 
circles he is a man of prominence, and in 
the history of the Upper Peninsula of Mich- 
igan he well deserves mention. 

A native of Canada, he was born in 
Hamilton in the Province of Ontario, in 
1854, and is a son of Edward Conway and 
Margaret (Nelligan) Conway, both of whom 
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manufacturer of shoes, and followed that 
business in his native land and in Canada. 
His last days were passed in Hespeler, On- 
tario, where his death occurred in 1864, 
while his wife passed away a few years pre- 
vious. Their children were Dr. E. H., of 
this sketch; V. R., who is located in Port 
Huron, Michigan; J. D. Conway, of Hes- 
peler, Ontario; and Mrs. Ernest L. Reschke, 
of Detroit, Michigan. 

The Doctor was a child of thirteen years 
when he became a resident of Michigan. 
His education was acquired in the public 
schools of Detroit and Pontiac, where his 
boyhood and youth were passed. He early 
made choice of a life work, determining to 
enter the dental profession, and to this end 
he began studying, when only fifteen years 
of age, in the office of Dr. J. A. Harris of 
Pontiac. Some months later he entered the 
office of Dr. Joseph Lathrop, a leading and 
well-known dentist of Detroit, with whom 
he remained for some time. He completed 
his professional training in Chicago, the re- 
quirements then being to attend a course of 
lectures and pass satisfactorily the test ex- 
amination. This he did and entered upon 
practice, yet he has never abandoned his 
studies. He keeps thoroughly abreast with 
the times by perusal of the journals on 
the subject, and is a man of deep research, 
continually strivmg to perfect himself in his 
chosen pursuit. After five years' study and 
work in Chicago, he opened his first office 
in St. Clair, Michigan, in 1878, remaining 
there for seven years. 

While in St. Clair, the Doctor married, 
on the 18th of June, 1878, Miss Minnie 
Waterloo, a daughter of Hon. C. H. Water- 
loo, Mayor of that city, who had formerly 
served as Register of Deeds of St. Clair 
county. Her brother, Stanley Waterloo, 



is a noted newspaper man of Chicago. The 
Doctor and his wife have but one child, 
Joseph, now thirteen years of age. 

On the 30th of March, 1885, the Doctor 
arrived at Sault de Ste. Marie and soon 
opened an office. He did not long wait his 
first patient, and soon his practice increased 
until it has now assumed extensive porpor- 
tions for a town of this size. In 1890 he 
removed to his present office in the Meade 
& Fowle block. He is thoroughly conver- 
sant with all the latest and most improved 
methods of dentistry, is a close student of 
his profession and his skill and ability are 
now manifest in the liberal patronage which 
is accorded him. He is an active and 
esteemed member of the Michigan State 
Dental Association, of which he served as 
vice president for one term. 

In his political views the Doctor is a 
stalwart Republican and an active worker in 
the interests of his party, doing all in his 
power to promote its growth and insure its 
success. He has served for three years as 
president of the School Board of this city, 
has done effective service in the cause of 
education and was the moving spirit in secur- 
ing the $15,000 addition to the high school 
building, and this in the face of great oppo- 
sition; but he persevered, and at length 
obtained the much needed addition. He was 
also a member of the Board of Public 
Works, and in November, 1894, was elected 
to the office of Count)- Treasurer by a ma- 
jority of 825, securing more than two-thirds 
of all the votes cast. In this office, as in 
the others in which he has served, he is dis- 
charging his duties in a way that wins him 
the commendation of all concerned and is 
recognized as a leading county official, well 
worth}' the trust reposed in him. Dr. Con- 
way is also an active member of the Cham- 



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ber of Commerce, was president of the Falls 
City Boat Club two years, belongs to the 
Knights of Pythias and Knights of the Mac- 
cabees fraternities, and is one of the Trustees 
of the Congregational Church. All interests 
calculated to promote the business, social, 
educational or moral welfare of the com- 
munity receive his support, and he is truly 
one of the leading and influential citizens 
of the community in which he makes his 
home. 



SI 



ILLIAM CHANDLER.~It is a 

well-known fact that many of the 
men most deserving of mention 
in the history of Michigan are 
numbered among her native sons and have 
spent much of their lives within her bound- 
aries. They possess the true Western spirit 
of progress and enterprise which dominates 
this region, and the prosperity and upbuild- 
ing of such cities as Sault de Ste. Marie is 
due to their well directed efforts. They are 
leaders in professional, commercial and lit- 
erary circles, and their names are insepar- 
ably connected with the history of the State. 
Such a man is Mr. Chandler. 

He was born in Adrian, Michigan, in 
April, 1846, and is a son of Thomas and 
Jane (Merritt) Chandler, who were married 
in Cahoun county, this State. The father 
is a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 
emigrated westward in an early day and 
took up a tract of Government land, on 
which he lived for more than fifty years. 
His death occurred there on the old home- 
stead, in 1 88 1, at the age of seventy-five 
years. Mrs. Chandler was a daughter of 
Joseph Merritt, an honored pioneer and 
farmer who came from Saratoga county. 
New York. His wife bore the maiden name 



of Phoebe Hart. To Mr. and Mrs. Chand- 
ler were born two sons, — Merritt, a lumber- 
man, and William. 

The latter spent his youth on his father's 
farm working in the fields and becoming 
familiar with all the duties that commonly 
fall to the lot of the agriculturist. It was a 
good training school for after life and gave 
him a physical development which is always 
needed. At the age of seventeen he left his 
parental home and went to Indianapolis, 
Indiana, where he secured a clerkship in a 
mercantile establishment. Later on he was 
proprietor of a wholesale paper house in that 
city, but in 1870 disposed of his business in- 
terests there and removed to Muncie, In- 
diana, where he established the Muncie 
Telegraph, a Republican paper, which he 
edited for two years, when he sold out and 
returned to Michigan. Here he was again 
engaged in newspaper work, editing the 
Adrian Times for three years. On the ex- 
piration of that period he took up his resi- 
dence in Cheboygan, Michigan, and founded 
the Cheboygan Tribune, which he owned 
until 1884, although in the meantime he 
had taken up his residence in Sault de Ste. 
Marie. 

Mr. Chandler came to this city in May, 
1877, as collector of tolls on the canal, 
when that water-way was under State con- 
trol. He became one of the first superin- 
tendents after the United States took pos- 
session of the canal and was in the Govern- 
ment service until 1885, discharging his 
duties with promptness and fidelity. He 
has been prominently connected with many 
industries and enterprises of that city, tak- 
ing an active part in commercial affairs. 
He was a prime mover in the Sault de Ste. 
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April, 1892, and making that concern one 
of the leading financial institutions of the 
county. In 1879 he established the Soo 
News, a leading Republican paper, now the 
foremost party organ on the Peninsula. In 
1883 he admitted Charles H. Chapman to a 
partnership in the business, and they con- 
tinued the successful publication of that 
paper until 1886, when the plant was sold to 
C. S. Osborn, the present proprietor. Mr. 
Chandler was very successful in his journal- 
istic work, an able and fluent writer, enter- 
taining and instructive, and his paper there- 
fore won a liberal and well deserved patron- 
age. 

Mr. Chandler originated the St. Mary's 
Falls Water Power Company, secured the 
right of way and has been connected with 
it since its inception. He was also instru- 
mental in forming the Chandler & Dunbar 
Water Power Company in 1892, capitalized 
at $150,000, and the present officers are 
William Chandler, president; H. T. Dun- 
bar, vice president, and P. M. Church, sec- 
retary. Mr. Chandler is also vice president 
of the Edison Soo Light Company, is a di- 
rector in the Soo Savings Bank, a large real- 
estate owner in the city, and is recognized 
as one of the best business men on the 
Upper Peninsula. He carries forward to a 
successful completion whatever he under- 
takes, for he possesses energy, enter- 
prise and strong determination. His pros- 
perity has come to him entirely through his 
own efforts, and he therefore deserves great 
credit, for when he left home at the age of 
seventeen to make his own way in the world 
he had no capital save a resolute purpose 
to make the best of his opportunities and a 
young man's bright hope of the future. 

In Sault de Ste. Marie Mr. Chandler 
was united in marriage with Miss Cata Oren, 



a sister of Attorney Horace Mann Oren, of 
this city, and their union has been blessed 
with two children, — Thomas, aged seven, 
and Paulina, a little maiden of three sum- 
mers. Their beautiful home is situated on 
one of the finest building sites in this part 
of the State, standing on what is known as 
Chandler's Hill, — a bluff which commands a 
fine view of the city, St. Mary's river, the 
locks, the rapids and into the Queen's do- 
minion beyond. 



*Y— ' A. HARRISON, the leading jeweler 
|f\ of Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, 
M. . r ^nd a young man of much promise 
in the affairs of this locality, 
opened a little shop and store on Water 
street about March 2, 1887, and thence- 
forward was to be numbered among the 
business men of the "Soo." For a time 
his business was mainly along the line of 
repair work, which he did himself, but he 
grew gradually into a good trade in silver- 
ware and jewelry and later on added station- 
ery. He was located on Portage street for 
several years, and in May, 1 894, occupied his 
present commodious quarters at No. 70 
Ashmun street. 

Mr. Harrison was born near Whitby, 
Ontario, Canada, October 2, 1868. He 
attended public schools until twelve years of 
age, when he entered on his apprenticeship 
as a jeweler with G. M. Van Valkenburg, in 
Forest, Ontario. He was a proficient work- 
man in four years and secured employment 
in Glencoe, remaining there one year; was 
with Ryrie Brothers in Toronto nearly a 
year; was next in Marine City; and before 
coming to his present location was in Detroit 
with Traub Brothers. 

Mr. Harrison's father, H. W. Harrison, 



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is a lumberman in British Columbia. He 
was born in Ontario fifty years ago. He 
married a Miss Meaker, a native of New 
York, and their children are H. A. , May, 
W. R. , Lena, and Aubrey, the last three 
named being in Donald, British Columbia. 

H. A. Harrison was married at Sault 
Sainte Marie, July 6, 1890, to Phoebe Lip- 
sett, a native of Menford, Gray county, 
Canada, and a daughter of Francis Lipsett. 
Their children are Bernice and Russell. 

He is a Mason and a Knight of Pythias. 



aHARLES J. CARLSON is a self- 
made man, who has won success in 
business and gained for .himself an 
honorable place in commercial cir- 
cles. Gifts of money, judiciously expended, 
may add to the beauty and attractive ap- 
pearance of a town, but the advancement 
and upbuilding of a city are due to its wide- 
awake, progressive business men, who, 
through the establishment of enterprises, 
promote commercial activity and thus add 
to the material welfare of the community. 
Mr. Carlson, at the head of a leading jewelry 
establishment, belongs to this class, and we 
therefore take pleasure in presenting to our 
readers a record of his life, knowing him 
worthy of representation in a volume devot- 
ed to the prominent men of the northern 
peninsula. 

A Scandinavian, he was born in the 
city of Skeninge, Ostergotland, Sweden, on 
the 28th of January, 1862. His parents are 
still living in their native land, also the 
other members of the family, including Nels 
P., Anna Matilda, and Huldah Christina, 
who are still under the parental roof. 

Charles J. Carlson is the only one who 
has sought a home in America. He first 



came to this country when a youth of four- 
teen years to visit friends in Kansas. He 
determined to remain in the United States 
and began a search for employment, which 
he soon found. In Sweden he had learned 
the trade of watchmaking and jewelry repair- 
ing, beginnmg that work when only nine 
years of age. He first came to Escanaba in 
1 88 1, and here established himself in the 
jewelry business, which he carried on for a 
period of five years. He then sold out pre- 
paratory to returning to the land of his birth. 
Again crossing the Atlantic, in 1886, he 
spent seven weeks in visiting his family, re- 
newing the acquaintances of his youth and 
looking once more upon the scenes among 
which his childhood was passed. 

The New World, however, was his 
chosen place of residence, and again bidding 
adieu to his relatives he sailed for New 
York. He spent considerable time in travel 
before making a permanent location, going 
from the East to the West. He visited Nev/ 
York, Connecticut, Massachusetts and other 
New England States, also Wyoming, Utah 
and other points in the West, but Escanaba 
suited him as a place of business, and he 
again took up his residence here. He was 
soon established in his old line of trade, and 
now has a large, neat and tasteful store, 
well equipped with everything found in a first- 
class establishment of this kind. He car- 
ries a large line of jewelry, watches, clocks, 
stringed musical instruments, etc., does a 
general line of repairing and has an enviable 
reputation for fine work. He has carefully 
attended to all the details of his business, 
has been industrious and diligent, and herein 
lies the secret of his success. 

On the 2 1st of April, 1893, in Chicago, 
Mr. Carlson led to the marriage altar Miss 
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lish parentage, her mother being a native of 
England. They have a pleasant home in 
Escanaba and have gained many warm 
friends, — their friendship being prized most 
by those who know them best. 

Mr. Carlson is a member of the Inde- 
pendent Order of Odd Fellows and the Uni- 
form Rank, is also connected with the 
Knights of Pythias and the Knights of the 
Maccabees. He has always voted for the men 
and measures of the Republican party, and 
is a warm advocate of its principles. He 
has studied the political situations of the 
country and his support is a matter of con- 
viction. He is a splendid type of physical 
manhood. Of large brain and kindly heart, 
he is interesting and instructive in conversa- 
tion, courteous and genial in deportment and 
affable and agreeable at all times. 



aOLONEL JOHN CLARK VAN 
DUZER is the editor and publisher 
of the Iron Port, a leading Repub- 
lican journal published at Esca- 
naba, Michigan. His life has been largely 
devoted to public service. When a young 
man he entered the employ of the Govern- 
ment, and now, in his capacity as editor, he 
is laboring for the public welfare and devotes 
himself to the best interests of the com- 
munity with an unselfishness that is widely 
recognized. 

He is numbered among the native sons 
of the Empire State, born in Erie county. 
New York, on the 30th of August, 1827. 
His parents, William and Hannah (Clark) 
Van Duzer, were both born in the year 1800, 
although their birth-places were manj' miles 
apart, the former being a native of Orange 
county. New York, and the latter of Wind- 
ham county, Connecticut. Both died at 



Silver Creek, Chautauqua county. New 
York, the father at the age of forty-three, 
the mother at the age of si.\ty-four. In 
their family were three sons and three 
daughters: Mrs. Maria Carrier, a resident 
of Silver Creek; Laura, who after her 
father's death supported and cared for her 
mother, and died in 1890; John Clark, of 
this sketch; Ashley M., who has spent his 
life in telegraph work and is now living in 
Cleveland, Ohio; Sophia Elizabeth, wife of 
Azariah Smith, who is living in Boston, 
Massachusetts; William, who for forty years 
has been a locomotive engineer in the em- 
ploy of one railroad company and is now 
living in Silver Creek, New York. 

In the common schools of that place the 
Colonel acquired his education, and at an 
early age began learning the printer's trade in 
Utica, New York. He was afterward em- 
ployed in a similar capacity in New Haven, 
Connecticut, and took a course in telegraphy 
on the first line established west of Buffalo, 
New York. For a time he served as an 
operator with the New York & Erie Rail- 
road, and then went to Tennessee as oper- 
ator and train dispatcher, but the breaking 
out of the Rebellion soon ended his labors 
in that direction. 

When the war-cloud burst upon the 
country and all was turmoil in the South, 
he returned to Illinois and entered the mili- 
tary service of the United States in the ca- 
pacity of a telegraph operator and builder 
with the military rank of Captain and 
Assistant Quartermaster. Thus he served 
throughout the entire Rebellion, and at the 
close was promoted to the rank of Lieuten- 
ant Colonel. Though he did not march 
with the great divisions of the army, his 
duties were no less arduous, and frequently 
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the men who met the enemy face to face on 
the field of battle. While engaged in con- 
structing telegraph lines he was frequently 
fired upon by concealed enemies, and was 
unable to return the fire. On one occasion 
during a battle he was called into active 
service as a bearer of dispatches, having to 
pass from one part of the field to another 
over a route on which the rebel lead fell 
thick and fast. Though his position would 
have relieved him from this task, he never- 
theless undertook it and the messages 
safely reached their destination, although 
the bearer while returning was wounded. 
On two other occasions he was wounded, 
but continued at the front until there was 
no more need of his services, for the rebell- 
ion had been subjugated. He now has in 
his possession a much prized letter from 
General Sherman, commending him for his 
valuable and well-performed services. His 
position was such as to bring him in contact 
with many of the commanding generals. 

Upon the close of the war Colonel Van 
Duzer entered the United States Signal 
Service, with which he was connected until 
1879, being employed from the Gulf to the 
Great Lakes, building telegraph lines and 
establishing stations. On the 23d of June, 
1879, he came to Escanaba and purchased 
the Iron Port, of which he was sole pro- 
prietor until 1 89 1, when he admitted to 
partnership L. A. Gates. These gentle- 
men take great pride in making the Port 
one of the best papers in the State and have 
succeeded in their undertaking. The paper 
is a bright and interesting journal, devoted 
to public affairs and local interests, and is 
an able advocate of Republicanism. Its 
political colors are unmistakable, and effect- 
ive service for the party has been rendered 
by this publication. Mr. Van Duzer is a 



racy, fluent and forcible writer and a man 
of wide general information, which he has 
quired largely through his own efforts. 

In 1848 the Colonel led to the marriage 
altar in New Haven, Connecticut, Miss La- 
vinia Olive Norton, a native of the Nutmeg 
State, and to whom have been born the fol- 
lowing children: Ada, who died in infancy; 
Alida, who married Edwin D. Marshall, a 
resident of Clermont county, Ohio; Ashley 
M., who died in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1881; 
Aristine V., widow of A. H. Longley, a 
resident of Escanaba; and William N., who is 
married and makes his home in Escanaba. 
In 1870 the Colonel was called upon to 
mourn the loss of his wife, who died in Cin- 
cinnati, leaving a wide circle of warm 
friends, who had for her the highest regard. 



aONRAD EIFLER, manufacturer of 
cigars and dealer in tobacco and 
smokers' supplies, Escanaba, Mich- 
igan, dates his birth at Milwaukee, 
Wisconsin, February 26, 1859. 

His parents, Bernard and Genevieve 
(Bercke) Eifler, are natives of Europe, the 
father born in Sa.xony in 1S25, and the 
mother in Austria in 1827, and they were 
married in Russia. Of their family, we 
record that three — Raymond, Edward and 
Paulina — were born in Germany; and four 
— Adolph, Robert, Alvina and Conrad — in 
Milwaukee. The father was a weaver in the 
old country, but after coming to America 
followed the trade of cooper. He is now 
living retired in Milwaukee, where he owns 
a handsome property. 

Conrad Eifler began an apprenticeship 
to the cigar-maker's trade in Milwaukee in 
1872, and has followed this business ever 
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1888, and devoted his time exclusively to 
the manufacture of cigars until 1894, since 
which time he has also conducted a retail 
store, handling all kinds of tobacco, pipes, 
etc. He sells all his manufactured goods in 
this city; has an excellent business location 
and a fine trade. 

Mr. Eifler was married in Milwaukee 
June 2, 1888, to Mary, daughter of Chris- 
topher and Wilhelmina Brennecke, natives 
of Germany. Mrs. Eifler is the third in 
their family of four children. She was 
born in Milwaukee April 18, 1861, and was 
a widow with one child at the time she met 
Mr. Eifler. They have two children: Viola, 
born May 5, 1890; and Elsie, February 26, 
1893; and Mrs. Eifler's child by her former 
husband is known as Lillie Eifler. The 
last named was born in 1880. 

Mr. Eifler is a member of the A. O. U. 
W. , the German Aid Society and the Cigar 
Makers" Union. Politically, he is independ- 
ent in his views. 



BRANK SHEEDLO needs no special 
introduction to the readers of this 
volume, for he is numbered among 
the leading business men of Es- 
canaba. His residence here is of compara 
tively short duration, but in his line of trade 
he has taken a foremost place, for his name 
is a synonym for honorable business deal- 
ing, and the goods which he carries are of 
the best grades. He is the senior member 
of the firm of Sheedlo & Sons, dealers in 
harness, saddlery and vehicles, and a liberal 
patronage is enjoyed by the company. 

Mr. Sheedlo was born in Austria, on the 
28th of October, 1838, and is a son of John 
and Katie (Ceshka) Sheedlo, who spent their 
entire lives in that land, the father depart- 



ing this life in 1862, while the mother sur- 
vived him until 1871. In the land of his 
birth Frank Sheedlo spent the days of his 
boyhood and youth, living at home and at- 
tending the common schools of the neigh- 
borhood. He learned the harness-maker's 
trade and has since followed it as a means 
of livelihood, his expert workmanship bring- 
ing to him success. 

In 1863 he was united in marriage with 
Miss Mary Fanfela, who was born in Austria 
in 1833. They traveled life's journey to- 
gether for thirty-one years when the wife 
was called to her final rest, her death oc- 
curring in Escanaba on the 19th of January, 
1894. Four children were born to them in 
Austria and four after their arrival in Amer- 
ica. They are as follows: Frank, who was 
married August 18, 1892, in Garden Bay, 
Michigan, to Miss Agnes Fountain, by whom 
he had three children, — Mary Hildah, now 
living, and twins, deceased; Mary, the 
next of the family, died in infancy; John is 
working in his father's shop; Edward died 
in New York; Amelia, Mary, Theodore and 
Rosa, — all at home. 

While still in Austria Mr. Sheedlo served 
his country in the army for ten years, three 
months and twenty-one days. He was 
actively engaged in the war between Italy 
and France on the one hand and Austria on 
the other in 1859, and in 1866 participated 
in the war waged by Germany and Italy 
against Austria. He was wounded in the 
left leg in 1859. Always found at his post 
of duty, he was ever faithful to the service 
entrusted to him and was a loyal and true 
soldier. For six years he held the rank of 
Corporal. 

In 1 87 1 Mr. Sheedlo bade adieu to friends 
and native land and with his family sailed 
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New York city, where he hved for a year, 
and then removed to Green Bay, Wisconsin, 
where the succeeding four years of his life 
were passed, working at his trade. Michigan 
then became his home, and for five years he 
hved in Fayette, after which he went to 
Garden Bay, where he engaged in harness- 
making for about nine years, on the expira- 
tion of which period, in 1892, he came to Es- 
canaba. He has since built up a fine busi- 
ness here in the line of harness, saddlery 
and vehicles of all kinds, and is extensively 
engaged in the manufacture of heavy har- 
ness, the superiority of his goods insuring a 
ready sale on the market. The successful 
business man must possess not only dis- 
crimination, perseverance and enterprise, but 
must have the tact to meet all classes of 
people with their various and varied tastes. 
This has Mr. Sheedlo, and through his 
business dealings he has won many friends, 
who esteem him highly for his sterling worth. 
In politics he is independent, and in relig- 
ious belief he and his family are Roman 
Catholics. 



^V^ETER OLSON, proprietor of a 
1l m leading merchant-tailoring estab- 
M lishment and dealer in gents' fur- 

nishing goods at No. 801 Luding- 
ton street, Escanaba, was born in Sweden 
on the 13th of April, 1862. His parents. 
Swan and Ingeborg Olson, are still living in 
their native land. They have a family of 
seven living children, three sons and four 
daughters, but four of the number have never 
crossed the water. Those who reside in 
America are Peter, of this sketch; Olaf, and 
Mrs. Brita Paulson, who is now living in 
Minnesota. 

Under the parental roof Peter Olson 



spent his boyhood days, remaining in his 
native land until twenty years of age, when, 
accompanied by his brother, Olaf Wekain, 
he sailed for the New World. Soon after 
his arrival in the United States he took up 
his residence in Escanaba, Michigan, where 
he worked on the tailor's bench for five 
years, when, with the capital he had ac- 
quired through persevering efforts, he was 
enabled to establish a business of his own. 
This he did, and many who had known his 
work previously became his patrons, and he 
soon secured a good trade. He was prospering 
in 1890, when his store was destroyed by 
fire. Much of his stock, however, was 
covered with insurance, and he immediately 
began business again at his present stand, 
where he carries a complete line of staple 
furnishing goods of the latest and most ap- 
proved styles, and also does an extensive 
business as a merchant tailor. He learned 
his trade in his native land, and as the years 
have passed he has kept fully abreast with 
the times, so that he now has one of the 
leading establishments in Escanaba. He 
uses the most modern systems of cutting 
and fitting and employs only first-class 
workmen. 

On the 8th of November, 1882, Mr. 
Olson was united in marriage with Miss 
Mary Peterson, a native of Sweden. They 
have a family of four children, as follows: 
Roland Gottfried, John Edwin, Ida Victoria 
and Clarence Williard. The family circle 
yet remains unbroken, and three of the chil- 
dren are now attending school. 

In his political views Mr. Olson is a Re- 
publican, and is now serving his second 
term as a member of the Board of Educa- 
tion of Escanaba. Schools find in him a 
friend, for he believes education to be one 
of the most important factors in insuring 




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good government and also in securing suc- 
cess in business life. In the spring of 1895 
he was elected to represent the Third Ward 
in the City Council. Socially he is con- 
nected with the Knights of Pythias lodge, 
the Odd Fellows society and the Knights of 
the Maccrd;ees, an honored member of all. 
Both he and his estimable wife hold mem- 
bership in the Swedish Lutheran Church of 
Escanaba. Mr. Olson came to this country 
empty-handed, but resolved that he would 
win prosperity. The spirit of self-help is 
the source of all genuine worth in the indi- 
vidual and is the means of bringing to man 
success when he has no advantages of 
wealth or influence to aid him. It illus- 
trates in no uncertain manner what it is 
possible to accomplish when perseverance 
and determination form the kej'note to a 
man's life. This spirit has not failed him 
as the years have passed, and he is now 
numbered among the substantial Swedish- 
American citizens of Escanaba. 




I HE RIGHT REVEREND JOHN 
VERTIN, D. D., the third bishop 

of Marquette and Sault de Ste. 

Marie, and one of the most cul- 
tured and .scholarly gentlemen of the church 
of Rome li\ing in Michigan, was born on 
the 17th (if July, 1844, in Doblice, Car- 
niola, Austria, and, after pursuing a pre- 
paratory and collegiate course of study in 
his native country, came to the United 
States, and on the 7th of July, 1863, being 
then a young man of eighteen years. His 
father, whose mercantile affairs brought 
him across the Atlantic, placed his son 
under the care of the great Bishop Baraga. 
That prelate received the pious youth into 
his diocese and sent him to the salesianum 



to complete his theological studies, and 
Archbishop Henni conferred upon him minor 
orders in 1865. On the 31st of August, 
of the succeeding year, he was ordained 
the first priest by Bishop Baraga, and was 
the last one upon whom the eminent Bishop 
ever conferred holy orders. 

The young priest was placed in charge 
of the mission church at Houghton, where 
he remained for five years, after which he 
spent a period of eight years among the 
Catholics of Negaunee, both difficult mis- 
sions, the congregations being composed of 
people of different nationalities, some speak- 
ing English, some German and some French. 
On the resignation of Bishop Mrak, the 
bishops of the province sent to Rome the 
name of Right Reverend Dr. Vertin as his 
successor, and he was consecrated to the 
holy office by Archbishop Heiss, who was 
assisted by Bishops Borgess, of Detroit, 
and Spaulding, of Peoria. On the 14th of 
September, 1879, he was thus honored, and 
his parents, who settled at Hancock, Michi- 
gan, lived to see the exaltation of their son. 
The diocese has prospered under his admin- 
istration, and in 1894 it was estimated that 
the white membership was 67,000, in addi- 
tion to which there were between 2,000 
and 3,000 Indians. Si.Kty priests labor 
under his care, in charge of fifty churches 
and chapels, as well as seventy-one depart- 
ment stations. Sisters of St. Joseph's School 
of Notre Dame and of the Immaculate 
Heart of Mary have the supervision of the 
academies, schools and an orphan asylum, 
and the work is carried on in a sj'stematic 
manner and is in a thri\ing condition. 
Bishop Vertin has built St. Peter's Cathe- 
dral at Marquette, which is one of the finest 
houses of worship on the Upper Peninsula. 
He has labored l<jng and earnestiv and his 



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duties have been arduous, but the results 
of his labors can partially be seen in the 
cathedral which he has built and in the 
many churches he has established. 

There is probably no man that is better 
known throughout the diocese than Bishop 
Vertin. In manner he is gentle and kindly, 
in disposition is sympathetic and true, and is 
a man of broad general information as well 
of extended knowledge in matters of church 
history. He is a public-spirited citizen, in- 
terested in what pertains to the welfare of 
the community, and is honored and es- 
teemed alike by people of his own denomi- 
nation and those of other churches. 



eDWARD DONOVAN, wholesale 
and retail dealer in coal, flour, feed, 
grain and hay in Escanaba, was 
born in St. John, New Brunswick, 
August 28, 1849, and is the youngest in a 
family of five children, whose parents were 
Michael and Catherine (Wren) Donovan, 
both of whom were natives of Ireland and 
in childhood came to the New World. 
They were married in New Brunswick, and 
there spent their remaining days, both hav- 
ing now passed away. Their children were 
as follows: William, who was married and 
died in middle h'fe, leaving a family; James, 
who is married and carries on farming in 
New Brunswick; Mary, wife of George 
Kane, who is proprietor of a meat market in 
New Brunswick; and one who died in infancy. 
In the country of his birth Edward Don- 
ovan spent the days of his boyhood and 
youth, no event of special importance occur- 
ring within that period. He acquired his 
education in the public schools, and in 1872, 
when twenty-three years of age, started 
South, going to New Orleans, Louisiana. 



In the Crescent City he worked at whatever 
he could find to do that would yield him an 
honest living, spending several months in 
that locality. In April, 1873, he made his 
way to Chicago, and thence went at once by 
rail to Delta county, Michigan, where he 
entered into a contract with the Ford River 
Lumber Company, remaining in their em- 
ploy for nine years, having charge of the 
stables and stock, — occupying the position 
which is known to the parlance of the lum- 
ber camps as " barn boss. 

In 1882 Mr. Donovan left the employ of 
the company with which he had so long re- 
mained and came to Escanaba, where he 
began business on his own account as a 
dealer in flour, feed, hay and grain. The 
capital which enabled him to start in this 
enterprise he had saved from his earnings m 
the previous nine years. Almost from the 
beginning he received a liberal patronage, 
and his trade steadily increased. To his 
other business he added coal dealing in 
1893, and both branches of trade are prov- 
ing profitable ones to him. He employs 
three men, besides giving his personal super- 
vision to the business, and in the manage- 
ment of his affairs he displays excellent ex- 
ecutive ability. Industry and perseverance 
are numbered among his leading character- 
istics, and to those qualities his success is 
largely due. He may truly be called a self- 
made man, for he started out in life for him- 
self empty-handed, having nothing but a 
young man's bright hope of the future and a 
determination to succeed to serve him as 
capital. He is now at the head of a paying 
business and enjoying a well-merited success. 

In 1878 Mr. Donovan was married, in 
Portage county, Wisconsin, to Miss Mary 
Jane Cannon, a resident of that county 
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faith he is a Democrat, and in rehgious 
behef is a Roman Cathohc, belonging to 
St. Joseph's Cathohc Church of Escanaba. 



jV^^EIL C. GALLAGHER, who is 
1 \ successfully engaged in the grocery 
\ ^ business in Escanaba, is one of the 
worthy citizens that the Emerald 
Isle has furnished to the northern peninsula. 
He 'vas born in county Donegal, Ireland, 
on the 22d of June, 1859, and is one of a 
family of nine children, whose parents were 
Neil and Cicely Gallagher. The family cir- 
cle yet remains unbroken by the hand of 
death, four of the children living in this 
country, while five are still with their 
parents in the land of their nativity. They 
are as follows: Annie, wife of Charles Mc- 
Fadden, a resident of Ireland; Owen, who 
is married and makes his home in the same 
place; Alice, who makes her home with her 
parents; Tull}', who is located in Escanaba, 
Michigan; Bridget, who is also married and 
lives in Ireland; Julia, at home; Neil C, 
whose name heads this review; Charles, and 
Grace, who are residents of Escanaba, the 
latter keeping house for our subject, with 
whom two brothers also reside. 

The public schools of his native land af- 
forded Mr. Gallagher his educational priv- 
ileges, and the days of his boyhood and 
youth were passed there, but when he had 
attained to man's estate he determined to 
try his fortune in America, and accordingly 
bade adieu to home and friends and sailed 
for New York. He has never had occasion 
to regret the fact that he carried out his 
resolution, for here he has prospered and 
has made for himself a place among the 
leading business men of his adopted cit)'. 
He made his first location in Allentown, 



Pennsylvania, where he was employed in a 
rolling mill for a j'ear. 

The West with its broad resources then 
attracted him and he made his way to Mon- 
tana, working in the mines near Butte City 
for about twelve months. His next place 
of residence was in Idaho, where he en- 
gaged in railroading for two years, then fol- 
lowed the same in British Columbia for 
eighteen months. Returning to the United 
States, he next went to Arizona, where he 
spent five j'ears in the mines. In the school 
of experience he was learning valuable les- 
sons and gaining a knowledge of men and 
customs which he could acquire in no other 
way; but, wishing for a school drill in com- 
mercial studies, he went to San Francisco 
and took a course in a business college of 
that cit}'. In 1891 he left the Golden Gate 
and came to Escanaba. He had traveled 
quite extensively and his training was im- 
portant. It has taught him to know people 
and how to deal with them, and he has also 
gained an interesting fund of information 
and anecdote which makes him an enter- 
taining conversationalist. 

On coming to Escanaba Mr. Gallagher 
opened a grocery store and now carries a 
full line of general and fancy groceries, pro- 
visions, crockery and queenswai^e. He also 
has a flour and feed store, buying and sell- 
ing all kinds of grain, feed, hay, etc. He 
has built up an excellent trade among the 
substantial citizens of the community, and 
his business, well managed, is constantly 
increasing and yields to him a good income. 
He scorns not to give his attention to the 
details of his business, and this fact has 
probably been an important factor in winning 
him success. 

In his religious connections Mr. Gal- 
lagher is a Roman Catholic, wliilc in poli- 



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tics he is independent, not bound by any 
party ties, but free to support the man 
whom he thinks best qualified for office. 
Socially, he is interested in the Ancient Or- 
der of Hibernians. In the conmiunity he 
has a wide acquaintance and is known not 
only as a leading merchant but is a popu- 
lar gentleman whose friends are many. 



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ISS NANCY RODGER, M. D., 

is a successful physician and sur- 
geon of Escanaba. It is almost 
within the last quarter of a cen- 
tury that women have found a place in pro- 
fessional circles. Formerly the schoolroom 
was almost her only field of labor, but now, 
rapidly and surely, she is gaining a foremost 
position in the ranks of the learned profes- 
sions, and the sterner sex find it an effort to 
keep up with her almost marvelous progress. 
It seems that woman is especially fitted for 
the practice of medicine, for, equal in men- 
tal capacity, she has a delicacy of touch and 
of feeling and a sympathetic temperament 
which the opposite sex often lack or have in 
a lesser degree. It is a matter of fact that 
many of the ladies who have taken up the 
practice of medicine have won the most 
brilliant successes, and thus it will probably 
be with Dr. Rodger. 

She is a native of Bellwood, Ontario, 
Canada, and is a daughter of William and 
Barbara (Gerrie) Rodger. Her father was 
a farmer by occupation and died in 1890. 
The daughter acquired her elementary edu- 
cation in the public schools and then entered 
the high school of Fergus, Ontario. When 
her literary education was completed and 
she had made her choice of a life work, she 
entered the Woman's Medical College at 
Toronto, now called the Ontario Medical 



College for Women; the degree of M. D. C. 
M. was conferred upon her by Trinity Uni- 
versity of Toronto in April, 1894. In July 
following she came to Escanaba, opened an 
office, and in this short period has built up 
a practice among the leading and substan- 
tial citizens of the town. She is a young 
lady of fine personal appearance, liberally 
educated and eminently fitted for the life 
work she has chosen, and we predict for her 
a prosperous career. 



KORACE I. BENTON.— In olden 
times the history of a country con- 
sisted of a series of wars, — of con- 
tests with other countries or peo- 
ples, — but to-day the record of a country is 
best told in the lives of its business men. 
With the passing of the age in which 
everything of dispute was settled by war, 
commercial interests have developed and 
the controllers of a community are its 
enterprising, energetic business men. To 
this class belongs the gentleman whose 
name heads this record, and among the 
representative citizens of the northern pen- 
insula he well deserves mention. 

Mr. Benton is a native of Sublette, Lee 
county, Illinois, born February 9, 1856. 
His parents, Horatio and Louisa (Partridge) 
Benton, were both natives of Massachusetts 
and in an early day emigrated westward. 
His father died in Denver, Colorado, in 
1892, but his mother is now living in the 
State of her nativity. In the family were 
seven children, — four sons and three daugh- 
ters, namely: Arthur H., who is engaged 
in the manufacture of bicycles in Chicopee 
Falls, Massachusetts; Melissa, wife of A. H. 
Overman, of Springfield, Massachusetts; 
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located at Newton Center, Massachusetts; 
Nettie L., deceased; Horace I., of this 
sketch, and two sons who died in early 
childhood. 

Resuming the personal history of Horace 
I. Benton, we note that his education was 
begun in the common schools of his native 
town and continued in the State Normal 
School of Normal, Illinois. Later he began 
teaching and successfully followed that pro- 
fession for a period of about four years. In 
1877 he went to Newton, Kansas, where he 
purchased school lands and for about four 
years engaged in fanning. He then sold 
his farm and engaged in the sheep business, 
owning a ranch in Hodgeman county, Kan- 
sas, on which he had about 6,000 sheep. 
On account of changes in the tariff this 
enterprise was render.ed unprofitable and he 
abandoned it, becoming a candidate for the 
office of Register of Deeds on the Repub- 
lican ticket. He was elected for a term of 
two years, and so acceptably did he fill the 
position that on the expiration of that period 
he was chosen his own successor. In 1889 
he resigned and moved to Michigan, Escan- 
aba thereby gaining one of its valued citi- 
zens. He has since been engaged in the 
real-estate and loan business as a member 
of the firm of Northup & Benton, and is 
doing a good business. 

In the year 1876 was celebrated the mar- 
riage of Mr. Benton and Miss Rose B. Nor- 
thup, daughter of William R. Northup, one 
of the prominent and influential men of 
Escanaba. Their union has been blessed 
with a family of two children, — Ina Mary 
and Harold Northup. 

Mr. Benton is a member of the Masonic 
lodge of Escanaba, and in his political 
sentiments is a Republican, who warmly 
advocates the party principles. Most of his 



time and attention, however, is given to his 
business interests, and he is accounted one 
of the straightforward, honorable and ener- 
getic businessmen of the city. 



BRANK G. FERNSTRUM, propri- 
etor of the Menominee Boiler 
Works, was born in Sweden, May 
II, 1 844, where he was reared and 
educated, and also learned the boiler- 
maker's trade. He came to America in 
1869, landing in New York city July 3 of 
that year. He then went to Chicago, Illi- 
nois, afterward spent six months in Aurora, 
that State, and in 1869 removed to Mari- 
nette, Wisconsin. Since 1882 Mr. Fern- 
strum has resided in Menominee. In the 
year 1873 L. Young and D. M. Burns or- 
ganized the Menominee Boiler Works, man- 
ufacturing steam boilers. Mr. Young after- 
ward purchased Burns' interest in the firm, 
and continued the business alone until 1882, 
when Mr. Fernstrum became a partner. 
After Mr. Young's death in 1886, our sub- 
ject continued the business, and in 1887 he 
purchased Mr. Young's interest and took in 
C. J. Fred as a partner, the firm being then 
known as Fernstrum & Fred until January 
17, 1895; s^T^ since that time the business 
has been carried on under the firm name of 
F. G. Fernstrum. The works supply the 
home demand within a radius of 150 miles, 
and give employment to from sixteen to 
twenty-eight men. It is one of the oldest 
institutions in Menominee. In addition to 
this large business Mr. Fernstrum is also a 
stockholder in the Menominee Iron Works. 
In 1869 he was united in marriage with 
Christiana Carolina Lagergren, a native of 
Sweden. They have eight children living, 
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Carrie J., Robert G., Herbert W. and Al- 
bert B. The family are members of the 
Swedish Lutheran Church, in which Mr. 
Fernstrum is an official. In his political 
relations he allies himself with the Repub- 
lican part}-. 



aOLONEL FRED S. NORCROSS, 
a member of the well-known busi- 
ness firm of Dunning Brothers & 
Company, at Menominee, is a 
native of Bangor, Maine. His father, 
Colonel Israel B. Norcross, a native of Jack- 
son, that State, commanded the Second 
Maine Regiment of Volunteers before the 
late war, and during the war was appointed 
Special Inspector of the militia by the Gov- 
ernor, and in other ways also was a prom- 
inent military man of that State. He now 
lives at Saginaw (east side), Michigan, aged 
seventy-eight years, and is a well preserved 
man. 

The mother of Col. Norcross, whose 
name before marriage was Irene Dunning, was 
also a native of the Pine Tree State, and a 
sister of Alonzo Dunning, of this city. Her 
father was captain of a military company at 
Charleston, Maine. 

The only child in the above family, the 
subject of this sketch, was born March 
27, 1849, and educated at Bangor and at 
a Quaker seminary at Vassalboro, that 
State. In 1870 he came West, locating in 
Saginaw, Michigan, and engaging in work 
for C. K. Eddy until 1871; next he was 
clerk at the Bancroft House for nine years 
and in a similar situation at the Lansing 
House, at Lansing, this State, for three 
years, when, in 18S1, he came to Menomi- 
nee, where he was proprietor of the First 
National Hotel. The next year he opened 



the S. M. Stephenson Hotel as its manager. 
He continued there eight years, when he 
formed his present partnership. 

In October, 1873, the Colonel married 
Miss Adda M. Knowles, of East Corinth, 
Maine, a daughter of James and Olive J. 
(Robinson) Knowles. Her mother was a 
daughter of Captain Bradbury Robinson, of 
East Corinth, Maine, but a native of New 
Hampshire. Mrs. Norcross was born No- 
vember I, 185 1, and educated at an acad- 
emy at East Corinth. The Colonel has but 
one child, — Fred S., Jr. 

The subject of this sketch is a member 
of the blue lodge, chapter and commandery 
of the Masonic order, all at Menominee; 
for two years he was Eminent Com- 
mander, and in the chapter he has always 
held office ever since its organization. He 
is also a member of the Mystic Shrine at 
Grand Rapids, Michigan, of the K. of P. at 
Saginaw, where he was for a time Chan- 
cellor Commander of the K. O. T. M. and of 
the Royal Arcanum. For two years he was 
Commander of the K. O. T. M. 

Politically he has been a Republican all 
his life. Being of a military spirit, he once 
started out to organize Company I, Third 
Regiment of Michigan State troops; in 
September, 1S85, was commissioned First 
Lieutenant, and in October following was 
commissioned its Captain. Taking the men 
in hand as men utterly untrained, he 
brought them up to a state of proficiency 
that is seldom equaled. He was Captain of 
the company for four years. He was then 
commissioned Captain and Aid-de-Camp on 
General Charles S. Brown's staff. First 
Michigan Brigade, which position he held 
for two years; then, after a lapse of a few 
years, or until 1893, he was again commis- 
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Board of the State of Michigan, also treasurer 
of the board. He and Colonel William S. 
Green, of Detroit, had charge of all military 
matters in the State. His term expired in 
1895, being mustered out January 2, this 
year. His heart and soul are in the 
military. 



BRED K. BAKER, engaged in the 
manufacture of match splints, Me- 
nominee, is a native of Cayuga 
county. New York, of which coun- 
ty his father. Dr. Elijah P. Baker, was also 
a native. The latter was the son of Dr. 
Abel Baker, who was the son of Louis 
Baker, a soldier in the Revolutionary war 
and a resident of Barnstable, Massachusetts. 
The first family of this stock in America 
settled in this country as early as 1636. 
Dr. Abel Baker was the pioneer ph3'sician 
in Cayuga county, New York, practicing 
there for more than fifty years, and complet- 
ing his earthly days therfe. The maternal 
great-grandfather of the subject of this 
sketch, Elijah Price, was the Colonel of a 
Connecticut regiment in the war of the Rev- 
olution; after that trying period he left Con- 
necticut and became one of the first settlers 
and the first County Judge of Cayuga coun- 
ty. New York. Mr. Baker's mother, whose 
name before marriage was Elizabeth Sping- 
ler, was a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, and a 
daughter of John and Augusta Spingler, 
early settlers upon the site of that city. 
The father, born in 18 19, died in 1893; and 
the mother, born in 1834, died in 1862. 
Dr. Baker was a medical practitioner for 
more than fifty years. Previous to his mar- 
riage to Elizabeth Spingler, he had married 
Miss Austin, and by her had two children, 
— Aurora B. Hoskins, of Auburn, New 



York; and Henry P., of Grand Rapids, 
Michigan. 

Mr. Fred K. Baker, born January 5, 
1 86 1, was reared in his native county end- 
ing his school days at the Cayuga Lake 
Academy. Then he taught school in that 
county, then employed in a bank in his na- 
tive place, and in 1879 went to Kansas City, 
where he sojourned for a time. He next 
went to New York city, where he was con- 
nected with the Mercantile National Bank, 
until 1882, when he came to Michigan 
and entered the Fourth National Bank 
at Grand Rapids, and was engaged there as 
assistant cashier until 1888, when became 
to Menominee and entered the lumber busi- 
ness, as secretary and treasurer of the De- 
troit Lumber Company. In 1893 he left 
that situation and entered into partnership 
with A. W. Clark in the manufacture of 
match splints, for the Diamond Match Com- 
panj', and in this business, for which he is 
well qualified, he is prospering. 

In other relations we may note that he 
is Past Master of Grand River Lodge, No. 
34, F. & A. M., a member of Grand Rapids 
Chapter, No. 7, and the Menominee Com- 
mandery. No. 35, in which he is Captain 
General; he is also a member of Saladin 
Temple, N. M. S., and of DeWitt Clinton 
Consistory, A. A. S. R., at Grand Rapids. 
He is a strong Republican, chairman of the 
county central committee and of the Repub- 
lican central committee for the Thirtieth 
Senatorial District. At present he is a 
member of the City Council. 

In 1886 he married Miss Lynne L. Edie, 
a native of Michigan and a daughter of Dr. 
J. O. Edie, of Grand Rapids, who is an old 
resident of that State. She was born in 
18C4 and educated at the Grand Rapids 
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parents of three daughters, — Laura E., 
Mabel Catherine and an infant jet un- 
named. Mrs Baker is a member of the 
Presbyterian Church. 



BRANCISM. MOORE, of Marquette, 
Michigan, Deputy Clerk of the 
United States Court, was born in 
Auburn, Oakland County, Michi- 
gan, July 6, 1838, and is a son of George 
W. and Mary (Emery) Moore, the former a 
native of New York and the later of Eng- 
land. The father was born September 27, 
1808, and his father was a native of Eng- 
land, while his mother, who bore the 
maiden name of Betsy Barnes, was born in 
Tyrone, Ireland. Throughout his life George 
W. Moore followed farming. He was mar- 
ried in Geneva, New York, October 12, 
1837, and a few years later emigrated with 
his family to Michigan, taking up his resi- 
dence in Auburn, Oakland county. In 1843 
he removed to Romulus, Wayne county, 
this State, and purchased a farm upon which 
he and his estimable wife made their home 
until 1882, now living at Romulus Junction, 
same township. He has reached the very 
advanced age of eighty-seven years, and his 
wife is eighty-three years of age, but both 
are active in body and mind and are hon- 
ored old people whose well spent lives are 
worthy of emulation. Their family numbers 
si.x children, four sons and two daughters, 
namely: Francis M., James E., Eliza M., 
Jasper, George W. and Mary E. 

The gentleman whose name heads this 
record was reared in the usual manner of 
farmer lads, attending the neighboring schools 
and working on the farm during his early 
boj^hood days. Later he attended the union 
schools of Ypsilanti, Michigan, and his first 



independent effort in life was at school- 
teaching, which work he began at the age 
of eighteen, following it for several terms. 
He then learned the carpenter and joiner's 
trade, which he carried on during vacations 
and followed for a period of ten years. 

Mr. Moore first came to Marquette in 
1864, reaching his destination with only $6 
capital, but he was ambitious and enterpris- 
ing and determined that he would win suc- 
cess if it could be gained through earnest 
effort and close application. He at once 
began work for what was then the old Mar- 
quette Railroad Company, and continued 
carpentering for a few years. In the winter 
of 1865-6 he was express messenger for the 
American Express Company between Mar- 
quette and Portage Lake, a distance of over 
one hundred miles with the stage express. 
In the fall of 1866 he returned to his father's 
home, where he continued until 1869, and 
then again came to Marquette, where he re- 
sumed work at the carpenter's trade. While 
engaged in the erection of a building at 
Champion, he met with a serious accident; 
the scaffolding on which he was standing 
giving way, he fell with it and was injured 
severely, and has since been unable to fol- 
low his chosen calling. 

With a resolute purpose and uncon- 
quered industry, as soon as possible he 
sought other employment and became book- 
keeper for the Mining Journal for about a 
year, when he was appointed Deputy County 
Clerk and Register of Deeds, serving in 
that capacity for two and a half years. He 
was next elected to the superior office in 
1872, and re-elected in 1874, serving four 
years. He was elected the first City Treas- 
urer of Marquette in 1871, and in all these 
various offices discharged his duties with a 
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commendation of all concerned. His public 
life was the cause of leading him to take up 
the study of law, and he was admitted to 
the bar in 1878. Soon afterward he formed 
a partnership with E. J. Mapes, which 
existed for a few years. On the 4th of 
February, 1887, he was appointed Deputy 
Clerk of the United States Circuit and Dis- 
trict Courts for the Si.xth Circuit and West- 
ern District of Michigan, Northern Division, 
and has since held that office. For two 
years he has been a member of the School 
Board, and has served in other minor posi- 
tions. He is also a director in the Ropes 
gold mine. 

Mr. Moore was married October i i, 
1873, the lady of his choice being Miss 
Sarah E. Place, who died August i, 1880. 

Mr. Moore is one of the most prominent 
Masons of the country, and in his life 
typifies the bene\'olent and fraternal princi- 
ples on which the ancient order was founded. 
He was made a Master Mason February 8, 
1 86 1, in Myrtle Lodge, No. 89, F. & A. M., 
of Bellville, Michigan; a Royal Arch Mason 
in Marquette Chapter, No. 43, November 
24, 1 87 1 ; became a Knight Templar in Lake 
Superior Commander}', Marquette, Decem- 
ber 13, 1872; joined DeWitt Clinton Con- 
sistory February 6, 1883, in Grand Rapids, 
Michigan, and took the highest, or thirty- 
third degree, in the Supreme Council at 
Boston, Massachusetts, September 18, 1888. 
He has been very prominent in Masonic 
circles, having held all the offlces and honors 
the order could bestow upon him. He is 
the present Grand Senior Warden of the 
Grand Commandery of Michigan, Knight 
Templars, and has been representative to 
the Grand Lodge on many occasions. No 
man in the State of Michigan is better 
known in Masonic circles than Francis M. 



Moore. His life has been a busy and use- 
ful one and an honorable, upright career has 
gained for him the esteem and confidence of 
all with whom he has been brought in con- 
tact. He is one of that class whose friend- 
ship is prized most by those who know him 
best, — a loyal, faithful citizen; and to him 
and to others of similar character the West 
owes much of her present prosperity and 
greatness. 



OG. YOUNGQUIST, physician and 
surgeon, Marquette, was born in 
Plymouth, Michigan, March 9, 
i860, a son of Andrew and Maria 
(Carlson) Youngquist, both natives of 
Sweden, who came across the ocean in a 
small sail-boat, being ten weeks on their 
voyage. Landing at Boston, they came 
direct to Michigan and located at Plymouth, 
where Mr. Youngquist carried on his trade, 
that of tailor. Subsequently he engaged in 
farming, removing to a point near Sparta, in 
Kent county, this State. Purchasing a tract 
of land he proceeded to clear it up and make 
of it a nice farm, which he still occupies. 
He reared seven children to j-ears of matur- 
ity, namely: Mrs. Misner, of Casnovia, this 
State; Hiram A., Dr. Orrin G., Mrs. Far- 
num, of Marquette, Luther, Myrtie, and 
Dr. Otis, of Escanaba, Michigan. 

Dr. Youngquist, the subject of this 
sketch, was brought up on a farm, attend- 
ing the country and village schools in his 
early days, graduating at the high school at 
Lisbon, Michigan, in 1882. He began the 
study of medicine under the instructions of 
a preceptor while employed in a drug store, 
in I 88 1 -2; entered Rush Medical College of 
Chicago, and graduated there in March, 
1886. He began the practice of his profes- 



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sion in Kent City, near his father's home. 
After accumulating a little capital he came 
to Marquette and has since built up a lucra- 
tive business. In 1 890 he was appointed 
prison physician, which position he still 
holds. He is also the Marine Surgeon, 
County Physician, etc., and the assistant 
railroad physician, and medical examiner 
for a number of insurance companies and 
other associations. 

His first marriage took place in 1885, 
when he wedded Miss Ellen Austin, who 
died March 14, 1888, leaving one child, 
Lowell L. June 1 1, 1890, is the date of the 
Doctor's second marriage, this time wedding 
Miss Mary Johnason, of Marquette. 



,>^^ ELS CLIFTON, Judge of the Pro- 
1 \ bate Court, Marquette. — The 
\ y Scandinavian element is the most 
welcome of all in America, since 
the people from that famous peninsula are 
the most sober, industrious and upright of 
all, while as to brain power they are not a 
whit behind the most acute in the world. 
They are capable of taking as heavy respon- 
sibilities and seeing as far into "human 
nature " as any class of people in the world. 
The gentleman whose name introduces 
this sketch is a conspicuous example of the 
class above described. He was born in 
Guldbrandsdalen, Norway, in 1855, a son 
of Engelbright and Anna (Hansen) Clifton, 
who came to Marquette, Michigan, in 1873, 
locating at Ishpeming, Michigan, where the 
father died, in 1882; the mother still resides 
there. They had one son and two daughters. 
The son, our subject, was educated in the 
schools of Norway, and was eighteen years 
of age when he came in emigration with his 



parents to this country. On their way to 
this country they sailed on the steamer City 
of Washington, which vessel was wrecked 
off the coast of Newfoundland, and the 
people on board were picked up by a fisher- 
man's boat, and were on an island for five 
days, subsisting upon hard-tack. They were 
at length picked up from the island by a 
small steamer and taken to Halifax, Nova 
Scotia, where the Clifton family took rail- 
road to Port Huron, and thence came by 
boat to Marquette. 

After arrival here young Clifton attended 
a private school for a few months at Ish- 
peming, in order more especially to famil- 
iarize himself with the English language. 
Next he followed mining for about five 
years, and was then employed as a clerk in 
a dry-goods store at Ishpeming, fo about 
four years; next he embarked in the cloth- 
ing trade, in partnership, under the firm 
name of Nels Clifton & Company, which re- 
lation continued for two years. Then he 
traveled for the Northern Pacific Railroad 
for a year, and next returned to the dry- 
goods trade, for Braastad & Company. 

It was in 1888 that he was elected Pro- 
bate Judge, and in 1892 he was re-elected, 
and thus he filled that office for eight suc- 
cessive years. He is a member of the Ma- 
sonic fraternity, of the order of Knights 
of Pythias and of the Scandinavian Society. 
He is a popular young man and has made 
many friends. 

February 20, 1882, is the date of his 
marriage to Miss Jennis Melby, a native of 
Norway, and he has five sons and one 
daughter, namely: Agnes E., Nels R., 
Chester V., Knut N., Harold M. and 
Lee Q. 

In his political relations Mr. Clifton is a 
Republican. 



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'-|-» E ROY W. MIDLAM, the well and 
I i favorably known Postmaster of 
I^^ Marquette, is a native of Augusta, 
Georgia, born December i, 1839. 
His parents, Francis and Jane A. (Jones) 
Midlam, were natives of Middleham, York- 
shire, England, and New York State. The 
father was about twenty years of age when 
he emigrated to this country, locating in 
Xuw York city, where he was in business 
for some time, manufacturing wall paper 
till 1835, when he was burned out. Then 
he went with J. Edgar Thompson as an 
employe to help build the road from Augusta 
to Atlanta, and was connected with that 
road until i860, when he removed to Utica, 
New York, and engaged in mercantile busi- 
ness for a few years, v.hen he retired. He 
died in 1880, and his wife in 1886. They 
were the parents of three children. 

Mr. L. ^^^ Midlam, the only survivor of 
the above family, was brought up in Augusta, 
Georgia, where he was educated at Rich- 
mond Academy and Greenway Institute, 
graduating at both institutions. Next he 
was employed by Wilkinson & Fargo, 
wholesale grocers, for two years. In 1 860-1 
he traveled in the Southern States for an 
importing house of New York city. In 
the latter part of 1861 he went to New 
York city and engaged in mercantile busi- 
ness, and followed it until 1878, losing all 
he had through unfortunate indorsements. 
From 1878 to iSSi he was chief clerk of 
the State Engineers' and Surveyors' office 
at Albany, and for a few months was private 
secretary for Charles Bard, president of the 
New York, West Shore & Buffalo Railroad, 
resigning this position to accept one for 
the Michigan Land and Iron Companj' 
(limited) of Marquette. He filled that 
position until August, 1893, when he was 



appointed Postmaster. He has now been 
thoroughly identified with the business in 
terests of Marquette for several years, being 
prominent in local affairs. He is a member 
of the Masonic fraternity, a Knight Tem- 
plar and Past Eminent Commander. 

In 1872 Mr. Midlam was married to 
Miss Mary Purvis, a native of Utica, New 
York, and they have one child, Francis P., 
who graduated at the Marquette high school 
and also at the State University at Ann 
Arbor, in the law department, and he is now 
a practicing attorney at law in Marquette. 
Mr. and Mrs. Midlam are exemplary mem- 
bers of the Episcopalian Church. 



* m ^ ON. JOHN W. STONE, Judge of 
l*^^^ the Twenty-fifth Judicial Circuit of 
M. , r Michigan, is one of the best known 
men in the State, — a prominence 
that has been won by merit at the bar and 
by an honorable, upright course in both pub- 
lic and private life. As a citizen he is de- 
voted to the best interests of the communi- 
ty; as an official is most faithful and con- 
scientious in the discharge of the duties de- 
volving upon him, and as a friend he is loyal 
and true. The history of the Upper Penin- 
sula would be incomplete without the record 
of his life. 

Judge Stone was born in Medina county, 
Ohio, on the i8th of July, 1838, and is a 
son of Rev. Chauncey and Sarah (Bird) 
Stone, who were natives of Vermont and 
were of English descent. The paternal 
grandfather, Benjamin Stone, was a soldier 
in the war of 18 12, serving in a Vermont 
regiment. Later he emigrated to Medina 
county, Ohio, where he spent his remaining 
days. The father of the Judge was married 
in the Green Mountain State and removing 



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to the West in 1836 took up his residence 
in Medina county, Ohio, where he entered a 
tract of wild land. There in the midst of 
the forest he hewed out a farm and reared 
his family. In 1856 he removed to Allegan 
county, Michigan, where he purchased a 
farm on which he spent his last years, his 
death occurring in 1881. He was a local 
minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church 
and traveled to a limited extent, preaching 
and building up churches. He led the life 
of a noble Christian man, winning the re- 
spect and confidence of all with whom he 
was brought in contact. His wife still sur- 
vives him and is now living on the old home- 
stead at the advanced age of eighty years. In 
their family were four sons and three daugh- 
ters who grew to years of maturity, namely: 
Dr. Benjamin V., who entered the service 
of his country during the Civil War as sur- 
geon of the Twenty-eighth Michigan Infan- 
try, and died at Alexandria, Virginia, in 
March, 1865; Judge John W. ; Mrs. Maria 
Averill, of Grand Rapids, Michigan; Cyn- 
thia L., who died in California in 1880; 
Chauncey, who resides in Allegan county, 
this State; Charles W., who is residing on 
the old homestead; and Melissa McConnell, 
a resident of Allegan county. 

The early life of Judge Stone was spent 
upon his father's farm and the labors of the 
fields afforded him a needed physical train- 
ing, developing a strong constitution. He 
began his literary education in the public 
schools of the neighborhood, and later at- 
tended an academy. During the summer 
months he aided in the cultivation of the 
home farm, and at the age of sixteen he en- 
tered upon his business career as teacher of 
a country school. He taught for two terms 
in Ohio, and in 1856 preceded his parents 
to Allegan county, Michigan. For four 



terms he was engaged in teaching in the 
Lower Peninsula, after which he determined 
to enter the legal profession, to which taste 
inclined him and for which he had abundant 
ability. He began his law studies in 1879 
under the guidance of Silas Stafford, 
of Allegan county, with whom he continued 
for two years. Already his worth and abil- 
ity were noted, and the confidence of the 
public was manifested in i860, when he was 
elected Clerk of the Circuit Court of Alle- 
gan county. He was then only twenty-two 
years of age, and it was in that year that he 
cast his first vote, supporting Abraham 
Lincoln. In 1862 he was re-elected, serving 
for four years, during which time he also 
continued his law studies. In January, 
1862, he was admitted to the bar and has 
since been connected with the legal profes- 
sion, working his way steadily upward to a 
foremost place in the ranks of the frater- 
nit}'. 

In the fall of 1864 Mr. Stone was elected 
Prosecuting Attorney of Allegan county, 
holding the office for three terms, or six suc- 
cessive years. In 1865, at the beginning of 
his active practice, he formed a partnership 
with the late Judge D. J. Arnold, under the 
firm name of Arnold & Stone, which con- 
nection continued until the spring of 1873, 
when Mr. Stone was elected Judge of the 
Twentieth Judicial Circuit, serving until 
November, 1874, when, thinking the salary 
inadequate to the arduous labor, he resigned 
and soon after removed to Grand Rapids, 
Michigan, where he entered into partner- 
ship with Messrs. Norris and Blair, two 
prominent lawyers of that city, under the 
style of Norris, Blair & Stone. A year 
later Mr. Norris withdrew, and the firm of 
Blair, Stone & Kingsley was formed and 
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ing law firms in that part of the State, win- 
ning a large clientage. Mr. Stone continued 
with that firm until October, 1877, when 
he withdrew to enter Congressional halls, 
having been elected by the Fifth Con- 
gressional district. In whatever position 
Judge Stone has been found, he has always 
been the same trustworthy man, and so 
acceptably did he serve his constituents in 
the Capital City that on the expiration of 
his first term he was re-elected. During 
the session of the Forty-fifth Congress he 
served as a member of the committee on 
Mines and Mining, and in the Forty-si.xth 
Congress was the first Republican to serve 
on the committee on Postoffices and Post 
Roads, doing earnest and effective service, 
which has proved very beneficial. 

At the close of his Congressional labors 
he returned to Grand Rapids and once more 
entered upon the practice of law, becoming 
a member of the firm of Taggart, Stone & 
Earle, which existed until May, 1882, 
when Judge Stone was appointed by Presi- 
dent Arthur as United States Attorney for 
the Western District of Michigan, serving 
until the fall of 1886, continuing for almost 
two years of President Cleveland's adminis- 
tration. During this time there e.xisted a 
partnership between the Judge and Mr. 
Hyde of Grand Rapids, under the name of 
Stone & Hyde, with general offices in that 
city. 

The duties resulting from his appoint- 
ment brought Mr. Stone to the Upper 
Peninsula, and as a result of acquaintances 
thus formed, in the spring of 1887 he was 
induced to remove to Houghton, where he 
entered into business as the senior member 
of the law firm of Stone & Gray, remaining 
a member of the firm until his election as 
Judge of the circuit in 1 890. In the fall of 



1 89 1 the Judge took up his residence in 
Marquette, where he has since made his 
home. He has been continually in office, 
and in the spring of 1893 was tendered the 
nomination of the Judgeship by both parties 
and elected for a term of six years. 

In Allegan, Michigan, in 1861, Judge 
Stone was united in marriage with Miss 
Delia M. Grover, and they have had five 
children. The Judge is a member of St. 
Paul's Episcopal Church, in which he is act- 
ing as Vestryman. He was interested in or- 
ganizing the Superior Savings Bank of Han- 
cock, and served as vice president and di- 
rector until his removal to Marquette. 

There is no man in Michigan better 
known than Judge Stone and none more 
worthy of the honors that have been be- 
stowed upon him. In professional life more 
than in mercantile one must depend solely 
upon their own resources. Not by gift, 
purchase or the the aid of influential friends 
is a high reputation secured, but by earnest 
labor, perseverance, merit and an ability that 
enebles him to climb steadily upward until 
he has reached a position of eminence. As 
a lawyer Mr. Stone is eminently gifted with 
the capacities of mind which are indispens- 
able to success at the bar. Quick and keen 
in perception, he has the faculty of grasping 
all the details and intricacies of a case, and 
and not losing sight of the essential facts and 
considerations involved in it, upon which the 
decisions of every case finally turn. On the 
bench his ability equals if not exceeds his 
powers as an advocate. The language of 
his decisions is always plain, simple and 
clear, vigorous and decided. The decisions 
themselves are models of perspicuity and 
and judicial soundness. Of large brain and 
kindly heart, he is interesting and instruc- 
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deportment and affable and agreeable at all 
times. He is a fluent and forcible speaker 
and a gentleman of ripe scholarship and 
large information. He is public-spirited to 
an eminent degree and has always done 
much in behalf of the national interests and 
general welfare of his community. In all 
the relations of life, whether as a jurist, 
judge. Congressman or private citizen, he 
has always been faithful and true, and upon 
his life work, eventful and varied as it has 
been, there is not in any part of it the mark 
of wrong or suspicion of evil doing. 



K./^ W. WRIGHT, the popular Treas- 
1/''^ urer of Marquette county, was born 
J^^J July 14, 1838, atPlympton, Massa- 
chusetts. His parents, Josiah and 
Sarah (Sherman) Wright, were natives of that 
State and of English descent, the American 
original of the family having come to this 
country in the famous vessel, the Mayflower. 
In the paternal line some of the ancestors 
were soldiers in the Revolutionary war. Mr. 
Josiah Wright, the father of B. W., was by 
vocation a manufacturer, spending the most 
of his life in the old Bay State and dying at 
Springfield, that State, where also his wife 
passed to the other world. They were the 
parents of four children, two of whom are 
now living, — B. W. , and A. J., the late 
president of the Springfield Fire and Marine 
Insurance Company, of Springfield, Massa- 
chusetts, where he died in March, 1895. 

Mr. Wright, whose name heads this 
sketch, was educated at the common schools 
of Springfield. At the age of seventeen years 
he left his parental home, and in November, 
1855, came to Michigan, stopping at Onton- 
agon for a year, and then came to Mar- 
quette, where he was employed by the 



' ' Soo " Canal & Land Company, 'with whom 
he remained for several years; was also em- 
ployed by Charles T. Harvey for some time; 
and in 1867 he engaged in merchandising in 
Cleveland Mine, in Ishpeming, which he 
carried on until 1878, when he became a 
partner with Myers & Bigelow, under the 
firm name of Myers, Wright & Company. 
This relation continued until 1883. He was 
appointed Deputy County Treasurer, in 
February, 1882, and in April, that year, he 
was elected to fill a vacancy, and has been 
since then re-elected at successive elections, 
with the exception of a term of four years, 
when he was deputy Treasurer. He has 
also served one term as Mayor of Ishpeming. 

For two years he was Supervisor of Ish- 
peming township, and he is now School 
Director in Ishpeming, where he at present 
resides. He is very prominent in both 
political and social circles, is a member of 
the A. O. U. W., and Elder in the Presby- 
terian Church. He is a director in the Mar- 
quette Street Railway Company. As a 
business man and an officer Mr. W^right is 
widely and favorably known. 

The marriage of Mr. Wright took place 
in 1871, when he wedded Miss Lillian 
Moore, who died in August, 1890, leaving 
seven children — Warren, Sarah, Edith, 
Bertha, Herbert, Morgan and Katharine. 
Mr. Wright was married the second time, 
in September, 1893, to Bessie Evans. Mr. 
and Mrs. Wright are members of the Pres- 
byterian Church. 



* y ^ ON. J. M. WILKINSON, Treasurer 

■''^m of the State of Michigan and a 

M. , P popular banker of Marquette, was 

born in Novi, Oakland county, 

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and Elizabeth (Yerkes) Wilkinson. The 
family are of English and German origin. 
Mr. James Wilkinson, a farmer by vocation, 
was Supervisor, Justice of the Peace, and 
Town Clerk, and died in Novi, in 1872, at 
at the age of seventy-two years; his wife 
had left this world in 1863. Of their chil- 
dren four are still living, namely: Judge A. 
H. Wilkinson, of Detroit; James M., whose 
name introduces this brief sketch; Mrs. 
Homer A. Flint, of Detroit; and Charles M., 
of Minneapolis. 

Mr. J. M. Wilkinson was brought up on 
the farm and prepared himself for college at 
Union Seminary, at Ypsilanti; entering the 
State University at Ann Arbor in i860, he 
pursued a two-year literary course, and then, 
transferring himself to the law department, 
he graduated therein in 1864. In the 
autumn of this year he came to Marquette, 
where he practiced law until January i, 
1873, since which time he has been contin- 
uously connected with the banking busi- 
ness. 

In 1 87 1 he organized what was then 
called the Citizens' Bank, becoming its 
cashier and afterward president. In 1879 
this institution was succeeded by Campbell 
& Wilkinson, private bankers, which rela- 
tion continued until the fall of 1890, when 
Mr. Campbell died and Mr. Wilkinson 
bought out his interest, and has since con- 
ducted a private bank, under the name of 
James M. Wilkinson, banker. In 1889-90 
he erected a fine stone and brick fire-proof 
three-story building, in which he is now lo- 
cated, with his bank on the first floor. This 
is one of the finest equipped and furnished 
banks in the peninsula. 

Mr. Wilkinson has been Alderman of the 
city, and president of the Board of Water 
and Fire Commissioners for fifteen years; 



for sixteen years he was Receiver of Public 
Moneys at the United States Land Office at 
Marquette; was one of the members of the 
board of commissioners to select a site to 
build the Upper Peninsula prison, and, after 
the erection of that structure, was a mem- 
ber of the Board of Control of the same. 
He was appointed State Treasurer by Gov- 
ernor Rich, to fill a vacancy, in March, 
1894, and at the November election he was 
elected to the office for the full term, two 
years. He was one of the four delegates at 
large from the State of Michigan to the Re- 
publican National Convention at Minneap- 
olis, in 1892. He has been active and 
prominent in both business and politics. 

In 1865 Mr. Wilkinson married Miss 
Harriet E. Conklin, a native of Michigan, 
and they have three children, — Edwin C, 
Bessie G. and Alice M. Mr. and Mrs. Wil- 
kinson are members of the First Presbyte- 
rian Church. 

Not many facts are given above con- 
cerning the life career of Hon. J. M. \^'il- 
kinson, but enough are given to demonstrate 
that he is a gentleman not only of rare tal- 
ent but also of rare integrity, and capable 
of holding any office within the gift of the 
people. 



'^j'OHN W. STILES is Menominee's 
m Postmaster and a man who occupies 
A J a foremost place in business and of- 
cial circles. Deeds of battle have 
been the theme of story and song from the 
earhest ages, but it has been left to civil- 
ized man to perpetuate the no less nobler 
deeds of the man who quietly and consci- 
entiously performs his allotted task, seeking 
for no other reward than the approval of his 
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reposed in him is the gentleman whose name 
begins this article. 

A native of Plattsburg, New York, he 
was born on the 2d of October, 1854, and 
is a son of William and Catherine (Breman) 
Stiles, both of whom were natives of Ire- 
land. Leaving the Emerald Isle they be- 
came residents of Plattsburg, New York, 
about fifty years ago. The father died July 
28, 1873, and the mother, who still survives 
her husband, is now living with her son 
John. In the family were thirteen children, 
but only two are now living, — John and 
William, both of Menominee. 

In the place of his nativity Mr. Stiles 
spent the days of his boyhood and youth, 
and in the common schools acquired his ed- 
ucation. He worked at home until May, 
1879, when he decided to try his fortune in 
the West and came to Menominee county, 
Michigan, settling in the village of Norway. 
For a year he worked in the iron mines, 
then started in business with his brother 
Daniel, now deceased, in the manufacture 
of cigars. On the ist of January, 1887, he 
came to this city and established himself in 
the manufacture of cigars. His brother died 
in October, 1888, and since that time he 
has carried on the business alone. His es- 
tablishment is located at 922 Ogden avenue, 
and he furnishes employment to four hands. 
An excellent class of work is turned out and 
a liberal patronage is enjoyed, the business 
having steadily increased from the beginning. 

In November, 1878, Mr. Stiles was 
united in marriage with Miss Ellen Geary, 
a native of Peru, New York, born in Sep- 
tember, 1853. She was reared in Keyes- 
ville. New York, and is an estimable lady 
who has many friends in this community. 
Three children have been born to them, — 
Katie, Harry and John, — who are still with 



their parents, and they also lost five chil- 
dren. The parents hold membership in the 
Catholic Church, and Mr. Stiles belongs to 
to the Catholic Order of Foresters, in which 
he is a trustee, and was a delegate to the 
Ninth Annual Convention, which was held 
in Montreal in 1892. 

Mr. Stiles is a stalwart supporter of the 
Democracy and takes an active interest in 
political affairs. He has been a delegate to 
State, Congressional and Senatorial conven- 
tions, and in the councils of his party 
his opinions are received with deference. 
On various occasions he has been called to 
public office: was Commissioner of High- 
ways, and for four consecutive terms was 
elected County Sheriff. He had been in 
the county but five and a half years at the 
time of his first election to that position. 
He was a candidate in 1884, but that year 
met defeat. In 1 886 he was again the 
nominee of his party, and though the county 
is usually Republican he was elected by a 
majority of 1,300. So ably did he discharge 
his -duties that he was renominated, and at 
his second election ran 1,800 votes ahead of 
his ticket, — a fact which indicates his per- 
sonal popularity as well as his faithful per- 
formance of duty. In 1890 he was elected 
Register of Deeds, serving for two years. 
He was also candidate for Judge of the Pro- 
bate Court, and on the loth of October, 

1892, he was appointed Postmaster of 
Menominee, in which capacity he will serve 
until I S97. His appointment was confirmed 
by the United States Senate October 20, 

1893, and he entered upon the duties of the 
office. His administration has been most 
acceptable and he receives general commen- 
dation. There is a system of free delivery, 
and employment is furnished to six carriers 
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very prominent man in the affairs of the 
county, and no citizen within its borders is 
more highly esteemed or has warmer friends. 
Even his political opponents hold him in 
high regard, for a well-spent and honorable 
life commands their confidence. It is such 
men that have made America what it is to- 
day, — men who conscientiously perform 
their public duties and put forth every 
means in their power to advance the general 
welfare and aid in the public prosperity. 
In business he is honorable, in office he is 
honored, and one of the most familiar figures 
in Menominee is John W. Stiles. Person- 
ally he is a man of fine physique and stands 
si.x feet four inches in heitrht. 



OSCAR V. LINDEN, County Clerk 
and Register of Deeds of Delta 
county, Michigan, has been for 
some time identified with the 
official interests of the community, and in 
the various capacities in which he has served 
he has always been found faithful to the 
trust reposed in him. In this way he has 
gained a wide acquaintance, and his man}' 
friends throughout the community hold him 
in the highest regard. 

All the countries of Europe ha\'e fur- 
nished to America citizens from within their 
borders, but none have been more loyal to 
the interests of their adopted land or true 
to her institutions and principles than those 
of Swedish birth. 

Mr. Linden is a native of Gothland, 
Sweden, born June 26, i860, and is a son 
of Gustaf and Clara (Bergeson) Nelson. He 
was their only son, but they have three 
daughters, one of whom is yet living, — 
Mrs. Augusta Swanson, a resident of Ford 
River, Michigan. Josephine, the eldest of 



the family died in childhood, and another 
daughter, also named Josephine, departed 
this life at the age of seventeen. The 
mother died in her native fend in 1863, and 
since that time the father has been again 
married. In 1880 he crossed the Atlantic 
and is now a resident of Bark River, Mich- 
igan, where he is engaged in farming. 

In the public schools of Sweden, Mr. 
Linden obtained his education, graduating 
at the public school and afterward for two 
years receiving private instruction, in the 
English and Swedish languages and arith- 
metic; and since coming to this country he 
has taken two courses in mercantile train- 
ing. He entered upon his business career 
as a clerk in a mercantile establishment, be- 
ing thus employed until 1881, when he de- 
termined to seek home and fortune in the 
New World. Crossing the briny deep he 
took up his residence in Escanaba, where 
he was again employed as a salesman, serv- 
ing in that capacity until 1884, when he be- 
came a partner in a mercantile firm under 
the name of Peterson & Linden, dealers in 
groceries, provisions, etc. This partner- 
ship existed until 1888, when Mr. Linden 
withdrew, but almost immediately he began 
business alone in the same line and carried 
on his store until December, 1892. In 1891 
he established a branch house at Bark 
River and profitably conducted both estab- 
lishments until 1892, when he sold out, re- 
tiring from active mercantile life. 

An important event in the life of Mr. 
Linden occurred on the 15th of August, 
1885, when was celebrated his marriage to 
Miss Laura Frodell, a native of Sweden, 
born in Lindesberg. They are the parents 
of four children, three sons and a daughter: 
Arthur, aged seven years; Jennie, aged five; 
Edwin and Elmer. 



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In connection with his other business in- 
terests, Mr. Linden is also the editor and 
publisher of the Medborgaren, a Swedish 
paper of Escanaba. While still interested 
in his native land and feeling a love such as 
one should always retain for the place of his 
birth, he is nevertheless now a true Ameri- 
can citizen, an honest and energetic man, 
a credit to his adopted country. His worth 
and ability have been recognized by his fel- 
low citizens, who have frequently called him 
to office. He is a stalwart Republican, and 
in the fall of 1892 was chosen on that ticket 
as the candidate for the office of County 
Clerk and Register of Deeds. The election 
returns showed that he was the people's 
choice, and he has since acceptably and 
creditably served in that capacity. At that 
time the number of votes of both parties 
was almost equal, but Mr. Linden won the 
election by a majority of sixty. His strict 
adherence to duty and honorable course 
cannot better be shown than by the fact that 
in the fall of 1894 he was again nominated 
for the same position and received a ma- 
jority of 824. This is the most import- 
ant office within the gift of the people 
of the county, and the honor of the 
election is well merited. In 1889 he was 
elected a member of the County Boai'd of 
Supervisors from the Third ward of Escan- 
aba, on the expiration of his first term was 
again elected, and during his second year's 
service was made chairman of the board. 

Mr. Linden was one of the organizers of 
the North Star Benevolent Society of Es- 
canaba, and has served as its president for 
a number of years. He is also president of 
the Iron City Lodge of the Home Protec- 
tion fraternity of Escanaba. He is a mem- 
ber of the Masonic fraternity, — a Royal Aixh 
Mason, — a member of the Knights of P3thias 



lodge and of the Independent Order of Odd 
Fellows. He has filled all the offices in the 
last two societies, and for several years was 
District Deputy Grand Master of the Odd 
Fellows' fraternity. His prominence in 
these organizations has come to him as it 
has in other lines, — the reward of merit. 
Mr. Linden is a very popular man, and not 
only has the friendship but also the confi- 
dence and admiration of those with whom 
business or social relations have brought him 
in contact. 



*» ^ J. WOESSNER, Clerk of Menom- 

|f^ inee county, Michigan, is one of 

\ ^ P the most prominent and influential 

young men in the county. We 

take pleasure in presenting the following 

sketch of his life in this work: 

Jacob Woessner, the father of this gen- 
tleman, is a native of Wurtemberg, Ger- 
many, where he spent the first six or seven 
years of his life. At that early age he came 
to America, and was reared in Ohio. When 
he was nineteen he took up his abode at 
Marquette, Michigan, being one of the 
earliest settlers of that place and for a num- 
ber years carrying on the shoe business 
there. About twenty years ago he came to 
Stephenson, Menominee county, where he 
has since been engaged in farming. A man 
of fine education and excellent business 
ability, he has all these years figured prom- 
inently in county affairs. He has served as 
a member of the Board of Education and 
the Board of Review of Stephenson, has 
been County Superintendent, and for the 
past three years has been one of the Com- 
missioners for the Poor. Mr. Jacob Woess- 
ner married Miss Louise Thoney, a native 
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children living, namely: H. J., the subject 
of this article; Mrs. Marg^aret Brown, of 
Stephenson, her husband, DeWitt Brown, 
being; a son of B. J. Brown, of Menominee; 
Dr. Nicholas E., of Huron, Ohio; Fred W., 
of Stephenson; Robert, also of Stephenson; 
and Merle and Bessie, at home. 

H. J. Woessner was born in Marquette, 
Michigan, August 2, 1863. He attended 
the public schools during his early boyhood 
days, but the greater part of his education 
was received under his father's instructions. 
When he was eighteen he entered the law 
office of M. H. Maynard, of Marquette, where 
he pursued the study of law, and in 1889 
was admitted to the bar. Politically Mr. 
Woessner is a stanch Republican, and has 
been active in advancing the interests of his 
party ever since he was a boy. During the 
past ten years he has served as a delegate 
to State conventions. In Stephenson town- 
ship he has served as Supervisor, Township 
Clerk, Justice of the Peace and School In- 
spector. Since 1S8S he has resided at 
Menominee, and for two years from that 
date was Register of Deeds. In 1890 he 
was elected County Clerk, has been re- 
elected and is still the incumbent of this of- 
fice. His public duties have brought him 
into contact with a large number of people 
in the county, and by all who know him he 
is regarded as a young man of the strictest 
integrity. 

Mr. Woessner was married in 1887 to 
Miss Nellie E. Traynor, a native of Wiscon- 
sin, born in December, 1 864, daughter of 
Bernard and Ann Traynor. Mrs. Traynor 
is a resident of Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. 
Mr. and Mrs. Woessner have four chil- 
dren, — Anna, Marion, Genevieve and Helen. 
Mrs. Woessner is a member of the Catholic 
Church. 



Fraternally Mr. Woessner is connected 
with a number of organizations in Menom- 
inee, among which are the blue lodge, chap- 
ter, and commandery, F. & A. M. ; K. O. 
T. M., K. of P. and Royal Arcanum. He 
is also a member of the Mystic Shrine at 
Grand Rapids, Michigan. 



>^^EORGE E. WILDE, Superintend- 
■ ^^ ent of the Menominee Water Com- 

^^^W pany, was born in Duxbury, Mass- 
achusetts, January 29, 1850, a son 
of Dr. James and Zilpah (Smith) Wilde, 
natives also of Massachusetts, the former of 
Hingham and the latter of Duxbury, and 
both descended from old New England 
stock. The mother was born, lived and 
died in the same house, having lived to the 
age of seventy years. The father was a 
graduate of Harvard, and was a prominent 
physician. They have five children living, 
namely: Catherine, George, Lawrence, Lucy 
and William. 

George E. Wilde, the subject of this 
sketch, was reared in the locality of the old 
Pilgrim Fathers, near Plymouth Rock, 
where he imbibed the elements of his char- 
acter. He received his education in an 
academy at Duxbury. At the age of four- 
teen years he commenced a seafaring life, 
first shipping as a cabin boy on a sailing 
vessel to Malaga, Spain, and return. He 
then made a return trip to Calcutta and 
Bombay, next to Italy, Australia and China, 
returning home as third mate on board a 
clipper ship. He next rounded the Horn 
to Valparaiso and Antofagasta, on the west 
coast of Peru, this time returning home as 
first mate. He then went in the same ca- 
pacity to Singapore and Manilla, and was 
shipwrecked off Cape Good Hope, but was 



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picked up by an English ship and taken to 
the island of St. Helena. Again shipping 
on an English vessel, Mr. Wilde was 
wrecked off the south coast of Ireland. Re- 
turning home by steamer from London he 
again made a trip from New York to Aus- 
tralia. In the same ship he went to Bom- 
bay, Bassein and Germany and then re- 
turned to New York. His last voyage was 
to Singapore, having followed the sea con- 
tinuously for seventeen years. 

After spending a year at home, Mr. 
Wilde was employed in the water-works at 
Worcester, Massachusetts, where he re- 
mained three years, built water-works in 
six States, and then came to this city. The 
Menominee Water Company, located on 
Main street and Ogden avenue, was erected 
in 1884, and they now give employment to 
si,\ men. The president and treasurer of 
the company is Hon. William A. Lynch, 
and the secretary, B. J. Brown. Mr. 
Wilde has the full charge of the works. 

In 1879 he was united in marriage with 
Miss Angle C. Joyce, born in Duxbury, 
Massachusetts, in 1857. They have two 
children, — Sydney L. and Zilpah. In his 
social relations Mr. Wilde is a member of 
the New England Water-works Association, 
of the Masons and of the Modern Woodmen 
of America. Politically, he is a stanch 
Republican and takes an active interest in 
local affairs. 



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'ILLIAM LEHMANN, Justice of 
the Peace of Menominee, was 
born in Landsberg ad Wartha, 
Germany, September 15, 1822. 
His father, Christian Ludwig Lehmann, was 
a native of the same place, and his death 
occurred in 1841. The paternal grandfather 



of our subject held a high position under the 
Government, and he died when Christian 
Ludwig was a babe. The maternal grand- 
father, Frederick Wilhelm, was a cooper by 
trade, and was very wealthy before the war 
of 1806. The maternal great-grandfather, 
Mr. Sabin, descended from old Scotch 
stock, was a blacksmith by occupation, and 
his death occurred at the age of ninety-five 
years. 

William Lehmann, the subject of this 
sketch, was reared in his native country. 
His father desired to educate him for the 
practice of law, but William ran away from 
home at the age of thirteen years and 
learned the blacksmith's trade of his uncle, 
and he followed that occupation fifty years. 
He was a citizen soldier (militia) in the 
German Revolution in 1848, and like many 
others was obliged to come to America, 
landing in this country May 5, 1852. On 
the following day he began work in New 
York city, where he remained a few weeks; 
then spent six months on a farm in New 
Jersey, worked in a stone quarry as black- 
smith nearly one year; went thence to Chi- 
cago; worked in Manistee, Michigan, until 
the summer of 1854; returned to Chicago; 
next traveled over Soo miles, through In- 
diana, Illinois and Kentucky on foot, for the 
purpose of seeing the country; returning to 
Chicago, he was employed by Jacob Beidler, 
from the 15th of September, 1854, and then 
resided in Muskegon, Michigan, until May i, 
1855. During that time Mr. Lehmann had 
saved his wages to the amount of $299.65, 
and he then sent for his family. His 
next employment was in erecting a mill at 
Manistee for Sam Potter, and in the follow- 
ing spring he began work for Chauncy Davis, 
of Muskegon. In the spring of 1858 he be- 
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Escanaba, Michigan, and since 1862 he has 
been a resident of Menominee. His first 
work here was in the mill of Simon Strauss, 
but now owned by Ramsey & Jones. Mr. 
Lehmann was prevented from enlisting in 
the late war on account of rheumatism. In 
September, 1863, he erected a shop on the 
lot now occupied by the Spies building, for 
which he paid $50, and in 1892 he sold the 
same for $8,000. In political matters, he 
is a stanch Republican, and in 1884, at the 
organization of the city, he was elected Jus- 
tice of the Peace, and has served in that 
capacity over eight years. 

Mr. Lehmann was married in Germany, 
October 4, 1846, to Miss Ernestine Wil- 
hemine Jachmann, who was born in Lands- 
berg ad Wartha, that country, August 22, 
1825. In October, 1896, they will celebrate 
their golden wedding. They have five chil- 
dren living, namely: Paulina, wife of Will- 
iam Cordes; Mary, widow of Frank Bemus; 
Caroline, wife of Ed Quimby; and William 
A. and Louisa A., twins; the former married 
Agnes Kerr, and the latter is the wife of 
Robert Nowack. 



HNSON F. WRIGHT, a merchant 
of Iron Mountain, Michigan, and 
e.x-County Treasurer of Dickinson 
county, is a well-known and highly 
respected man. Following is a resume of 
his life: 

Anson F. Wright is a native of Pennsyl- 
vania, born September 11, 1845, and was 
reared and educated in Bradford and Tioga 
counties, that State, his education being 
finished with a two years' course in a nor- 
mal school at Mansfield, Pennsylvania. His 
parents, Jason K. and Maria E. (Ely) 
Wright, were born in Massachusetts and 



New York, respectively. They made per- 
manent settlement in the Keystone State 
and the mother is still residing there, the 
father having died in Bradford county in 
1878. He was a farmer by occupation and 
a man of some prominence in the commu- 
nity in which he lived, having filled a num- 
ber of local offices. During the late war he 
was Captain of Company K, One-Hundred- 
and-Forty-first Pennsylvania Volunteer In- 
fantry, and was in the service more than a 
year, but on account of ill health he resigned 
and came home. In their family were ten 
children, nine of whom are now living, viz. : 
Edward G. , Athens, Pennsylvania; Fred K. , 
Wellsboro, Pennsylvania; Mary G. Par- 
menter, Menominee, Michigan; Ely, Minne- 
apolis, Minnesota; Jason K., Marinette, 
Wisconsin; Maria Fairchild, deceased; Susan 
H. Caswell, Bradford county, Pennsylvania; 
Anson F. , whose name heads this article; 
Estella Gillett, Tioga county, Pennsylvania; 
and Alfred C, Athens, Pennsylvania. Ely 
and Jason K. were in the Twenty-third 
New York Volunteer Infantry, and served 
during the war. 

In 1867, when a young man of twenty- 
two, the subject of our sketch came 
out West and located at Marinette, Wis- 
consin, where, from that time until 
1877, he was engaged in mercantile 
pursuits. From 1877 until 1889 he carried 
on business at Quinnesec, Michigan, and in 
the last named year he became identified 
with Iron Mountain. Here he has since 
been engaged in a general merchandise and 
lumber business, being in partnership with 
his brother, Jason K. , the firm name being 
Wright Brothers. They have three stores, 
one located at Amberg, Wisconsin, and the 
others at Quinnesec and Iron Mountain, 
Michigan. Their chief attention, however. 



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is given to the lumber business, their opera- 
tions being on the Lake Superior division of 
the Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad. They 
have the exclusive tie business. Also they 
have the exclusive basswood business of 
Menasha Wooden Ware Company, and the 
pulpwood business of the Fox River Valley 
Paper Mills. Mr. Wright is a stockholder 
in the First National Bank and the Com- 
mercial Bank; and has been a director in 
the latter ever since its organization. 

In 1880 he was united in marriage to 
Miss Jennie Hawes, a native of Fond du 
Lac, Wisconsin, born in 1857, daughter of 
Jason A. Hawes. Her father was a native 
of Massachusetts and one of the pioneer 
settlers of Fond du Lac. Mr. and Mrs. 
Wright have had three children, namely: 
Jason Austin, who was drowned August 22, 
1894, at the age of thirteen years; andErna 
J. and Harry A. Mr. Wright is a member 
of the Presbyterian Church. 

In his political affiliations Mr. Wright is 
Democratic. When the county of Dickin- 
son was created he was appointed County 
Treasurer by Governor Winans and was the 
first to fill that office. In educational mat- 
ters he has always taken a deep interest. 
He was President of the School Board of 
Iron Mountain at the time the high-school 
building was erected. A generous and pub- 
lic-spirited man and a man of true worth, 
he has made many warm friends during his 
residence in Dickinson county. 



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'ILLIAM SUNDSTROM, a re- 
tired merchant of Iron Mountain, 
Menominee county, Michigan, 
and one of the well-to-do citizens 
of the county, landed in this country over 
thirty years ago a poor young man, and it is 



due to his own pluck and energy that he 
has accumulated a fortune and is so happily 
situated today. A brief sketch of his life is 
as follows: 

\\'illiam Sundstrom was born in Sweden, 
May 12, 1837, the fifth in a family of eight 
children of Carl G. Sundstrom, who also 
was a native of Sweden. Early in life, in- 
deed when he was only twelve years of age, 
young Sundstrom commenced working in the 
mines in Sweden, and he was thus occupied 
there until 1864, when he emigrated to 
America, having just enough money with 
which to pay his passage to this country. 
Arrived in the United States, he came direct 
to Michigan and first located at Houghton, 
where he worked in the copper mines for 
five years. After that he worked a year 
and a half in the Washington mine in Mar- 
quette county, then two years and a half 
more at Houghton, and again went to Mar- 
quette county, this time spending eight and 
a half years in the Michigamme mine. 
In 1S80 he came to Iron Mountain. Here 
for nearly two years he was employed as 
foreman by the Chapin Mine Company. 
About 1883 he engaged in the general mer- 
chandise business in Iron Mountain, and 
conducted the same successfully until 1893, 
since which time he has been retired. Dur- 
ing his career here he erected two business 
buildings. The first was destroyed by fire 
and he immediately rebuilt. He carried a 
large stock of hardware, and in hardware as 
well as general merchandise did an exten- 
sive business. In short, his whole career 
has been marked by a well-merited success. 
His property is now valued at no less than 
$7 5, 000. 

Mr. Sundstrom was first married in his 
native land in 1862, to Christena Edstram, 
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Mountain, Michigan, leaving seven children, 
as follows: Dora, Bessie, Augusta, Ensi, 
Clara, Ellen and William G. By his pres- 
ent companion, ticc Christena Sedeg, whom 
he wedded in Iron Mountain, he has one 
child, Ruth. 

In his political views, Mr. Sundstrom is 
in harmony with the Prohibition party. He 
is a member of the Methodist Episcopal 
Church, is Treasurer of the same, and is an 
active and earnest church worker. 



<>^^ K. J. D. JONES, a dentist of Iron 
I I Mountain, was born in Prairie du 
f^ ^^ ' Chien, Wisconsin, January 23, 
1859. His father. Dr. J. D. 
Jones, was born in Connecticut, but moved 
with his parents to Ohio when young. After 
graduating at the St. Louis Medical College 
he practiced for a time in that city, and then 
located in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, where 
he was among the early pioneers. He still 
resides in that city, aged seventy-five years. 
His father, Joel Jones, was a native of Con- 
necticut, of English descent. The mother 
of our subject, Josephme S. Brisboyse, was 
born in Wisconsin, a daughter of Colonel B. 
W. Brisboyse, of French descent. 

J. D. Jones, the second son and third 
chilli f)f four children, remained in his 
native place until twenty-three years of age. 
After attending the common schools he at- 
tered the Jesuit College, and in 1S80 began 
the study of dentistry under Dr. E. S. 
Eddy, remaining with him about three 
years. Mr. Jones then graduated at the 
University of Ann Arbor in the class of 
1884. May 4, of the same jear, he opened 
an office in Iron Mountain, and is }'et the 
only dentist in the city. 



In his social relations Mr. Jones is a 
member of the Wisconsin State Dental As- 
sociation, has filled all the chairs in Iron 
Mountain Lodge, No. 388, A. F. & A. M., 
is a member of Iron Mountain Chapter, No. 
121, R. A. M. ; of the Menominee Com- 
mandery. No. 35, K. T. ; of Ahmed Temple, 
N. M. S., of Marquette; of the A. O. U. 
W. , of Iron Mountain, and was at one time 
a member of the K. of P. Politically, he co- 
operates with the Republican party. 

In 1892 Mr. Jones was united in mar- 
riage with Helen McKinstry, a native of 
Wayne country, Michigan, and a daughter 
of R. M. McKinstry, of Canton, Michigan. 



aHARLES E. PARENT.— This gen- 
tleman has been in business in 
Iron Mountain, Michigan, longer 
than any other merchant in the 
city, and is therefore ranked with its pio- 
neers. 

Mr. Parent is a native of Lower Canada, 
born July 16, 1847, one of a family of four 
children, and the only one now residing in 
Michigan. His boyhood days were spent 
in Canada and his education received in 
the common schools. Since 1865 he has 
been in the United States. The first year 
he was engaged in lumbering in Maine. In 
1866 he came to Michigan and located at 
Menominee, where he continued in the lum- 
ber business two years. After that he 
turned his attention to merchandising in 
Menominee, and was occupied there in that 
way until 1879, the date of his coming to 
Iron Mountain. The few people who were 
here at that time were living in tents. He 
built the first house in the town, on Stephen- 
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goods and had a lively trade. Eight months 
later he sold out. Then he erected a frame 
house on the site of his present brick block, 
and in i88S he put up the building he now 
occupies. He carries a fine stock of gen- 
eral merchandise, employs seven clerks in 
his establishment, and is doing a thriving 
business, receiving his full share of patron- 
age. He also has a flour and feed store, 
located on the corner of Stephenson avenue 
and Brown street. In various ways Mr. 
Parent has done much to promote the 
growth and development of the town. He 
has an interest in the Iron Mountain Electric 
Light and Power Company, and he has also 
made investments elsewhere. He has a 
farm of fifty acres, all cleared and under cul- 
tivation, in Florence county, Wisconsin, and 
he has some mining interests in Menominee 
Range. 

Mr. Parent was married December 27, 
1871, to Miss Ella E. Bradford, like him- 
self, a native of Canada. They are the 
parents of five children, namely: Mary V., 
E. C. , Charles B., Emma A., and Amelia M. 

In his political affiliations Mr. Parent has 
always been an ardent Republican. He 
served as Postmaster of Iron Mountain five 
years, his first appointment having been 
made by President Garfield and the second 
by President Arthur. Also he has filled the 
office of Township Supervisor, and for eight 
years was a member of the City School 
Board, during that time serving as Secre- 
tary and Treasurer of the board. Frater- 
nally he is identified with the Masonic order, 
having his membership in the blue lodge and 
chapter at Iron Mountain and in the com- 
mandery at Menominee, and he is also a 
member of the A. O. U. W., of Iron Moun- 
tain. Mrs. Parent is a member of the Epis- 
copal Church. 



*^r* T. STERLING, engaged in the 
I I insurance and real-estate business 
1 \ in Iron Mountain, was born in St. 
Lawrence county, New York, Oc- 
tober 7, 185 1. His father, William E. 
Sterling, was born and reared in Lyme, Con- 
necticut, but moved to St. Lawrence county 
when a young man, where he was engaged 
in mercantile pursuits. He spent the re- 
mainder of his life there, dying at the age of 
sixty-five years. His father, William Ster- 
ling, was born in Scotland, and came to 
America when a young man. With two 
others, Mr. Sterling owned a number of 
ships, and was engaged in the West India 
trade. He was also engaged in agricultural 
and mercantile pursuits. The mother of our 
subject, iicc Octavia Parsons, was born in 
Cortland county, New York, a daughter of 
Lewis B. Parsons, who was a native of 
Massachusetts and of English descent. He 
subsequently located in Cortland county, 
where he followed mercantile pursuits. He 
afterward removed West, and was largely 
interested in lands in Iowa, having also 
founded the ParSons College at Fairfield, 
that State. Mr. Parsons retired from an 
active business life at the age of fifty years. 
William E. and Octavia Sterling were the 
parents of six children, namely: Maria E. ; 
Emily P., wife of John Doud, of Fort Dodge, 
Iowa; Francis J.; William E., deceased at 
the age of eighteen years; Anna, deceased 
at the age of twenty years; and Lewis T. , 
the subject of this sketch. 

The latter, the youngest of the family, 
was reared in his native place, and after at- 
tending the public schools of the county he 
entered Olivet College, in Eaton county, 
Michigan. He next took a scientific course 
in the Washington University at St. Louis, 
Missouri. Mr. Sterling was then employed 



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as clerk in a wholesale hardware store at 
Rochester, New York, for three years, was 
engaged for several years in the wholesale 
house of A. T. Stewart, of New York city, 
and then returned to St. Lawrence county, 
New York, to engage in the manufacture 
and sale of furniture, assisting to form a 
stock compan}-, in which he is still in- 
terested. Mr. Sterling was also engaged in 
the insurance and loan business. In June, 
1891, he arrived in Iron Mountain, Michi- 
gan, where he has ever since followed the 
insurance and real-estate business, repre- 
senting si.xteen companies. 

June 26, 1S84, Mr. Sterling was united 
in marriage with Elizabeth B. Nichols, born, 
reared and educated in Rochester, New 
York. They have one daughter, Ruth H. 



BT. MILLER, Notary Public, Jus- 
tice of the Peace and City Clerk of 
Iron Mountain, was born in Sweden, 
January 12, 1864, the eldest son of 
George and Caroline (Nissen) Miller, natives 
of German}', but the mother was reared in 
Sweden. Our subject graduated at the 
University of Lund in 1884, and two years 
afterward he came to America, locating at 
Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was engaged 
in various occupations there until January 8, 
1 890, when he removed to Ishpeming, 
Michigan, and in March of the same year he 
came to Iron Mountain. After locating here, 
Mr. Miller immediately embarked in the 
real-estate and insurance business. Since 
1892 he has served as Justice of the Peace 
and City Clerk, and January 9, 1892, he re- 
ceived the appointment of Notary Pul)lic. 
In political matters he is an active worker 
in the Republican party, and socially he 



affliliates with the A. O. U. W., of Iron 
Mountain. 

In 1890 Mt-. Miller was united in mar- 
riage with Hilda VanNorman, a native of 
Sweden, but of German parentage. They 
have two children, ^ — Henry R. and Fritz 
Norman. 



,>^ OBERTJ. HANCOCK, a hardware 
I /^ merchant of Iron Mountain, Michi- 
M . F gan, is ranked with the prosperous 
young business men of the city. 
He was born in Iowa county, Wisconsin, 
Dccember'28, 1S64, and comes of English 
ancestors. His father and grandfather, both 
named Thomas Hancock, were born in 
England, and the former was only five years 
of age when he came with his parents to 
this country. Grandfather Hancock was 
one of the first settlers of Iowa county, 
Wisconsin, where he bought a tract of up- 
land from the Government. The father of 
our subject is a carpenter by trade. He 
has been a resident of Iron Mountain, 
Michigan, since 1881. His wife, wr^- Susan 
Lane, is also a native of England. She 
came to America with her parents when she 
was twelve years of age, her father, George 
Lane, being one of the pioneer settlers of 
Iowa county, Wisconsin. Thomas and 
Susan Hancock have had seven children, 
Robert J. being their third child and second 
son, and the eldest of the family now living. 
Mr. Hancock was reared in his native 
county, attending the public schools until 
he was fourteen, and then entering upon an 
apprenticeship to the hardware business. 
Since 1881 he has been a resident of Iron 
Mountain, Michigan. For si.\ years he was 
an employe in the hardware business here, 
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Sundstrom, he opened a hardware estab- 
lishment, which has since been successfully 
conducted by them, their stock covering a 
full line of stoves, tinware, miners' sup- 
plies, etc. 

Mr. Hancock was first married in 1886 
to Miss Louisa Vial, daughter of Phillip and 
Emma Vial. Her happy married life was of 
short duration and soon she was called to 
her last home, leaving a husband and little 
daughter, Willa, to mourn their loss. 
August 26, 1894, Mr. Hancock married 
Miss Anna Treglowan, a native of Iowa 
county, Wisconsin, and a daughter of 
Alfordand Julia Treglowan. Mr. Treglowan 
and his family moved to Butte City, Mon- 
tana, in 1885, Mrs. Hancock being at that 
time twelve years of age, and in Butte City 
she was reared and educated. She is a 
graduate of the high school of that place. 
Her parents still reside in Butte City. 

Mr. Hancock is a member of the Meth- 
odist Episcopal Church, and, politically, 
gives his support to the Republican party. 



* m ^ UGH Mclaughlin, engaged in 
l*^"^^ the real-estate and insurance busi- 
ly ^ ness in Iron Mountain, was born in 
the township of Brookfield, Wauke- 
sha county, Wisconsin, February 22, 1846, 
a son of James McLaughlin, a native of 
county Mayo, province of Connaught, Ire- 
land. He emigrated to America in 1830, 
locating in Albany, New York, where he 
followed agricultural pursuits. 

Hugh McLaughlin attended the public 
schools until seventeen years of age, then 
spent a year and a half in Carroll College, 
Waukesha, and then entered Bryant & 
Stratton's Business College, Milwaukee. In 
1869, with an elder brother, he purchased 



the Healy & Company grocery business, at 
Chicago, Illinois, and was engaged in that 
occupation two j'ears. Mr. McLaughlin 
then spent five years with the Kirby-Car- 
penter Lumber Company, of Menominee; 
from that time until 1884 was engaged in 
the insurance business at Quinnesec, and 
then embarked in the same occupation in 
Iron Mountain. In 1889 he sold out to the 
First National Bank, and since that time 
has been engaged in the real-estate business. 

Mr. McLaughlin was the first Clerk of 
Breitung township, having held that position 
seven years; was also the first Registrar of 
Deeds after the county of Dickinson was 
organized, having been appointed by Gov- 
ernor Winans, and was the first President 
of the Board of Education. In his social 
relations he is a thirty-second-degree Mason, 
a member of Iron Mountain Lodge, F. & A. 
M. ; of Iron Mountain Chapter, R. A. M. ; 
Lake Superior Commandery, and of DeWitt 
Clinton Consistory, S. P. R. S. , Grand 
Rapids. 

In 1878 Mr. McLaughlin was united in 
marriage with Miss Maggie Donovan, of 
Oconto, Wisconsin. To this union have 
been born four children, — two sons and two 
daughters. 



HLFRED J. RUNDLE, dealer in 
hardware and miners' supplies. 
Iron Mountain, Michigan, is one of 
the most enterprising young busi- 
ness men of the town. 

Mr. Rundle was born at Rockland, 
Michigan, August 19, 1862, and is a son of 
L. B. Rundle, a native of England. He 
attended the public schools until he was 
seventeen years of age, when he entered 
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chinist, and served two years. After that 
he came to Iron Mountain and secured a 
position as machinist in the shops of the 
Chapin mine. A year later he engaged in 
the hardware business with an elder brother. 
Subsequenty he purchased his brother's in- 
terest, and has since conducted the business 
in his own name, having an e.xtensive and 
increasing trade. His establishment is the 
largest of its kind in Iron Mountain. Mr. 
Rundle is also owner of the Rundlc Opera 
House, which has a seating capacity of 900 
people. He is public-spirited and enter- 
prising, gives his support to all measures in- 
tended to advance the interests of the cit}-, 
and is regarded as one of its most worthy 
citizens. 

Socially, Mr. Rundle is identified with 
the Masonic order and the Knights of 
Pythias. He was married July 17, 1889, to 
Miss Emma Hook, of Aniboy, Illinois, and 
they have one son. 



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'ILLIAM JOHN McILROY, fore- 
man of the stables of the Wis- 
consin Land & Lumber Com- 
pany at Hermansville, Michigan, 
has been a resident of this place and has 
occupied his present position since 1S82. 

Mr. Mcllroy is a native of Canada, born 
at Dumbarton, New Brunswick, son of 
Ezekiel Mcllroy, a native of that place and 
a carpenter by trade. When the subject of 
our sketch was four years of age, his par- 
ents moved to the United States and took 
up their abode at Oshkosh, the father locat- 
ing a farm there. Young Mcllroy attended 
the public schools of Oshkosh until he was 
fifteen, and from that time until he was 
twenty-two he worked on his father's farm. 
Then he went to work in the lumber woods 



for Chase & Buckstaff, in the employ of 
which firm he remained until 18S2. Since 
that date, as above stated, he has occupied 
the position of foreman at the stables of the 
Wisconsin Land & Lumber Company at 
Hermansville. He has under his care about 
a hundred horses. By his close and careful 
attention to business, he has long ago earned 
the confidence and good will of the com- 
pany and is regarded as one of their most 
trusted employes. 

Mr. Mcllroy was married June 20, 1888, 
to Miss Mary Gilligan, of Fond du Lac. 
Socially, he is identified with Winnebago 
Lodge, No. 120, I. O. O. F. 



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ILLIAM BUCH is a member of the 
firm of Buch & Nieman, butchers 
and dealers in general merchan- 
dise at Hermansville, Michigan. 
This gentleman was born at Cedarburg, 
Wisconsin, October 2, 1862, son of John 
Buch, a native of Germany. He attended 
the public schools of Cedarburg until he was 
fifteen years of age and then went to Iowa, 
where for a year and a half he worked on 
his uncle's farm. Returning to his native 
town, he was employed in farm work suc- 
cessively by H. Havner, Thomas Halpin 
and Earnest Snyder. After that he came 
to Michigan and at Escanaba learned the 
butcher business, working for Bittner Broth- 
ers. With these gentlemen he remained for 
fifteen years. In 1882 he went back to his 
his old home in Wisconsin and opened up a 
meat market, which he conducted two years 
and which at the end of that time he sold to 
his brother. After selling out he returned 
to Escanaba and resumed work for his old 
employers. October 12, iSSS, he became 
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store he opened at Hermansville, the 
firm style being Bittner Brothers & Com- 
pany, and continuing as such until January 
13, 1894. On that day Mr. A. Bittner sold 
his share to John F. Nieman and the name 
was changed to Buch & Nieman, and after 
this they added to their meat market a line 
of general merchandise. That he has been 
prosperous in his undertakings here is shown 
by the fact that at the time he engaged in 
business at Hermansville his capital consist- 
ed of $1,600 and today he is worth no less 
than $12,000. 

Mr. Buch was married October 2, 1886, 
to Miss Emma Thesfeldt, of Thiensville, 
Wisconsin, and they have had four children, 
three of whom are living, — Ella, Renetta 
and Martha. 

Mr. Buch is a member of the German 
Church. 



K^/^\ R- GEORGE W. EARLE, Her- 
I ■ mansville, Michigan, is a native of 
J^^J Truxton, Cortland county. New 
York, born October 9, 1849, the 
son of William Earle, a farmer, who came 
West with our subject, George W. , and a 
sister, Carrie, during the Western fever, and 
was a contractor on the Chicago, Burlington 
& Quincy Railroad. 

When the subject of this sketch was five 
years of age he went to Belvidere, Illinois, 
to live with an uncle, and attended the public 
schools there until he was ten years of age, 
when he hired out on a farm. He began 
teaching school when sixteen years of age in 
Buchanan county, Iowa. When he reached 
the age of nineteen years he entered a med- 
ical college in New York, and in three years 
graduated. He practiced his chosen pro- 



fession at Tully, that State, for seventeen 
years. While a resident of Onondaga 
county he was identified largely with all 
public enterprises, and was a member of the 
Board of Supervisors for four years and was 
chairman of same for one year, and served 
as coroner physician of the county for four 
years. He was interested in a considerable 
amount of real estate, and was closely iden- 
tified with all public enterprises. In the 
autumn of 1S89, having become the owner 
of stock in the Wisconsin Land & Lum- 
ber Company at Hermansville, he moved to 
this place, accepting a position as assistant 
manager for the company. The daily 
capacity of their mill is 50,000 feet of pine 
and 40,000 feet of hard wood. Their capi- 
tal stock is $600,000, their establishment 
being next to the largest in the United 
States devoted to hard-wood flooring and 
ceiling. They own also all the real es- 
tate in the village of Hermansville excepting 
one store. The Doctor has also a separate 
interest in a block of stores on the main 
street. 

Dr. Earle is a Freemason, a Knight of 
the Maccabees, a Knight of Pythias, a mem- 
ber of the New York State Medical Society, 
American Medical Association, and of the 
Association of Railroad Surgeons. At pres- 
ent he is not engaged in his profession ex- 
cepting to attend, without charge, all the 
cases among the members and employes of 
his company, and of these there are over 
500 men. 

June 2, 1888, is the date of his marriage 
to Miss Emma Meyer, the daughter of the 
president of the company just mentioned, 
and he has had three children, two of whom 
are living, — Harold, now aged five years, 
and an infant son. The Doctor has an ele- 
gant residence at Hermansville. 



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H LEXIS PATENAUDE, a druggist 
of Norway, was born at Marquette, 
Michigan, October 27, 1856, a son 
of Timothy Patenaude, a native of 
Canada. Alexis attended the public schools 
of his native city until nineteen years of age, 
and then went to live with a priest. Father 
Comtois, to study and prepare himself to 
enter college. At about the age of twenty- 
two years he was admitted to the Joliette 
College of Canada, and in one year com- 
pleted his classical course. Mr. Patenaude's 
first employment was as a drug clerk for 
John Crowley, of Marquette, remaining in 
that store three years; for the following two 
years was a drug clerk for H. H. Stafford & 
Son, and he then came to Norway and took 
charge of the drug store of Dr. L. J. Kim- 
ball, who was at that time postmaster of 
Norway, and Mr. Patenaude also had entire 
charge of the postoffice as well as the drug 
store. In the summer of 1882 he took 
charge of a drug store which was involved 
in a lawsuit and remained three months, or 
until the suit was settled. January 25, 
1883, he formed a partnership with \^^ B. 
High, and they opened a drug store under 
the firm name of Patenaude & High, which 
continued until October 19, 1885, and our 
subject has ever since conducted the busi- 
ness in his own name. In April, 1888, he 
added a jewelry store to his drug business, 
but June 9, in the same j'ear, he was burned 
out in the great fire which destroyed the 
largest portion of the town of Norway, his 
loss reaching about $ I 5,000! Mr. Patenaude 
re-opened his drug store in the council 
room and used a large dry-goods bo.x for a 
prescription counter. He afterward erected 
a two-story brick building, which is fur- 
nished with the most costly black-walnut 
fixtures. 



Mr. Patenaude was married in 1882 to 
Miss M. E. Burns, of Rockland, Michigan, 
and they have one daughter living, aged 
nine years, and their son died in infancy. 
Mr. Patenaude was Town Clerk before Nor- 
way was incorporated, and he is at the 
present time Justice of the Peace. After 
the hardest political campaign that Norway 
ever witnessed, Mr. Patenaude was elected 
Mayor of the city of Norway by an over- 
whelming majority, April i, 1895. Socially, 
he is a member of the Foresters, the K. of 
P., and he organized and was President of 
the John Baptiste Society for three years. 



aARL A. LINDAHL, of the firm of 
Browning, Lindahl & Company, 
dealers in general merchandise, 
Hour, feed and hay, was born in 
Sweden, January 18, i860, a son of John A. 
Lindahl, also a native of that country. Carl 
attended the public schools until fifteen 
years of age, spent one year in college, and 
after graduating came to America, locating 
in Colby, Wisconsin. He secured employ- 
ment one summer for the Wisconsin Central 
Railroad, was next engaged in contract work 
for the railroad at Mount Horeb, that State, 
in 1880 began work on a gravel train for the 
Chicago & North Western Road, was later 
made a brakeman on a construction train in 
the employ of the same road, and in the 
fall of that year he met with a very severe 
accident. He was caught between two cars 
and received internal injuries which disabled 
him for six months. After his recovery, 
Mr. Lindahl served as general manager of 
the warehouse of Smith & Loughrey, at 
Florence, Wisconsin, for five years, and was 
then made their bookkeeper. Leaving that 
position, he went to Walcott, North Da- 



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kota, where he conducted a general mercan- 
tile store for Morris & Company about six 
months, and then, returning to Florence, he 
secured the position of time-keeper for H. 
M. Wheeler, in driving logs on Pine river. 
Mr. Lindahl next worked for his old em- 
ployers, Smith & Loughrey, at their store 
in Iron Mountain for one year, and then 
bought a mineral spring at Rhinelander, 
Wisconsin, and bottled mineral water. That 
was the first business enterprise Mr. Lindahl 
ever entered for himself. One year after- 
ward he came to Norway, Michigan, and 
formed a partnership with R. C. Browning 
and J. E. Anderson, under the firm name of 
Browning, Lindahl & Company. They pur- 
chased the store of John Linquist. 

Mr. Lindahl was married September 13, 
1885, to Miss Clara Hegstrom, of Galesburg, 
Illinois. They have four children, the eldest 
being eight years of age. In his social rela- 
tions our subject is a Master Mason. 



aHARLES TREIBER, of the firm 
of Charles Treiber & Sons, Nor- 
way, was born in Germany, April 
26, 1844, a son of Charles Treiber, 
Sr. Our subject came with his parents to 
America when seven years of age, spending 
the first three years in Newark, New Jersey, 
where he attended the public schools. He 
then removed to Chicago, Illinois, where he 
worked in his father's match factory until 
1864, and he then enlisted in the Fifty-first 
Illinois Infantry, serving until the close of 
the struggle. He took part in the battles of 
Springhill, Franklin and Nashville. After 
the close of the struggle, Mr. Treiber learned 
and followed the carpenter's trade in Chi- 
cago until 1 87 1. He then followed the 
same occupation in Menominee, Michigan. 



three years, after which he opened and con- 
ducted the Chicago House in that city six 
years, and then came to Norway and opened 
a hotel, also called the Chicago House, con- 
ducting the latter thirteen years. Mr. 
Treiber next embarked in the grocery, flour 
and feed business, of which, in the spring of 
1894, his sons^ became partners, and they 
have since added a livery stable. Mr. 
Treiber also owns a farm of eighty-eight 
acres five miles from this city. 

He was married in Chicago to Miss Te- 
ressa Stahl, a native of that city. They 
have eight living children and two deceased. 
Mr. Treiber is a Master Mason and a mem- 
ber of the Odd Fellows order. 



,>^ICHARD M. SAMPSON, Jr., of 
I ^T Norway, Dickinson county, was 
\ , y born at Houghton, Michigan, Oc- 
tober 15, 1858, a son of R. M. 
Sampson, a native of England and a miner 
by trade. He came to this country about 
1854, and, after spending two years in Can- 
ada, he located at Holton, Michigan, in the 
copper country. He still resides there, 
but has retired from active business. 

Richard M., our subject, left school at 
the age of nineteen years, after which he 
worked for his father two years, and then 
came to this city and was made assistant 
station agent for his brother, John D. Samp- 
son, station agent at Norway for the Chi- 
cago & Northwestern Railroad. After re- 
maining there eight years, Mr. Sampson 
took the management of the general mer- 
cantile store of John Lindquist for three 
years, was then appointed Postmaster under 
President Harrison's administration, continu- 
ing in that position until March, 1894, and in 
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ageinent of his brother's general mercantile 
store, in which he is still engaged. 

Mr. Sampson has been twice married, — 
the first time to Miss Kate Lyon, a native 
of Norway, who at her death left one daugh- 
ter, now seven years old. He then married 
Miss Genevieve LaComb, a native of Fort 
Howard, Wisconsin, and by this marriage 
also there is a daughter, now eighteen 
months old. In his social relations, Mr. 
Sampson is a Master Mason and a member 
of the A. O. U. W. and the Sons of St. 
George. He has always taken an active in- 
terest in politics, voting with the Repub- 
lican party, and he was made chairman of 
the Republican county central committee in 
1863-4. 



"^ yy w * ILLIAM B. HIGH, a prominent 
Mm I businessman of Norway, was born 
mjLJI in Washington county, New York, 
December 7, 1841, a son of 
Charles B. High, a native also of that State. 
William moved with his parents to West 
Troy, New York, when a boy, and attended 
the public schools until eighteen years of age. 
He then secured work in the sawmill of 
Beach & Hodgeman, at Fort Edward, New 
York, of which his father was foreman, re- 
maining there three years. He next spent 
one year as mill boss for Sawyers & Gardner, 
at Little Swan, Wisconsin, conducted a 
sawmill for William Bruce at Big Swan two 
years, was foreman for R. M. Naughton & 
Company, lumber dealers of Oconto, Wis- 
consin, and while in that city he also served 
as City Marshal for five years. Sheriff one 
year. Treasurer two years and Assessor one 
year. He was a partner with Ed Barber in 
the mercantile and livery business. 

In 1892 Mr. High moved with his family 



to Norway, Dickinson county, Michigan. 
He purchased the drug store of L. J. Kim- 
ball, which he conducted in connection with 
the jewelry business until the fire of 1888. 
He has since reopened his store at the same 
place. In addition to his other business in- 
terests, he was for a number of years in the 
employ of United States Government, and 
located thousands of acres for the Chicago 
& Northwestern Railroad Company and 
different mill companies, doing some survey- 
ing in the Rocky mountains. He is a Re- 
publican in his political views. Socially, he 
is a member of the Odd Fellows order, the 
A. O. U. W. , the Native Born Sons of 
New York and is a Master Mason. 

Mr. High married Miss Sarah F. John- 
son, of Oconto, Wisconsin, and they have 
three children living and one deceased. 



aHARLES B. MARSON, proprietor 
of a furniture and general store at 
Stephenson, Michigan, has been 
engaged in business heje since 1 884, 
is thoroughly identified with the interests of 
the town, and is ranked with its best citi- 
zens. He at first established himself in the 
furniture business, also dealing in flour and 
feed, and subsequently added a stock of 
general merchandise. Brief personal men- 
tir.n of Mr. Marson is as follows: 

Charles B. Marson was born in Brant- 
ford, Brant county, Ontario, Canada, No- 
vember 4, 1846, son of Joseph Marson, a 
blacksmith. When he was eight years old 
he went to live with an uncle in Monroe 
county. New York. He attended the pub- 
lic schools and later the Avon Academy, 
and at the age of sixteen left the academy 
and began learning the milling business. He 
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to the position of foreman, and still has in his 
possession recommendations from several of 
the largest milling companies by which he was 
employed. His career as a miller covered 
a period of twenty years. Among the well- 
known companies with which he was con- 
nected we note those of Norton & Company, 
Lockport, Illinois; D. A. Baldwin, Hudson, 
Wisconsin; Bailey & Bartlett, Baldwin, 
Wisconsin, and the Daniel Shaw Lumber 
Company, Eau Claire, Wisconsin; and for 
some years he was engaged in the milling 
business on his own account. In partner- 
nership with a Mr. McCaffery, under the 
firm name of McCaffrey & Marson, he 
operated a flouring mill at Augusta, Wis- 
consin, for four years, when he sold out to 
his partner. Then for three years he rented 
a mill at Osseo, Wisconsin. At that time 
this mill was sold, and from Osseo he came 
to his present location at Stephenson, estab- 
lishing, as above stated, the business in 
which he has since been engaged. 

Mr. Marson was married December 17, 
1869, to Miss Elizabeth Howson, of Otona- 
bee, Canada, and they have three children, 
Joseph H., Charles C. and Mary Mabel. 

In fraternal circles Mr. Marson is promi- 
nent and active. He is a member of the 
Masonic order, the Ancient Order of United 
Workmen, and the Maccabees, the latter of 
Stephenson, and is Commander of the last 
named organization. 



>nr*OSEPH CHARLES QUAY, Post- 
m master of Stephenson, Michigan, is a 
A 1 native of Canada and a son of Joseph 
Guay. When a child he came with 
his parents to the United States. He was 
educated in the Brothers' Catholic School 
near Three Rivers, Michigan, leaving school 



when he was fifteen and accepting a posi- 
tion in a general store, where he remained 
until he was eighteen. From that time 
until he was twenty he worked on his fa- 
ther's farm. We next find him at Green 
Bay, Wisconsin, where he spent a year and 
a half, working in a sawmill in the summer 
and in the woods in winter. After that he 
secured a position as cook for Witbeck & 
Company, lumbermen at Menominee, and 
thus was occupied for three winters, his 
summers being spent in running a boarding- 
house for Joseph Garon. His next venture 
was to open a bakery on his own account in 
Menominee. That was in 1875. This bak- 
ery he conducted during the summer and in 
winter worked in the woods for the L. W. 
V. S. Lumber Company. In the spring of 
1878 he sold out and moved to Stephenson. 
Here he ran a boarding-house for H. Bird, 
who owned and operated a shingle and saw 
mill, and he continued in Mr. Bird's employ 
three years. In the meantime he purchased 
a farm and he hired men to run it. After 
resigning his position as manager of the 
boarding-house he became bookkeeper for 
Felix Beaudoin and remained with this firm 
until some time after it changed to Ander- 
son & Churchill, and was general manager 
as well as bookkeeper. In 1883 he left this 
company and became bookkeep>er for O. 
Letro, but the following year resumed work 
for Anderson & Churchill at an increased 
salary and remained with them until July 
18, 1885, when the plant was destroyed by 
fire. 

Mr. Guay was first elected Justice of the 
Peace in 1880, has been elected from time 
to time since that date, and is still filling 
the office. For five years he has served as 
Town Clerk, and since December, 1893, he 
has been Postmaster, in all of these posi- 



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tions performing faithful and efficient serv- 
ice. He has been successful in acquiring a 
nice property, and at this writing is the 
owner of real estate in Stephenson to the 
value of $12,000. Socially he is identified 
with the Maccabees. 

Mr. Guay was married, July 3, 1873, to 
Miss Lizzie McGuire, of Hartford, Wiscon- 
sin, and they have had six children, five of 
whom are living. 



>j»AMES W. VALENTINE, manager 
^ for D. M. Sheldon, general merchant 
A 1 at Stephenson, Michigan, was born 
in Columbus county, New York, 
April 26, 1 82 3, and was nine years of age 
when his parents moved to Painesville, 
Ohio, where he received a common-school 
education, which indeed was rather meager 
compared with what is considered a com- 
mon-school education in the present age. 

At the age of twenty-one years he left 
Ohio and was employed at various things 
until 1850, when he secured a position as 
clerk in a general merchandise store in Fond 
du Lac, Wisconsin, and some time after- 
ward he embarked in the business on his 
own account, continuing in the same for 
fifteen years, and then selling out to E. R. 
Ferris. He was a resident of Fond du Lac 
for thirty-two years, and while there was 
Alderman for seven years, and when he 
left that city he moved to Green Bay, Wis- 
consin, where his family now resides. He 
came to Stephenson about sixteen years 
ago, and was employed here in the general 
store of D. M. Sheldon for three years, and 
then a year and a half with him and for him 
in Iowa. Returning to Stephenson he 
bought back the old store for him, which 
had been sold during their absence, and he 



is at the present time the general manager 
of the business for his old employer. Being 
so long in the business and so long in the 
employ of one man, he is far better quali- 
fied for the place than any other person 
could be. He is a worthy citizen. 

For his wife he married Miss P. E. 
Spencer, of Lake county, Ohio, and they 
have had two daughters, the eldest of whom 
is deceased; and the other married Gustave 
Denever, of Fond du Lac, and is now a 
widow, residing with the family of Mr. Val- 
entine in Green Bay. The subject of this 
sketch is now the grandfather of three 
children, and he has one great-grandchild. 

In his political principles Mr. Valentine 
is a strong Republican. 



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ALTER P. KEZAR, one of the 

enterprising business men of 
Stephenson, Michigan, was born 
in Winnebago county, Illinois, 
October 17, 1859, son of Denslay Kezar, a 
farmer of that county. His father died 
March 20, 1895, and was taken to his old 
home in Winnebago county, Illinois, for 
burial. 

Mr. Kezar was reared on his father's 
farm, and attended school at intervals until 
he attained his twenty-first year. Then he 
came to Stephenson, Michigan, and entered 
the employ of D. M. Sheldon, as book- 
keeper and clerk, and remained with Mr. 
Sheldon until 1891. That year he engaged 
in business for himself, opening out a stock 
of general merchandise at Stephenson, under 
the firm name of the W. P. Kezar Company, 
limited. The firm was incorporated with 
Dr. Edward Sawbridge, of Stephenson, and 
Lewis Dobeas, of Ingalls, as directors. In 
1 892 Mr. Kezar purchased the entire interest 



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of these two gentlemen, and then, in order 
to have directors, he sold to his wife and 
father $ioo worth of stock each. The pres- 
ent value of the business is $10,000. At 
the time Mr. Kezar located in Stephenson 
he had no capital save his energy and his 
determination to succeed, and as the result 
of ihis good management and his honesty 
and earnest industry he stands to-day at the 
head of a prosperous business. In addition 
to this he is engaged in the manufacture of 
lumber and shingles, having a mill located at 
Stephenson. 

Mr. Kezar was married June 20, 1883, 
to Miss Hattie L. Allen, of Fulton county, 
New York, and they have had four children, 
one being deceased. Those living are 
Harold P., Edward A., and Ruth, aged, re- 
spectively, eight, four and two years. 

In local affairs Mr. Kezar takes an active 
interest. For three years he was the effi- 
cient Clerk of Stephenson. Fraternally, he 
is a member of the Masonic order and the 
Maccabees. 



K^^ ICHARD C. BROWNING, County 

I /"^ Clerk of Dickinson county, Michi- 

\ . y gan, is one of the highly respected 

citizens of Norway. 

Mr. Browning was born in Cornwall, 

England, and was reared and educated 

there. His father, James Browning, a 

native of Devonshire, England, and a miner 

by occupation, came to America many years 

ago and was mining boss in the Norway 

mine. Richard C. attended school until he 

was fifteen years of age. Then he accepted 

a position as bookkeeper in the wholesale 

and retail store of Bullen Brothers, at Truro, 

in Cornwall, where he remained until 1881, 

the time of his coming to America. After a 



sojourn of six weeks with his sister in Dover, 
New Jersey, he came west to Michigan and 
secured employment in the mining camps at 
Norway. Later he served as night time- 
keeper for the Menominee Mining Company, 
next as assistant bookkeeper in their office, 
then as cashier of their store at Quinnesec, 
and finally was made general bookkeeper at 
Norway, in which latter position he served 
until November, 1891, when he resigned. 
Nine months previous to this time he had 
formed a partnership with C. A. Lindahl 
and J. E. Anderson, under the firm name of 
Browning, Lindahl & Company, for the pur- 
pose of conducting a general merchandise 
business, and in this they have since con- 
tinued, their operations being attended with 
success. Mr. Browning was one of the or- 
ganizers of the Norway Banking Company, 
which afterward sold out to the First Na- 
tional Bank of Iron Mountain. 

Fraternally, he is identified with the F. 
& A. M. and the I. O. O. F., and he is also 
a member of the William Pitt Lodge, Sons 
of St. George. Politically, he is in harmony 
with the principles advocated by the Repub- 
lican party. He is now serving his second 
term as County Clerk, in this position, as 
elsewhere, his service being characterized by 
strict fidelity. 

Mr. Browning was married in August, 
1890, to Miss Emma Hosking, and they have 
three children. 



^rpry9lLLIAM HURLEY, a prominent 
■ ■ I attorney of Iron Mountain, was 
!^J^^J born at Schenectad}', New York, 
February 2, 1S42, a son of 
James H. Hurley, a native of county Cork, 
Ireland, who came to America in 1832. At 
the age of two-and-a-half years William was 



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taken by his parents to Wisconsin, where he 
attended the schools until his graduation, at 
the age of sixteen j'ears. The first school 
he attended was held under an old cedar 
tree, and there were eight scholars in at- 
tendance. Two years afterward they built 
a schoolhouse. He taught school five years, 
and at the age of twenty-one years he en- 
tered the University of Madison, Wisconsin, 
where he graduated in the law department 
with the degree of LL. B., and was ad- 
mitted to the bar in June, 1870. He then 
followed the practice of his profession at 
Fond du Lac for twelve years. In 1875 he 
was elected City Attorney of that city, and 
also served as a member of the School 
Board. Since 1882 he has successfully fol- 
lowed the practice of law in Iron Mountain, 
Michigan. He has been counselor in a 
number of murder cases, and his skill as 
a criminal lawyer is widely known. Mr. 
Hurley was a candidate for Prosecuting At- 
torney, and at the election ran far ahead of 
his ticket. In political matters he is a 
stanch Democrat. 



>T^OHN ENGBLOM, County Treas- 
^ urer of Dickinson county, was born 
nj in the province of Fahelau, Sweden, 
January, 31, 1861, a son of John 
Johnson, a native also of that country. Our 
subject attended the public schools until 
fourteen years of age, after which he was 
employed at farm labor and also was 
employed in the lumber woods for about 
five years. For the following year he 
found work at an iron furnace in the smelt- 
ing works. In 1880 became to America, lo- 
cating in Norway, Michigan, where he 
worked for the Menominee Mining Com- 



pany until the fall of 1882, and then se- 
cured a position with the Briar Hill Mining 
Company. In the spring of 1883 Mr. Eng- 
blom went to Chicago to enter the employ' 
of the North Chicago Rolling Mill Company, 
now known as the Illinois Steel Company, 
remaining there a few months. After spend- 
ing three months in the old country he lo- 
cated in Iron Mountain, Michigan, securing 
employment from the Menominee Mining 
Company in the Chapin mine, and subse- 
quently was made pit boss and had charge 
of sinking shafts. In 1892 he was elected 
to the position of County Treasurer and was 
re-elected to the office in 1894. 

November 11, 1889, Mr. Engblom was 
united in marriage with Miss Carolina Lar- 
son, a native of Iron Mountain. To this 
union have been born three children. The 
wife and mother departed this life Septem- 
ber 12, 1894. In political matters, Mr. 
Engblom is a stanch Republican. 



aHARLES HEIMERDINGER, sta- 
tion agent of the Chicago and 
North Western Railroad at Vulcan, 
is a son of George Heimerdinger, a 
native of Germany, but he came to this 
country when a boy. He located in Cleve- 
land, Ohio, and there learned the harness- 
maker's trade. Mr. Heimerdinger after- 
ward moved to Barrington, Illinois, where 
Charles was born, March 9, i860. He at- 
tended the schools of that city until arriving 
at the age of fifteen years, and then began 
work for the Chicago & North Western 
Railroad as baggageman, and later as tele- 
graph operator, having worked as a relief 
agent until 1882. Since that time he has 
served as station agent at Vulcan. Mr. 



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Heimerdinger served as Postmaster of this 
city from 1883 to 1893, and he now holds 
the ofBces of Township Treasurer and Clerk, 
and is also a member of the School Board. 
In his social relations he is a Royal Arch 
Mason. 

December 26, 1893, Mr. Heimerdinger 
was united in marriage with Miss Lizzie 
Fitch, of Chicago, Illinois, and they have 
two sons. 



^y^R. CHARLES I. WALKER, a 
I I practicing physician and druggist 
J^,^ of Powers, Michigan, has been 
identified with the interests of this 
place for ten years, and is well known in 
the town and surrounding country. 

Dr. Walker is a son of James H. 
Walker, a farmer of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, 
and was born at that place November 28, 
1857. He was educated at Oshkosh and 
is a graduate of the State Normal School in 
that city. After his graduation he taught 
school for two years and a half. Then he 
entered Rush Medical College at Chicago, 
Illinois, where he completed a thorough 
course and graduated with the degree of M. 
D., in 1884. Selecting Powers, Michigan, 
as a place of location, he came here and 
entered upon the practice of his profession, 
and, as above stated, has since been con- 
nected with the interests of this town. In 
1890 he opened his drug store, which he 
conducts in connection with his practice. 
He is also railroad surgeon. 

Dr. Walker was married August 1 1 , 
1888, to Miss Mary Haggerson, of Spald- 
ing, Michigan, and they have three chil- 
dren, — Ira, Edith, and Mary, aged respect- 
ively six, four and two years, 
ocially , the Doctor is a member of the 



Maccabees. He is a man of sterling integ- 
rity, and both as a physician and citizen is 
held in high esteem by all who know him. 



@EORGE RATTER, proprietor of a 
general merchandise store at Pow- 
ers, Michigan, has been identified 
with the interests of this place for 
fifteen years, and is ranked with its leading 
citizens. 

Mr. Ratter is a native of Germany, born 
on the Rhine, February 10, 1844, son of 
Jacob Ratter, of that place. Until he was 
twelve years of age he attended the public 
schools. Then he spent two years in col- 
lege, studying Latin and Greek, and for one 
year was a student in a commercial and 
trade school, where he took a course in 
mechanical drawing. After this he entered 
upon an apprenticeship to the trade of ma- 
chinist, served two years and a half, and in 
that time thoroughly mastered his trade, 
and during the following five years worked 
at it in different places. In 1866 he was 
called to the German army and was sent to 
the front, where he served three months, 
entering as a private and soon being pro- 
moted to the rank of Corporal. He was 
discharged in 1868. After leaving the army 
Mr. Ratter went to Paris, France, and 
there worked at his trade until September 4, 
1870, the day Napoleon the Third was 
taken prisoner. The excitement of the 
times then made it undesirable for a Ger- 
man subject to remain in France, and he 
returned to Germany, thence to Holland 
and from there to Liverpool, England. He 
worked at his trade in England until 1872, 
when he embarked for the United States. 

Arrived in America, he came direct to 
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and secured employ- 



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merit in the Milwaukee Railroad shops, 
where he remained until 1878, with the ex- 
ception of four months in 1877, when he 
was in Topeka, Kansas, with the hope that 
a change of climate would benefit his health. 
His health, however, still remained poor, 
and in 1878 the railroad company sent him 
to their shops at Minneapolis, a^ain think- 
ing that a change might effect a cure; but it 
did not, and he returned to Milwaukee and 
continued work in the shops there until Au- 
gust, 1879. His next move was to Powers, 
Michigan. Here in 1880 he opened a gen- 
eral merchandise store, which he has con- 
ducted ever since. From 1885 until 1891 
he also dealt in cedar lumber. At the time 
Mr. Ratter came to Powers he had a capi- 
tal of only about $300, and that he has suc- 
ceeded in his undertakings here is attested 
by the fact that he is now worth more than 
$15, 000. 

Mr. Ratter was married in the city of 
Paris, August 21, 1869, to Miss Caroline 
Baker, a native of his boyhood home. They 
have had five children, two of whom are 
deceased. Those living are Adelaide, aged 
twenty-one years; George, seventeen; and 
Otto, nine. 



HNDREW F. CARLSON, dealer in 
boots and shoes and dry goods, 
Stephenson, Michigan, is one of 
the enterprising merchants and 
self-made men of the town. 

Mr. Carlson is a native of Sweden, born 
February 21, 1862. He attended school 
until he was fifteen and then began learning 
the trade of shoemaker. When he was 
nineteen he left his native land and emi- 
grated to America, coming at once to 
Stephenson, Michigan. Upon his arrival 



here he first secured employment in the 
woods, where he remained until he obtained 
a position in the store of L. Anderson. 
After clerking for Mr. Anderson a year, he 
bought out his employer, and is still con- 
ducting business at the same stand. At the 
time he landed in Stephenson Mr. Carlson 
had only one dollar in his pocket; now he 
owns a business valued at $4,000, and he 
also owns the building he occupies and his 
residence. The success he has attained is 
due entirely to his own untiring energy and 
good management. 

Mr. Carlson is a member of the orders 
of Maccabees and Good Templars. While 
he is independent in his political views, he 
takes a commendable interest in local affairs, 
giving his support to all measures and move- 
ments which he believes to be for the ad- 
vancement of Stephenson and the surround- 
ing country. 

He was married in 1883 to Miss Lottie 
Nelson, and they have an interesting family 
of five children, the eldest being eleven 
years and the youngest a year-and-a-half 
old. 



@EORGE H. HAGGERSON, in 
charge of the general office of the 
Spalding Lumber Company, at 
Spalding, Michigan, was born at 
Geneva, New York, April 29, 1855. His 
father, G. Haggerson, moved with his family 
to Oconto, Wisconsin, when the subject of 
this sketch was an infant, and the latter 
grew up at that place. Leaving school at 
the age of sixteen years, he secured a posi- 
tion in the service of the Chicago & North- 
western Railway Company as baggageman, 
and five months afterward was made station 
agent and telegraph operator at Powers and 



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Spalding, having " picked up " the art of 
telegraphy while baggageman. He was 
also given charge of the office of the Spalding 
Lumber Company and of their general store 
at that point. At length, however, on ac- 
count of the increase of business in the lum- 
ber line at Spalding, he was obliged to quit 
the situation as station agent, and he now 
devotes his entire time to the business of the 
lumber company. The Spalding mills are 
located at Cedar River, and have a daily 
capacity of 160,000 feet of lumber, and the 
company employs altogether about 600 men. 

Mr. Haggerson was Treasurer of Spald- 
ing township in 1876-7, being in the latter 
year elected Supervisor, to which position 
he has ever since been re-elected. From 
1890 to 1892 he was Chairman of the Board 
of Supervisors of Menominee county. He 
is a member of the orders of Freemasons and 
Knights of Maccabees. 

May 20, 1876, he was married, but lost 
his wife October 3, 1891. His children, 
five in number, are: Eva M., eighteen 
years of age; Lizzie C. , fifteen; George W. , 
thirteen; Fred H., ten, and Charles N., 
seven. 



HLBERT N. LOTH, station agent 
for the Northwestern Railroad 
Company at Stephenson, Michigan, 
is a man in every way fitted for the 
position he occupies, and both as a railroad 
employee and citizen of Stephenson is held 
in high esteem. 

Mr. Loth is a son of Joseph Loth, who 
was for some years a hotel-keeper at Eagle 
River, Michigan, and afterward at Ishpem- 
ing, same State. Albert N. attended the 
.public schools until he was fifteen years of 
age. His first employment was that of rod- 



man with a surveying party in the iron-min- 
ing regions, and in this way he was occupied 
two years. When he was twenty-one he 
accepted a position as baggage master for 
the Northwestern Railroad. While thus 
employed he learned telegraphy, and was 
afterward made station agent at Stephenson, 
which position he still fills most efficiently. 
He is thoroughly identified with the inter- 
ests of the town. In educational matters 
he takes an active interest, at this writing 
being a member of the School Board. 
Fraternally, he is identified with the Order 
of Maccabees and was Lieutenant Com- 
mander of the same. 

Mr. Loth was married, in 1880, to Miss 
Jenette Kohler, of Ishpeming, Michigan. 
They have lost one child and have two chil- 
dren living. 



eDWARD SAWBRIDGE, M. D., 
Stephenson, was born in Mar- 
quette, Michigan, October 3, i860, 
his father a merchant of Negaunee. 
At the age of fifteen years he took a one- 
year course at Ripon (Wisconsin) College; 
ne.\t he attended the Hillsdale (Michigan) 
College for a time, and then went to Chi- 
cago and entered the employ of the Walters 
Drug Company. At the same time he at- 
tended the Chicago School of Pharmacy for 
two years; then entered Rush Medical College 
and attended lectures there for three years, 
when he graduated, with the diploma of M. 
D., in 1883. Next he was at the Cook Coun- 
ty (Illinois) Hospital, in Chicago, for nine 
months, being interne of the same for three 
months. In 1893 he took a post-graduate 
course in New York city, and finally in 1883, 
he came to Stephenson, and started out in 
practice. In 1885 he bought out Ed. V. 



NORTHERN PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN. 



225 



Conley's drug business here, which he has 
ever since been conducting, with success, 
as well as his practice as a physician, in 
which also he is doing well. He is vice 
president of the Menominee River Medical 
Society and a member of the National Asso- 
ciation of Railroad Surgeons. He is the phy- 
sician for the order of Maccabees in his vil- 
lage, of which he is a member, and is pres- 
ident of the Farmers' Northern Insurance 
Company, of Stephenson. He is surgeon 
for the Chicago & Northwestern and the 
Wisconsin & Michigan Railroads. In 18S4 
he was Postmaster at Stephenson, and in 
1887 was Township Treasurer. He is an 
ardent Republican. 

In 1890 he married Mrs. Ada B. Coats, 
of Stephenson, and has one child, a daugh- 
ter, aged nine months. 



aAPTAIN JACOB LEISEN, an hon- 
ored veteran of the late war and a 
man prominent in business and 
social circles of Menominee, was 
born near Coblentz, Germany, near the 
banks of the beautiful and historic Rhine, 
May 7, 1828. His grandfather, Jacob 
Leisen, was an officer in the forestry service 
in Prussia, and his son, Jacob, father of our 
subject, was born and reared there. Hav- 
ing arrived at years of maturity he married 
Margaret Gobel, daughter of Joseph Gobel, 
who was in the revenue service. The par- 
ents spent their entire lives in the Father- 
land, and both are now deceased. Their 
family numbered but two children, both 
sons. 

The Captain, who is the only survivor, 
grew to manhood in the land of his nativity, 
acquired his education in the public schools, 
and at the age of fifteen began to learn the 



trade of cabinet-making, which he followed 
for some time. In 1849 he joined the Prus- 
sian army, in which he served until 1852, 
as a member of the Eighth Battalion of 
Sharpshooters, being stationed at Baden for 
one year, and the remainder of the time at 
Wetzlar, the barracks being in the ancient 
high court-room. After receiving an hon- 
orable discharge he resumed work at his 
trade, which he followed until his emigra- 
tion to America in 1853. On the 25th of 
November of that year he landed at New 
York and worked in the Empire State and 
New Jersey until the fall of 1854, when he 
removed to Chicago, where he was employed 
until the autumn of 1855. In that year he 
went to Centerville, Manitowoc county, 
Wisconsin, where he carried on cabinet- 
making. 

While at that place Captain Leisen was 
married to MissVerenaM. Fehrenbach, the 
wedding being celebrated in 1858. The 
lady was born in Switzerland February 2 1 , 
1 841, and is a daughter of Antoine Fehren- 
bach. Mr. and Mrs. Leisen have six chil- 
dren, as follows: Rosa, now the wife of 
John Henes, of Menominee, by whom she 
has five children; James A.; Louis; Lena, 
wife of Richard Kirkham, of Menominee, 
and the mother of two children; Ida, wife 
of L. M. Packard, of this city, by whom she 
has four children; and Joseph, who com- 
pletes the family. 

In 1859 Mr. Leisen embarked in general 
merchandise and continued therein until 
May, 1873, save when his work was inter- 
rupted by his service in the army. In Oc- 
tober, 1864, he enlisted in Company B, 
Forty-fifth regiment of Wisconsin Volun- 
teers, which was organized at Madison, 
Wisconsin. He was appointed Captain of 
the company by Governor Lewis, the chief 



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executive of the Badger State, and the com- 
mand was at once ordered to the front, pro- 
ceeding to Nashville, Tennessee. He did 
provost and picket duty, also took charge of 
prisoners sent North, and continued at 
Nashville until July, 1865, never missing a 
day during all that time. He then received 
an honorable discharge and returned at once 
to Centerville. He was one of the leading 
and influential citizens of that community, 
and for eleven years served as Postmaster 
of that town, including the term of his serv- 
ice in the army, during which time his wife 
managed the office. 

In May, 1873, Captain Leisen came to 
Menominee and for a time was engaged in 
the soda-water business. In February, 
1876, he embarked in the brewing business, 
which he still continues to run being 
now president of the Leisen & Henes 
Brewing Company. One of the most im- 
portant elements of industrial and commer- 
cial activity in Menominee is the brewing of 
lager beer, and the firm just mentioned 
stands in the front rank in this enterprise 
as manufacturers of the famous brands of 
beer, — Our Ideal, Braun, Gold Standard 
and Nurnberger. This extensive brewery 
was established in 1872, and passed from 
the first ownership into other hands ere it 
came into possession of the present company 
in February, 1876. In July, 1891, it was 
incorporated under the laws of the State of 
Michigan, with a paid up capital of $100,- 
000, with Jacob Leisen as president; Louis 
Leisen as vice-president; and John Henes, 
secretary and treasurer. The brewery was 
destroyed by fire in 1877, and also on June 
24, i8go; but with characteristic energy it 
was at once rebuilt, rising phcenix-like from 
the ashes. This is a well-equipped plant, 
supplied with the latest improved machinery, 



the brew kettle being able to hold 1 50 bar- 
rels at a time, while the malt house has a 
capacity of 90,000 bushels. Every effort is 
put forth to promote cleanliness, and the 
desired end is accomplished. The storage 
accommodations are very complete, thirty 
men and seven teams are employed and a 
large saloon and family trade is conducted. 
The brewery now has a capacity of 50,000 
barrels annually, and the large volume of 
business is the result of the energy and just 
methods of the gentlemen who fonn the 
company. 

Other business interests claim the at- 
tention of Mr. Leisen, whose abilities are 
not limited to one line of trade. He has 
been prominent in promoting many of the 
most important enterprises of Menominee, 
is now a director of the Lumberman's Na- 
tional Bank, also of the Electric Light and 
Street Railway & Power Companies, and is 
proprietor of the Stained Glass Works. He 
was also largely interested in the erection 
of the fine Leisen & Henes business block, 
and by promoting these various interests he 
has added materially to the prosperity and 
progress of the community. His success is 
largely due to close application, keen dis- 
crimination and resolute purpose. He is 
not easily discouraged, but carries forward 
to successful completion whatever he under- 
takes, seeming to use any obstacles which 
may arise as a spur for renewed effort. 

In 1889 Mr. Leisen made a trip to 
Europe, visiting the scenes of his youth and 
also the Paris Exposition, which was held 
that year. In his political connections he 
is now a Democrat, having supported that 
party since 1872, previous to which time 
he was a Republican. In addition to the 
office of Postmaster, while living in Wis- 
consin, he served as Town Clerk for a 



NORTHERN PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN. 



period of four years and was also Justice of 
the Peace. Since coming to Menominee he 
has filled the office of Alderman and was 
twice candidate for Mayor. He supports 
the German Catholic Church, and is a mem- 
ber of Lyman Post, G. A. R., of Menom- 
inee, also the Order of the Loyal Legion, 
Michigan Commandery. He is a member 
of the Turn Verein, of which he served as 
President during the first eight years of its 
existence. He is very popular with all 
classes of people, and whether in social or 
business relations he wins friends and gains 
their high regard. 



G^DWARD DANIELL is secretary, 
treasurer and manager of the Elec- 
tric Light, liailway & Power Com- 
pany of Menominee and stands in 
the front rank among the business men of 
this city. It takes a master mind to invent 
intricate machinery, but the man who han- 
dles the same has not only to understand it 
thoroughly in all its delicate working but 
must also have the knowledge sufficient to 
control the mighty power that will be gen- 
erated and utilize it for benefit, or per- 
chance it may be turned to injury. Mr. 
Daniell, in his capacity of manager, occu- 
pies a very important position, and his skill 
and ability are recognized by the company 
and the public as well. 

This gentleman is a natis'e of county 
Cork, Ireland, and a son of William Uan- 
iell, a native of England. His father was a 
mine operator and lived with his family in 
Cork, Ireland, for a number of years, after 
which he came to America, in i860, settling 
in Houghton county, Michigan, where he 
still makes his home. He was identified 
with the mining interests there for a long 



period, but is now living retired, enjoying a 
well-earned rest. In his early manhood he 
married Abigail Sullivan, and with her hus- 
band and eight children she still survives, 
there never having been a death in the 
family. All reside in Calumet or vicinity 
save our subject. 

He was born January 31, 1859, and was 
therefore only a year old when brought by 
his family to the New World. He acquired 
an excellent education in Calumet, for the 
schools of that place were far in advance of 
the ordinary class, and when his school life 
was ended he entered upon his business 
career as clerk in a mining office. He after- 
ward entered the mine store at Calumet as 
bookkeeper, and subsequently embarked in 
the logging business, which he continued in 
Calumet until his removal to Menominee 
county in 1886. For a year he devoted his 
energies to the same pursuit, and in 1887 he 
came to the city of Menominee, accepting a 
position as manager in the sawmill of Peter 
Morrison. In 1889 he went to Arkansas, 
where he was in the lumber business for a 
year, and upon his return to Menominee he 
formed a connection with the firm of Ram- 
sey & Jones, lumber dealers. 

Mr. Daniell has been connected with his 
present business since 1892. The Menomi- 
nee Electric Light, Railway and Power Com- 
pany was organized in that year by special 
act of the legislature: the two lines of busi- 
ness had formerly been conducted separately. 
The railway company was organized in 1 89 1 , 
and the electric-light company had been 
established about ten years before. The 
present organization now controls all the 
electric-light and railway systems of Menomi- 
nee, and the organization is on a paying 
basis, — the investment proving a profitable 
one. The officers of the company arc 



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August Spies, president; Peter A. Van 
Berger, vice-president; and Edward Daniel!, 
secretary, treasurer and manager. These 
gentlemen, in connection with A. A. Car- 
penter, Joseph Fleisheim and Jacob Leisen, 
constitute the board of directors. The plant 
is located on Palmeter street, employment 
is furnished to some twenty-five workmen, 
and Mr. Daniel! has full charge and control 
of the worlds. Only by a thorough examina- 
tion of the works can one understand the 
responsibility of his position. The plant is 
equipped with two fine Corliss engines and 
all modern and improved electrical ap- 
paratus. The steam from the e.xhaust pipe 
is used to heat the large Spies block, also a 
large school building, then is drawn back to 
the engine-room by immense pumps and 
passed as hot water into the boiler of the 
engines. The water used in the plant is 
run through pipes from Green Bay. The 
efficient manager had no previous training 
for this business, but has displayed remark- 
able talent in the control of so intricate and 
sensitive machinery, and still displays such 
competency and ability as to give eminent 
satisfaction to the members of the company. 
Already $iSo,ooo have been invested in the 
plant, and the members of the company 
spare neither labor nor expense in providing 
an excellent system of ligliting and local 
transportation to the people of Menominee. 
Mr. Daniel! is a man of almost unlimited 
capacity for business. He is now interested 
in the Menominee Electrical & Mechanical 
Company, in which he is serving as treasurer, 
and is a stockholder in the First National 
Bank. Through the legitimate channels of 
business he has guided his bark to the har- 
bor of success, and anchored to the rock of 
prosperity. He is indebted not to inherit- 
ance or to favorable circumstances for his 



rise in the financial world, but to his own 
earnest efforts, close application and untir- 
ing industry. Politically, Mr. Daniel! has 
always been a stanch Republican, and 
though he has never sought office for him- 
self he has taken an active and commend- 
able interest in the success of his party and 
has aided others to secure political prefer- 
ment. In the Masonic fraternity he is a 
member of blue lodge, chapter and com- 
mandery, and also belongs to the Mystic 
Shrine of Grand Rapids, Michigan. 

In 18S4 a wedding ceremony was per- 
formed which united the destinies of Mr. 
Daniel! and Miss Carrie Roper, a native of 
Glasgow, Missouri, born on the 4th of July, 
1 863. She is a member of the Presbyterian 
Church and a lady whose excellencies of 
character have won for her the esteem of a 
large circle of friends and acquaintances. 
Their marriage is blessed with three inter- 
esting children, namely: Earl, Virginia and 
Irving. 



>^OHN DUNHAM, of tlie firm of West- 
^ mon & Dunham, general merchants 
/» 1 of Daggett, Michigan, is a progress- 
ive and enterprising young business 
man. 

Mr. Dunham is a native of Wisconsin, 
born January 21, 1859, son of John H. 
Dunham, a merchant of Dodge county, that 
State. Until he was eighteen his time was 
spent in attending school. Then he be- 
came a clerk in his father's store and re- 
mained thus occupied until 1884, when he 
came to Daggett and entered the employ of 
George Bush, as bookkeeper in the lumber 
mill. He continued with Mr. Bush four 
years. At the end of that time he accepted 
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merchandise store of G. H. Westmon. This 
store was sold in the fall of 1891 to the G. 
H. Westmon Lumber Company, Mr. Dun- 
ham, however, still retaining his position; 
and in 1 894 Messrs. Westmon and Dunham 
purchased it, and have since carried on the 
business under the firm name of Westmon 
& Dunham. Ever since he became con- 
nected with this establishment, Mr. Dun- 
ham has grown in favor, and under his efft- 
cient management the amount of business 
done has largely increased. 

Mr. Dunham is secretary of the G. 
H. Westmon Lumber Company, is a mem- 
ber of the Town Board, and is also a Justice 
of the Peace. He takes a laudable interest 
in local affairs and is ever ready to aid any 
movement intended for the advancement of 
Daggett. 

He was married in 1887 to Miss Emma 
Genor, of this place, and they have three 
children,- — Clara, John and Orpha, aged six, 
four and two years respectively. 



BERDINAND C. NOWACK, a deal- 
er in coal, wood, etc. , of Menom- 
inee, was born in Prussia, February 
2, 1846. His father, Gotlieb No- 
wack, came to America in 1855 and located 
on a farm near Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In 
1893 he sold his farm and came to Menom- 
inee to reside with his children. He was 
twice married, and by the first union there 
were live children, who are still living, 
viz.: Ferdinand, the subject of this sketch; 
Robert, of Menominee; Louisa Nimmer, of 
Bay View, Wisconsin; Bertha Gadbois, also 
of this city; and Ida. Two children of the 
last marriage are now living, — Otto and 
Dorothea, both residing near Milwaukee. 
Ferdinand C. Nowack came with his 



parents to America and was reared to man- 
hood on the farm near Milwaukee. At the 
age of eighteen years he began work as 
coachman for Hon. Jackson Hadley, of that 
city, spent a year and a half in a plow fac- 
tory there, next worked in the sawmill of 
Heald, Avery cS: Welsh, Whitehall, Mich- 
igan, and in 1868, on his way to Green Bay, 
Wisconsin, he landed in Menominee, having 
spent three days here before he knew he 
was in Michigan. After working for fouryears 
for the Kirby Carpenter Company Mr. No- 
wack purchased a horse and dray and was 
engaged here in draying for a number of 
years. He was the first man to sell ice in 
Menominee and Marinette, in which he was 
engaged for sixteen years, and to which he 
afterward added the sale of lime, brick, 
cement and general building material. In 
1889 he bought the Leisen & Henes coal 
business, and was engaged in the coal trade 
for a time with A. Vanitolet, but the latter 
afterward withdrew from the firm. In ad- 
dition to his other business interests, Mr. 
Nowack is vice-president of the Menominee 
River Brewing Company, and has been in- 
terested in that enterprise since its organ- 
ization as a stock company. 

November 2, 1873, our subject was 
united in marriage with Miss Caroline Baum- 
gartel, born in Oak Creek township, Mil- 
waukee county, Wisconsin, January 9, 1855, 
a daughter of John Baumgartel, an early 
pioneer of that county and a soldier of the 
Civil war. His death occurred December 
13, 1883. To this union were born ten 
children, seven now living, — Bertha, Ed- 
ward, Paul, Carrie, Lottie, Robert and 
Walter. The wife and mother died March 
17, 1891. Mr. and Mrs. Nowack were 
members of the German Lutheran Church, 
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for several years. In his social relations, he 
is Past Regent of the Coimcil of Royal 
Arcanum, is President of the Turn Verein, 
and is a member of the Sons of Hermann. 
Politically, he was formerly a Republican, 
but now affiliates with the Democratic 
party. He has been elected to the positions 
of Highway Overseer for Menominee town- 
ship, and as Supervisor of the city. 

Mr. Nowack came to Menominee not 
knowing a soul, without friends or money, 
but with a strong determination to succeed 
he set out to win, in which he has been suc- 
cessful without a doubt. He received a 
fair education in the old country and he was 
a very apt scholar in the English language 
after coming to this country. He spent 
three months in a year for three years in 
our schools, walking two and a half miles 
to school; had to rise at three o'clock in the 
morning, and with a yoke of oxen would 
haul wood to Milwaukee and sell it. He now 
takes a great delight with his gun and dog, 
and enjoys a vacation every fall in taking to 
the woods hunting deer, and hardly ever 
comes home without a deer or two. 



EON. J. F. HICKS, M. D., Menom- 
inee, Michigan, has been identified 
with the interests of this city for a 
number of years, and is ranked 
with its most prominent and highly re- 
spected citizens. 

Dr. Hicks was born in Kent county, 
province of Ontario, Canada, Ma}' 27, 1S38, 
eldest in the family of nine children of 
Thomas and Margaret (Fullerton) Hicks. 
His parents still reside in Canada, and of 
his brothers and sisters we record that those 
living are as follows: Matilda, wife of D. 
B. Forster, Detroit, Michigan; Margaret, 



wife of Daniel Tait, St. Thomas, Ontario; 
Rev. Richard Hicks, Simcoe, Ontario ; 
Rosetta, with her parents; and Mabel, wife 
of Arthur Bell, Blenheim, Ontario. 

The subject of our sketch was reared to 
farm life and was educated in the schools 
of his native land. For four years he was 
engaged in teaching, beginning when he was 
eighteen years of age. He then began the 
study of medicine in the State University of 
Michigan, and graduated with the class of 
1865. In the summer following his grad- 
uation he entered upon the practice of his 
profession in Canada, remaining there until 
1878. Since that date he has been a res- 
ident of Menominee, Michigan, and has 
conducted a successful practice here. He 
belongs to the regular school of medicine, 
is a member of both the American Medical 
Association and Menominee Medical Asso- 
ciation, and keeps well abreast with the ad- 
vancement his profession has made during 
the past three decades. 

Dr. Hicks was married in 1863 to Miss 
Jennie McPherson, a native of Scotland and 
a daughter of John and Jennie (McPherson) 
McPherson, early settlers of Appleton, Wis- 
consin, but now residents of Trenton, New 
Jersey. Mrs. Jennie Hicks was born in 
1845, received a college education at Ap- 
pleton, and was a woman of most amiable 
disposition, loved by all who knew her. 
She died in March, 1890. She was the 
mother of four children, namely: Thomas 
Ernest, who married a Miss Lloyd, resides 
in Menominee and occupies the position of 
assistant cashier in the First National Bank; 
Dr. Walter R. , a practicing physician of 
Menominee, married Miss Esther Phalen; 
Jennie Margaret, deceased; and Earl Staf- 
ford, at home. In December, 1893, Dr. 
Hicks wedded Catharine Alice Ramborger, 



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his present companion. She is a native of 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, born in 1S58, 
was educated at Hoboken, New Jersey, is 
an accomplished and estimable lady, and a 
member of the Presbyterian Church. 

Dr. Hicks is a Knight Templar Mason 
and a member of the Mystic Shrine, having 
his membership at Grand Rapids, Michigan. 
Politicall}', he is an ardent Republican. 
He has served three terms as Alderman of 
Menominee, and in 1893 was elected to the 
Michigan State Legislature, in which hon- 
orable body he served with credit to himself 
and his constituents. 



* y ^ O. FIFIELD, editor and proprie- 
■''"V tor of the Menominee Daily Her- 
\ ^ P aid, Menominee, Michigan, was 
born in Bangor, Maine, August 7, 
1 84 1, and comes of Scotch-Irish ancestors 
who were among the earl)' settlers of New 
England- 
Samuel S. Fifield, his father, was born 
in New Hampshire in 1801, the son of 
Nathaniel Fifield, also a native of New 
Hampshire. The latter was a soldier in the 
war of 18 1 2. Samuel S. Fifield was mar- 
ried in Maine, in 1832 or '3, to Miss Naomi 
Pease, daughter of Albani Pease, a noted 
Millerite of that section. She died in 1848 
and Mr. Fifield survived until 1869. They 
were the parents of five children, only two 
of whom are now living, — S. S. and H. O. 
Hon. S. S. Fifield, now a resident of Ash- 
land, Wisconsin, was formerly Lieutenant 
Governor of Wisconsin, and for twenty-five 
years served as a Representative and Sena- 
tor of that State. He was the first chair- 
man of the County Board of Ashland 
county. 

H. O. Fifield spent his early boyhood 



days in his native State, remaining there 
until 1853, when he came West to Rock 
Island, Illinois. The following year his 
father located at Prescott, Wisconsin, and 
at that place young F"ifield grew to man- 
hood. In 1858 he entered the office of the 
Prescott Transcript to learn the trade of 
printer, and was employed in that office at 
the time the Civil war broke out. 

April 19, 1 86 1, he entered the Union 
service as a member of Company C, First 
Minnesota Volunteer Infantry. This was 
one of the best regiments in the war. Its 
losses at the battle of Gettysburg were eigh- 
ty-three percent, of its fighting force, — the 
greatest per cent, of loss in the annals of 
war! To give a detailed account of the en- 
engagements in which Mr. Fifield par- 
ticipated would be to write a history 
of many of the most important battles of the 
war. Suffice it to say here that he was 
with the forces that operated in the East, 
and that prominent among the engagements 
in which he took part were those of first 
and second Bull Run, Ball's Bluff, Harper's 
Ferry, Winchester, South Mountain, Antie- 
tam, both battles of Fredericksburg, Gettys- 
burg, etc. May 5, 1864, he was honorably 
discharged, his term of enlistment expiring. 
His service was that of Drum Major. Mr. 
Fifield still has in his possession a Testa- 
ment which was given him by Mrs. Gov. 
Ramsey, of Minnesota, and which he car- 
ried through the war. 

Upon his return from the arm}', he se- 
cured work in a printing-office in St. Paul, 
and for parts of two years was compositor 
on the St. Paul Pioneer Press. Later he 
worked on the Polk County (Wisconsin) 
Press. In 1S69, in company with his 
brother, Hon. S. S. Fifield, he established 
the Bayfield Press at Bayfield, Wisconsin, 



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and in 1871 they established the Ashland 
Press. H. O. retired from the firm in 1874. 
In 1879 he was Clerk in the Wisconsin 
Legislature. Since March 12, 1879, he 
has been identified with the interests of Me- 
nominee, Michigan, and has all this time 
been connected with the Menominee Herald, 
the first fifteen months being employed as 
local editor and business manager by James 
A. Crozer, then its editor and proJDrietor. 
June 15, 1880, he purchased the plant and 
has since been at its head. 

The Menominee Herald was founded 
September 17, 1863, by Hon. E. S. Ingalls, 
now deceased. He was succeeded by A. P. 
Bradbury, who sold out to James A. Crozer 
in 1 87 1. In 1875 D. S. Crandall purchased 
it of him, and the following year Mr. Crozer 
repurchased it. Mr. Crozer continued as its 
proprietor until, as above stated, it passed 
into the hands of Mr. Fifield. The Herald 
to-day is complete in type and machinery, 
having four presses, all run by electricity, 
with the latest faces of job letter. The 
building in which the office is located was 
formerly the property of the publisher. 
This building is one of four in a block, is 
solid brick, 22| x 90 feet. The upper story 
is occupied by the Herald, and the first 
story by William Kuhle as a barber shop. 
Until March 6, 1894, the Herald had been 
issued only as a weekly publication, and at 
that time Mr. Fifield established a daily 
issue. He now employs eleven men and 
the weekly expense of the establishment is 
$140. 

Mr. Fifield was married in 1866 to Miss 
Emma Walker. She was born in 1846 at 
Glasgow, Illinois, a daughter of Lewis and 
California (White) Walker, of that place. 
Her grandfather, Dr. White, was one of the 
earliest settlers of Ypsilanti, Michigan. Mr. 



and Mrs. Fifield have an only child, Henry 
D., who married Miss Alice LeBouef. 
Mrs. Fifield is a member of the Episcopal 
Church. 

In fraternal circles he is prominent and 
active. He is a member of the blue lodge, 
chapter and commandery, F. & A. M., of Me- 
nominee, and the Mystic Shrine at Grand 
Rapids. He is also identified with Lyon 
Post, G. A. R., the K. O. T. M., A. O. U. 
W. , and National Union. Politically, he is 
a Republican. 

Mr. Fifield's elegant residence is located 
at No. 921 Main street, Menominee. 



^Y^ T. PHILLIPS, M. D., one of the 
If''^ prominent and skilled physicians 
JK^J of the northern peninsula of Mich- 
igan makes his home in the city of 
Menominee, — a valued resident, esteemed 
and honored by all who know him. He is 
recognized not only as a leader in the medi- 
cal fraternity, but also in social and polit- 
ical circles, and during the war of the Re- 
bellion the country had no more loyal de- 
fender than the young man of twenty who 
donned the blue and followed the stars and 
stripes to victory. 

The Doctor is a native of Wadsworth, 
Medina county, Ohio, born on the 14th day 
of October, 1840, and is a descendant of an 
old Connecticut family that was established 
there in early Colonial days. The father. 
Nelson Phillips, was born in the Nutmeg 
State, in 1806, and married Almira Hatch, 
who was born in Vermont in 1807. In 1830 
he removed to Medina county, Ohio, where 
he resided until 1845, goi^g 'r^ that year to 
Wisconsin. He made his first settlement in 
Walworth county, and in 1847 went to 
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maining days. He was called to the home 
beyond the river of death in 1890, and his 
wife, surviving him two years, passed away 
in 1892. They became the parents of eight 
children, five of whom are yet living, namely: 
Russell B., who is living in California; Sarah 
M., a resident of Oshkosh, Wisconsin; C. 
H., also located in California; B. T. , of this 
sketch; and Mrs. L. A. Crego, of Marinette, 
Wisconsin. The parents were for nearly 
sixty years members of the Methodist Epis- 
copal Church, and their earnest Christian lives 
won them the respect of all, gaining them 
many friends. Two of the sons served in 
the civil war, — the Doctor and W. H., who 
was a member of an Illinois regiment and is 
now deceased. 

Doctor Phillips was a child of only five 
summers when brought by his parents to the 
West; was reared in Wisconsin and acquired 
his literary education in the Lawrence Uni- 
versity of Appleton, Wisconsin, and when 
the war broke out he could no longer re- 
main contentedly at home, for he felt that 
duty called, and he never fails to respond to 
her call. The deeds of valor on the field of 
battle have been the theme of story and 
song through all ages, and we would add our 
tribute of praise in honor of the brave boys 
who left home and kindred to face danger 
and perhaps death on Southern battle-fields. 
Especially would we mention the gentleman 
whose name heads this record and whose 
army career is one of which he may be 
justly proud. 

In April, 1861, when the echo of Fort 
Sumter's guns had hardly died away, he 
offered his services to the Government and 
became a member of the Second Wisconsin 
Cavalry, in which he was Sergeant. With 
that command he continued for about a 
year, and in the spring of 1 862 he enlisted 



in Company H, Thirty-second Wisconsin 
Infantry. He was at first Second Sergeant, 
afterward Orderly Sergeant, then Sergeant 
Major, and in December, 1864, he was 
made Second Lieutenant. His regiment 
went first to Memphis, Tennessee, and was 
attached to the Third Brigade, Fourth 
Division, Sixteenth Army Corps, under 
Major-General Hurlbut. With his com- 
mand he did provost duty for about a year, 
and took part in numerous important engage- 
ments. On the 3d of December, 1862, he 
participated in the battle of Tallahatchee, 
Mississippi; Holly Springs, December 16, 
1862; and Parker's Cross Roads, Tennessee. 
On the 3d of November, 1863, he took part 
in the battle of Colliersville; December 4, 
1863, in Moscow; December 27, in Lafay- 
ette. His service in 1864 was arduous, 
and in many hotly contested battles he 
fought for the Union, including Marion Sta- 
tion, February 9; Paducah, March 25; 
Decatur, Alabama, April 30; Cortland, July 
26; the siege of Atlanta, in August; Jones- 
boro, August 3 1 , and the siege of Savannah 
in December. The war was now drawing 
to a close, yet ere the South was conquered 
much blood was still to be shed and many 
homes made desolate. In the last year of 
the war Doctor Phillips was in the battles 
of Salkehatchie, February 3; South Edisto, 
South Carolina, February 9, 1865; Orange- 
burg, South Carolina, February 12; Colum- 
bia, South Carolina, February 17; Cheron, 
in March; Fayetteville, North Carolina, 
March 10; Bentonville, North Carolina, 
March 21, and Raleigh on the 13th of 
April. He then took part in the Grand 
Review in Washington, the most brilliant 
military pageant ever seen on the Western 
hemisphere, where "wave after wave of 
bayonet-crested blue" passed by the review- 



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ing stand on which the President watched 
the victorious and honored army. The 
Doctor was mustered out in Milwaukee in 
July, 1865, after four years of faithful 
service. He was wounded at Atlanta and 
Decatur, but as soon as possible he was 
again with his regiment, always found at his 
post of duty, valiantly defending the old 
flag which now floats triumphantly over the 
united nation. With glad and thankful 
hearts the brave vetefans returned to their 
homes and Mr. Phillips hastened at once to 
Wisconsin. 

In the fall he entered the college in Ap- 
pleton and soon began reading medicine with 
Dr. Hurlbut of that city; also continued his 
studies with Dr. J. C. Noyes, of Oshkosh, 
who had served as surgeon of his regiment 
during the war. Subsequently he was 
graduated at Rush Medical College, of Chi- 
cago, on the 3d of February, 1870, and at 
once opened an office in Fond du Lac, Wis- 
consin, where he continued until October, 
1 87 1. He was commissioned by Governor 
Fairchild of the Badger State to take" charge 
of the relief hospital for the burned at Mari- 
nette, Wisconsin, after the great Peshtigo 
fire. In the summer of 1872 he came to 
Menominee, where he has since made his 
home, successfully engaged in the practice 
of a profession for which he is eminently 
qualified and to which he devotes his best 
energies and talents. He is a member of 
Menominee River Medical Association, of 
the Fox River Valley Medical Association of 
Wisconsin, of which he was vice president, 
of the Brainard Medical Society of Wiscon- 
sin and the Wisconsin State Medical Asso- 
ciation, of which he was the honored presi- 
dent in 1892; also a member of the National 
Medical Association. He has delivered many 
able addresses before these bodies, and is 



professor of surgical anatomy and operative 
surgery on the cadaver of Wisconsin College 
of Physicians & Surgeons of Milwaukee. He 
has been surgeon of the Northwestern Rail- 
road Company for the past twenty years: 
also served in a similar capacity with the 
Milwaukee & Northern Railroad. Dr. Phil- 
lips has spared neither time, labor nor ex- 
pense in fitting himself for his chosen work 
and perfecting himself therein. He is a 
thorough student, and his skill and ability 
are recognized not only by the public but 
by the profession as well, and he therefore 
has a liberal patronage which accords with 
his merit. 

On the 2 1st of November, 1871, the 
Doctor was united in marriage with Miss 
Olive J. Rogers, a native of Oshkosh, Wis- 
consin, born in 1851, and a daughter of 
George Rogers, one of the honored pioneer 
settlers of that city, where he still makes his 
home. The Doctor and his wife have one 
child, a daughter, Jessie R. , who pursued a 
scientific and literary course in Evanston 
University, and after five years of thorough 
study was graduated with honor at that in- 
stitution. Mrs. Phillips and Miss Jessie hold 
membership in the First Presbyterian 
Church of Menominee, and occupy an 
enviable position in social circles. 

The Doctor is a member of the blue 
lodge, chapter and commandery of the 
Masonic order, also of the Mystic Shrine of 
Grand Rapids, and was the second Eminent 
Commander of the Knight Templar Lodge. 
He belongs to Lyon Post, G. A. R., of 
which he is surgeon, and in his political con- 
nections he is a stalwart Republican, having 
supported that party since attaining his 
majority. He has served as a member of 
the School Board of Menominee, has been 
Alderman of the Second ward for four years, 



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and was President of the City Council. Few 
men have exercised an equal influence over 
the political, social and professional inter- 
ests of Menominee, and none deserve com- 
mendation of a higher order than Dr 
Phillips. 



He. CARPENTER, assistant super- 
intendent of the logging depart- 
ment of the Chicago Lumbering 
Company of Michigan, and a resi- 
dent of Manistique, employed at Seney, is 
another one of the representative citizens of 
this place. In his life history is incorpor- 
ated an honorable war record, his business 
career has been characterized by honorable 
and upright dealings, and his private life 
has been without tarnish. Mr. Carpenter's 
identity with the lumber industry in Michi- 
gan covers a period of many years; indeed, 
he has given his attention almost continu- 
ously to this business since i860, in which 
year he began cutting logs for William Peter. 
It was in 1859 that Mr. Carpenter came 
to Michigan. He continued in the lumber 
woods and at school for two years, but as 
the war progressed he felt it his duty to go 
out in protection of the old flag, and, if 
need be, give his life to the Union cause. 
Accordingly he enlisted at Flint as a mem- 
ber of Company D, Sixteenth Volunteer 
Infantry, under Captain Fisher and Colonel 
Stockton; was mustered in at Detroit and 
joined his regiment at Fredericksburg, Vir- 
ginia, and from that time until the close of 
the conflict acted the part of a true and 
brave soldier. His first engagement was at 
Chancellorsville; he was through all the 
hard campaign work of the Army of the 
Potomac, and was under fire thirty-one 
consecutive days through the Wilderness 



campaign. At the battle of Poplar Grove 
he received a serious wound in the head, 
fracturing the skull. This occurred in Sep- 
tember, and it was not until December that 
he was able to rejoin his regiment. He was 
present at Appomattox on the morning of 
General Lee's surrender, on the skirmish line 
in the advance, and was within ten feet of the 
general's aide, who passed through carrying 
the flag of truce to Grant's headquarters at 
the McLean House. Mr. Carpenter went 
to Washington with his regiment, attended 
the Grand Review, was mustered out of the 
United States service at Jeffersonville, In- 
diana, and was discharged at Detroit in 
August, 1865, after having participated in 
no less than forty general engagements 
among the most bloody of the war. 

At the close of his army life Mr. Car- 
penter returned to Lapeer county, Michi- 
gan, and resumed his former occupation. 
He filled various stations up to foreman and 
worked for several parties in the lower pen- 
insula prior to 1 869. That year he decided 
to give up lumbering and learn the stone 
cutter's trade. Accordingly he went to 
Rochester, Minnesota, and completed the 
trade. He was not satisfied with the busi- 
ness, however, and in 1872 returned to Michi- 
gan and at that time perfected an arrangement 
with his brother Peter to embark in the 
business of getting out logs, continuing to- 
gether for eleven years. Subsequently he 
was employed by Gusten & Killmaster on 
Pine river as their superintendent. In 18S6 
he came to the northern peninsula in the 
employ of S. G. M. Gates, looking after his 
Jogging interests, and three years later be- 
came the Chicago Lumbering Company's as- 
sistant superintendent, the position he has 
since most ably filled. 

Mr. Carpenter is an ardent Republican, 



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a gentleman of more than ordinary intelli- 
gence and ability, and is a correspondent to 
the local press, frequently writing on polit- 
ical issues. He is in no sense, however, a 
panderer for party preferment. 

Mr. Carpenter, while he fought for this 
country and is one of its most loyal citizens, 
thoroughly identified with its interests, is 
not a native of the United States. He was 
born in Norfolk county, Ontario, January 2, 
1847, the son of George Carpenter, a Meth- 
odist minister. George Carpenter was a 
native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, near 
which place the colonial history of the family 
was made. From there he went to Canada, 
where he resided for a number of years, and 
in 1859 removed to Michigan, settling in 
Lapeer county, where he passed the residue 
of his life and where he died, in 1893, at the 
age of eighty-two years, honored and re- 
spected by all who knew him. The mother 
of our subject was before her marriage Miss 
Jane Cline, she was a daughter of Peter 
Cline, who was of German blood. The Rev. 
Mr. Carpenter and his wife were the parents 
of a large family, of whom the following 
members are living: A. C, the subject of 
this article; Peter, a resident of Grand Mar- 
ais, Michigan; Margaret, wife of A. W. Fox, 
Lapeer county; Alexander, a Baptist min- 
ister of the lower peninsula of Michigan; 
Mercy, widow of Mr. Travis; Rosa, wife of 
William Washington, Fenton, Michigan; 
and Lewis, a Bay county farmer. 

September 5, 1872, the subject of our 
sketch married Esther, widow of A. Jerome 
and daughter of Leander LeValley, of Lock- 
port, New York. Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter 
have two charming daughters, Ada and Es- 
ther, aged twenty and eighteen years, re- 
spectively. 

Of a social nature, Mr. Carpenter has 



identified himself with the I. O. O. F. and 
has a membership in both the lodge and en- 
campment of that order. 



EENRY TfDEMAN, general man- 
ager of the Menominee Electrical 
and Mechanical Company, is a na- 
tive of New South Wales, Aus- 
ti-alia, born in 1863, and when he was three 
years of age he was taken to Prussia, 
Europe, where he was reared by prominent 
relatives. His father, Dr. H. J. Tideman, 
was a physician practicing at Menominee, 
and he was assistant surgeon in the United 
States Army for many years; he died in 
1893. Three of his children are living, — 
Wilhelmina, Henry (our subject) and Dora. 
The first named is the wife of Baron Wald- 
ersee in Prussia, and has two children; 
Dora is married to William Jacobs, of New 
York city. 

He was educated by a tutor. He after- 
ward attended a military school at Blank- 
ense, Germany; next he attended the Uni- 
versity of Heidelberg, for one term; then 
an institution at Mitweider, Saxony, where 
he graduated. After that he served half a 
year as an engineer in the German army. 
October 21, 1881, he first set foot on Amer- 
ican soil, at which time he could not speak 
English. His ready money going rapidly, 
he hastened to find something to do, which 
he soon found, and he was not ashamed to 
do any honest work. Being a good artist, 
he soon found opportunity to give exercise 
to his talents in that direction. Next he 
was employed b}' the Judd Manufacturing 
Company, of New York city, and in a short 
time became the superintendent for this 
company, having under him one man who 
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opened an office at Buffalo, New York, for 
the purpose of patenting designs; but he 
soon proceeded to Detroit, Michigan, where 
he connected himself with the Detroit 
Electric Works as a designer. In 1892 he 
came to Menominee, was one of the found- 
ers of the Menominee Electrical and Me- 
chanical Works, and is superintendent of 
the building and works. He is a member 
of the Electrical Engineers' Club, and is 
also a member of the P. H. C, and of the 
lodge of the Knights of Pjithias. 

About nine years ago he married Miss 
Eve Seger, of Detroit, Michigan, in which 
city she was reared and educated. They 
have two sons, — Willie and Harold. Being 
a liberal man, Mr. Tideman aids all the 
churches and benevolent institutions. In 
his political principles he is a Republican. 



aHARLES H. CRAWFORD, of the 
Crawford Manufacturing Company, 
Menominee, is an influential citi- 
zen thoroughly identiBed with the 
growth of this city. 

The company was organized in July, 
1884, as a stock company, known as J. D. 
Crawford & Company; a year later it was 
reorganized as the Crawford Manufacturing 
Company: President, J. C. Crawford; vice 
president, Nelson Sizer, also secretary; and 
treasurer, J. D. Crawford. The present 
company consists of J. D. Crawford, C. H. 
Crawford, and W. E. Hutchinson; and C. 
H. Crawford, the subject of this notice, is the 
business manager. The factory is located 
on Martha street, and the articles manufac- 
tured comprises bo.xes of various kinds in 
car lots, and the company also do custom 
planing, In good times they employ as 
many as fifty-six men; at present there are 



thirty-one men and boys. Their market is 
principally in Wisconsin, Illinois, New York 
and New Jersey. 

Mr. Crawford, our subject, who has 
been connected with the above concern ever 
since 1886, was born in Pennsylvania April 
II, 1856, reared on a farm and educated in 
the public schools there, coming in 1886 to 
Menominee, and though without previous 
experience he undertook the management of 
the business above described, and he has 
succeeded well, as is proven by his retention 
at its head for so long a period. He is also 
a stockholder in the Agricultural Society. 

In October, 1888, he married Miss 
Fannie Woodburn, a native of Pennsylvania, 
and he has two children living, — Wilda and 
Marguerite. He is a member of the I. O. 
O. F. , having passed all the chairs in his 
native State; he has now been a member 
for seventeen years. He is one of the 
strongest of Republicans, taking an active 
part in the promulgation of the principles of 
his party. He is at present Supervisor of 
the Seventh ward, and has been Supervisor 
of the Fifth ward for three years; he is now 
chairman of the county board. Residence, 
1526 State street. 



ISAAC STEPHENSON, Jr., of Me- 
nominee, the nephew of Hon. S. M. 
Stephenson, of this city, and of 
Hon. Isaac Stephenson, of Mari- 
nette, Wisconsin, is a young man of only 
thirty-four years, but he has made a mark 
in the world which deserves special notice 
in a work of this kind. He is far in advance 
of his years, is a fine, clear-headed business 
man, taking special pride in excelling in the 
fulfillment of the duties of his position. He 
has the entire management of the vast busi- 



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ness of the Ludington, Wells & Van Schaick 
Lumber Company, which influential body 
of business men was organized about thirty 
years ago, under the firm name of R. Ste- 
phenson & Company. In 1877 they re- 
organized under their present name, with 
the following officers: H. Ludington, presi- 
dent; Daniel Wells, vice-president; O. G. 
Van Schaick, secretary; and R. Stephenson, 
treasurer. The present officers are: Daniel 
Wells, president; J. E. Patton, vice-presi- 
dent; and Isaac Stephenson, Jr., secretary 
and treasurer. They have yards both at 
Menominee and Chicago, — in the latter city 
at the intersection of Twenty-second and 
Loomis streets. Here in Menominee they 
have also a mill, general store, yard, etc. 
Mr. Stephenson has the management of the 
entire business of the company, both here 
and at Chicago. They handle from 40,- 
000,000 to 50,000,000 feet of lumber an- 
nually, their market being in Chicago and 
the East. The high character and exten- 
sive operations of this company have been 
so long established that nothing can be said 
that would add to their popularity. 

Mr. Isaac Stephenson, whose name in- 
troduces this brief record, is a native of 
Marinette, Wisconsin, born December i, 
1 860. His father, Robert Stephenson, was 
a native of the province of New Brunswick. 
The latter married, at Escanaba, Michigan, 
Miss Hannah Benthouse, a native of Ger- 
many, who moved to Michigan at an early 
day, settling at Escanaba and entering the 
lumber business. Being a zealous and 
prominent Republican, he had great influ- 
ence in political circles; was once a member 
of the State Legislature, and was Super- 
visor here for several terms. In his official 
positions he always gave satisfaction to his 
constituents. He died in 1S82, and his 



wife in 1894. Of their children five are 
living, viz. : Isaac, the subject of this sketch; 
Fred M., Jennie, George L. and Harry L. 

Mr. Stephenson, our subject, was edu- 
cated at Racine College, and also at Ann 
Arbor, Michigan. He began business for 
himself at the early age of seventeen years, 
and in 1879 became connected with the 
Ludington, Wells & Van Schaick Company, 
in the capacity of assistant superintendent, 
and in 1890 was promoted to his present 
position. 

In 1882 he married Miss Annie L. Ste- 
phenson, a daughter of Andrew Stephenson, 
and a native of Menominee, Michigan, and 
educated at Highland Park, Illinois. Mr. 
and Mrs. Stephenson have had three chil- 
dren, one of whom is now deceased: the 
two living are Joseph C. and Ethel L. 

Mr. Stephenson is a member of the blue 
lodge, chapter and commandery of the Ma- 
sonic order, and also of the Mystic Shrine 
at Grand Rapids, Michigan, and of the 
National Union. Politically he is a Repub- 
lican; and, while holding an intelligent posi- 
tion with reference so the public questions 
of the day, he devotes all his business hours 
to the interests of his company. He is a 
director of the First . National Bank of 
Menominee. Mrs. Stephenson is a member 
of the First Presbyterian Church. 



(D 



A. DUNNING is the efficient 
manager of one of the leading 
mercantile establishments in the 
northern peninsula, which is con- 
ducted at Menominee, under the firm name 
of Dunning Brothers & Company. The 
business was conducted for one year under 
the name of Pier & Dunning and has been 
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Norcross was admitted to the partnership, 
and the present members of the company 
are Frank L. , M. A. and A. Dunning and 
Mr. Norcross. They handle heavy and 
shelf hardware, mill and lumbering supplies, 
farm machinery and wagons and bicycles, 
and their trade is the most extensive in this 
line in the northern part of the State. They 
now occupy a farge double store and have 
by fair dealing and enterprise established an 
immense trade. This company succeeded 
to the business of Hubbard & Companj', of 
Pittsburg, in the manufacture of tools and 
saws, and are now carrying on operations in 
Menominee under the firm style of the Hub- 
bard Saw & Tool Company. 

The gentleman whose name heads this 
record is the manager of the hardware de- 
partment, and their success is largely due to 
his untiring and well-directed efforts. A 
native of Maine, he was born on the 19th of 
May, 1 864, and in an early day came with 
his parents to this State, the family settling 
in Saginaw, where he was reared and edu- 
cated. He was graduated at the high school 
of that place, in the class of 1882, and then 
entered upon his business career as a sales- 
man in the hardware establishment of T. B. 
Spencer of Saginaw. Some time later he 
began business in his own interests, under 
the firm name of Pier & Dunning, and in 
1883 the stock was moved to Menominee, 
where Mr. Dunning has since remained. Mr. 
Pier after one year withdrew from the firm, 
and the firm of Dunning Brothers & Com- 
pany was established. Our subject is also a 
director in the First National Bank, and is a 
man of fine executive ability. Though 
young in years he seems to have the power 
of many an older man in conducting his 
affairs, and his energy and enterprise are 
typical of the spirit of the age. 



In the year 1887 was celebrated the 
marriage of Mr. Dunning to Miss Lottie 
Stephenson, a daughter of Andrew Stephen- 
son, deceased, who was a brother of Hon. 
Isaac and Hon. S. M. Stephenson. Their 
union has been blessed with three children, 
— Arthur, Annabel and Ralph. Mrs. Dun- 
ning is a member of the Presbyterian 
Church, and Mr. Dunning holds member- 
ship in the blue lodge, chapter and com- 
mandery of the Masonic lodge. He is also 
a member of the Mystic Shrine of Grand 
Rapids and a charter member of the K. O. 
T. M., of which he was Keeper of the 
Finances two years. 

The conservatism of the East marvels at 
the progress of the West and wonders at its 
more rapid advancement, but the result, so 
enviable, is attributed almost entirely to its 
young men, who in youth develop force of 
character and self-reliance, which is tem- 
pered by sound judgment and which brings 
success. Accustomed from boyhood to more 
or less hardship and difficulty, they learn to 
push their way to the front, unhindered with 
the obstacles they may encounter and ultim- 
ately reach the goal for which they strive. 
Such a man is M. A. Dunning, and in the 
history of his adopted State he well de- 
serves mention. 



>nr' M. OPSAHL, LL.B., attorney and 
m counselor at law and solicitor and 
^ 1 counselor in chancery, is a native of 
Norway, being born in the city of 
Christiania, February 7, 1863. He is the 
son of Michael C. and Louise C. Opsahl, 
also natives of that country. Although his 
father had been in this countrj' several times 
before, yet he never permanently located in 



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the United States until in 1872, in which 
year Mr. Opsahl, together with his sister, 
Miss Agens N. Opsahl, arrived with their 
mother at Menominee. 

The subject of this brief notice attended 
the elementary schools in Christiania, and at 
Menominee the public and the high schools. 
After leaving the high school he took a 
special course of study under the guidance 
of Professor C. K. Perrine, M. A. , a gradu- 
ate of the University of Michigan. After 
completing his studies he entered the liter- 
ary department of the University of Michi- 
gan at Ann Arbor, Michigan, for the degree 
of Bachelor of Philosophy. During his 
junior year he matriculated in the depart- 
ment of law of the same university. In 
March, 1886, he was admitted to the bar by 
examination, and July ist of the same year 
he graduated at the university with the de- 
gree of Bachelor of Laws. 

After graduating he came to Menominee 
and began the practice of law, beginning at 
the bed-rock on which stood the ladder of 
success, and he has ever since continued in 
the practice of his chosen profession, and 
now has one of the finest and best equipped 
offices north of Milwaukee. He has gained 
the confidence of his clients and the esteem 
of his fellow citizens, has a large and lucra- 
tive law practice, which testifies to his pro- 
fessional ability, and he is admitted to all 
the courts. He has made a specialty of 
real-estate and commercial law, also laws 
relating to corporations, in which lines he 
has achieved his greatest success. 

Politically he is an active and influential 
Democrat. He was elected to the office of 
Circuit Court Commissioner for Menominee 
county, and has been twice honored by his 
party with the nomination for the office of 
Prosecuting Attorney, and although in 1892 



the county was Republican by a large ma- 
jority he was defeated by only twenty-eight 
votes. His father was one of the county 
Supervisors for several years. 

Mr. Opsahl is one of the prominent 
young attorneys of the upper peninsula. 
He has a carefully selected law library, per- 
haps larger than is found in the office of 
many an old practitioner, and occupies the 
entire flat of the second floor of the large 
building on Main street, which he owns. 
He is prominently identified with the growth 
and progress of Menominee and an investor 
in its enterprises. He is the secretary and 
treasurer of the Menominee Land & Invest- 
ment Company, of which C. A. Spies is the 
president. The object of this association is 
to build homes for poor people and sell the 
same to them on long time and easy pay- 
ments. He is also one of the organizers 
and a stockholder in the Menominee Elec- 
tric & Mechanical Company, manufacturers 
of electrical appliances and novelties, and 
is now its vice-president. He has been a 
Notary Public ever since February, 1885, 
and is United States Commissioner for the 
Western District of Michigan, to which 
ofifice he was appointed in October, 1886. 

In religion he is a Presbyterian, and 
while engaged in active practice he has yet 
found time to assist his countrymen and 
work for their advancement. As evidence 
of this may be mentioned the fact that he 
organized three years ago the ' ' Sons of the 
North," an incorporated benevolent associa- 
tion, who now have fine lodge rooms in 
Spies' new building, and was counsel for 
the Odd Fellows in the organization of 
the Menominee Odd Fellows Association, 
which was formed to erect the I. O. O. F. 
temple on Main street. He is a prominent 
member of the I, O, O. F., and of the 



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Knights of Pythias and of the Uniform Rank, 
in which lodges he has held important 
offices. 



HLBERT J. PAUL I, ex-County 
Treasurer of Menominee county, 
and now engaged in the clothing 
business in this city, was born in 
Paris, France, June 25, 185S, a son of 
Jacques and Marie Pauli, natives of Alsace, 
France. They came to America in 1873, 
and now reside in Menominee. They have 
three children: Albert, the subject of this 
sketch; Marie, wife of Phillip Harter, of 
this city; and Jacques, of Chicago, Illinois. 
Mr. Pauli was a carpenter by occupation. 
He was a soldier in the French National 
Guards during the Franco-Prussian war. 

Albert J. Pauli remained in Paris until 
fourteen years of age, when he came to 
America, landing in Menominee, Michigan, 
September 7, 1872. He was employed by 
the clothing and dry-goods firm of Harter 
& Harvath until 1875, was then engaged as 
bookkeeper and clerk for George Harvath, 
in the same business, until 1880, and since 
that year has been engaged in the clothing 
business, in partnership with Peter Seidd. 
They were first located on Main street, op- 
posite Engine House No. 2, but in 1886 
they erected their present building, known 
as Armory Hall Block, Nos. 715, 717 and 
719 Main street, and is one of the best bus- 
iness blocks in Menominee. In addition to 
this large business, Mr. Pauli is director of 
the Building and Loan Association of Me- 
nominee. In political matters, he is a stanch 
Republican, and has always taken an active 
interest in local affairs. He served as Coun- 
ty Treasurer from 1889 to 1892. 

November 22, 1883, our subject was 



united in marriage with Miss Minnie Four- 
nier, born in Illinois, June 23, 1862, of 
French-Canadian descent. She received 
her education in this city. Mr. and Mrs. 
Pauli have four children, — Minnie, Albert, 
Margarite and Frederick. Mr. Pauli affil- 
iates with the Masonic order, blue lodge, 
chapter and commandery, of the Mystic 
Shrine at Grand Rapids, of the K. of P. of 
Menominee, the A. O. U. W., K. O. T. M., 
and Royal Arcanum. 



>T^AMES H. WALTON, Secretary of 
^ the Board of Education of Menomi- 
/• 1 nee, was born in Bloomington, Illi- 
nois, January 25, 1845. His father, 
William H. H. Walton, was a native of 
Kentucky, but moved from Cynthiana, that 
State, to Illinois, in 1844. The mother of 
our subject, nee Mary A. Dobson, was a na- 
tive of Dobson's Cross Roads, Virginia, and 
was related to Attorney General Garland 
and President James K. Polk. Her father's 
sister was named in honor of Mrs. J. K. 
Polk. Grandfather Walton was a soldier 
under General Harrison, was wounded at the 
battle of Tippecanoe in 181 1, and he died 
in 1S13. William H. H. and Mary A. Wal- 
ton have two children now living, — James 
H., the subject of this sketch; and Hannah 
M., wife of James A. Jones, of Chicago, Illi- 
nois. 

James H. Walton was reared and edu- 
cated in his native city, and much of his 
early life was spent in assisting his father. 
Later, at the age of twenty-one years, he 
worked nights in a gristmill, and in that 
way obtained money with which to begin 
a commercial course in the college at 
Bloomington. He afterward secured the 
position of bookkeeper^ foreman and gen- 



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eral manager of a lumber yard three years. 
In 1869 he came to Menominee, spending 
the first two years as bookkeeper for the L. 
W. & V. S. Lumber Company, was then 
manager of their general store two and a 
half years, and from January, 1873, to De- 
cember 31, 1880, he served as Treasurer of 
Menominee county. From that time until 
February 16, 1889, Mr. Walton was em- 
ployed as manager of the general store of 
the K. C. Lumber Company. For the fol- 
lowing two years he was with the Ramsey & 
Jones Lumber Company, and then erected 
the mill for the Menominee Hardwood & 
Shingle Company, which he conducted two 
years and nine months. Since May 7, 1894, 
Mr. Walton has held the position of City 
Clerk, having been elected to that office by 
both parties. He also served as Township 
Treasurer from August 22, 1881, to April i, 
1883, as City Treasurer from April i, 1883, 
to April I, 1888, and as Chairman of the 
Board of Supervisors in 1889. Mr. Walton 
is also an earnest and painstaking friend of 
the city schools, and now holds the position 
of Secretary of the Board of Education. The 
members of the board at present are Joseph 
Fleshiem, James H. Walton, William H. 
Phillips, Hon. Byron S. Waite and Mrs. 
Catherine B. Boswell. The officers are: 
Joseph Fleshiem, President; James H. Wal- 
ton, Secretary; and William H. Phillips, 
Treasurer. The present Superintendent is 
O. I. Woodley. There are nine school 
buildings, including forty-six rooms, and 
they give employment to fifty-one teachers, 
their salary averaging about $51.66 per 
month, including the superintendent's salary. 
The graduates of the high school here are 
eligible to the universities. Mr. Walton 
has assisted in erecting every school build- 
ing in the city, and also the court-house. 



In addition to his other business interests, 
he has been director of the First National 
Bank since its organization, has been a di- 
rector of the Agricultural Society, and is 
one of the trustees of the Joseph Juttner 
estate, aggregating $64,000. 

In 1870 Mr. Walton was united in mar- 
riage with Flora E. Drum, boi-n in Ohio, 
December 13, 1848, a daughter of C. K. 
Drum, a native of Pennsylvania but now a 
resident of Fredonia, Kansas, and is seven- 
ty-eight years of age. He was Captain on 
a gunboat buring the late war, and took 
part in the battle of Island No. 10. Mr. 
and Mrs. Walton have two living children, — 
Helen M., a teacher in the city schools, and 
Joseph H. The mother and daughter are 
members of the First Presbyterian Church. 
In his social relations, Mr. Walton affiliates 
with the Masonic order and has served as 
Master of the blue lodge and as High Priest 
of the commandery. He is also Past Com- 
mander of the K. O. T. M. In political 
matters he is a life-long Republican. 



BRANK ERDLITZ, secretary and 
treasurer of the Menominee River 
Brewing Company, is a native of 
Austria, born on the 14th of Jan- 
uary, 1864. His father, Joseph Erdlitz, 
was also born in the same country, and, 
emigrating to America in 1870, settled in 
Branch, Wisconsin, where he yet makes his 
home. Frank acquired his education in the 
district schools, and with his father came 
to this country when a child of six sum- 
mers. He lived in Branch until 1879, when 
he came to Menominee and secured a posi- 
tion as cook in the lumber camp of K. C. 
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the capital he had thus acquired, he em- 
barked in the saloon business in Menominee. 
He purchased the houses Nos. 417 and 419 
Kirby street, which he furnished and re- 
named the Erdlitz House, conducting the 
same from 1880 until the ist of May, 1894. 
He then sold out and built a private residence 
at No. 423 Kirby street. About the same 
time he opened a new saloon on Main 
street, in connection with Joseph Schroeter, 
and was interested in that concern until 
October 18, 1894, when he accepted his 
present position. 

The Menominee River Brewing Com- 
pany rivals any concern of the kind in Wis- 
consin or northern Michigan. Upon an 
eminence overlooking the river the brewery 
stands, a structure that is especially attract- 
ive, for, like some ancient castle, it occupies 
a prominence which makes it the cynosure 
of all eyes. The business grew out of a 
small concern which was established about 
1886 by Messrs. Eichert & Skala, who 
erected a small brewery, two stories in 
height, with limited machinery. The former 
gentleman soon sold out to Wolfgang Reindl, 
and under the administration of Messrs. 
Reindl & Skala trade constantly increased, 
and a brick building had to be erected and 
more extensive machinery added. These 
improvements were made in 1890, but they 
were still insufficient to meet the growing 
demand for the product of this brewery. In 
consequence a stock campany was formed 
and incorporated under the name of the 
Menominee River Brewing Company, and 
plans were immediately consummated and 
operation begun on a magnificent plant 
which has few equals in this part of the 
country. The success of the new company 
is demonstrated by the stately pile of brick 
and stone, which is iio feet in height and 



is surmounted by a tower of beauty which is 
topped by the figure of a rampant buck. 
The old structure was also put to use and 
remodeled to accord with the change. The 
brewery has a capacity of 120 barrels of 
beer per day, and is so constructed that if 
necessary almost double that amount can be 
produced. New and improved machinery 
in every department assures an excellent 
product, and the brewery is a model of 
neatness and cleanliness. Thirty men are 
constantly employed in the establishment, 
and it is under the management of one the 
ablest and most skillful brewers of the 
Northwest. The entire plant covers about 
five acres, and this large area of land is 
taken up by eight buildings used in the 
active operations. This would indicate an 
extensive plant, — a fact which is also denoted 
by the fact that $125,000 would just cover 
the investments made in the buildings. 

The officers of the Menominee River 
Brewing Company are: W. Reindl, presi- 
dent; F. C. Nowack, vice president; 
Frank Erdlitz, secretary and treasurer; Al- 
bert Lowenstein, bookkeeper. The direct- 
ors are W. Reindl, F. C. Nowack, Frank 
Erdlitz, M. Bohmann, S. Peltier, P. Low- 
enstein, G. Weiner, George Harvath and 
Frank Oberkircher. The success of the 
company is shown by the fact that the bus- 
iness done in 1894 was three times as great 
as that of 1891. 

On the 5th of May, 1885, Mr. Erdlitz 
was united in marriage with Miss Bertha 
Friedl, a native of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, 
daughter of John Friedl, who settled in that 
city in the '40s, one of its pioneers. He 
owned the first ox team that ever entered 
that city, and in other ways his name is 
connected with its "first days." Mr. and 
Mrs. Erdlitz now have five children, — 



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Frank, Charles, Leo, Ella and Clara. The 
lady was born December 26, 1864, was ed- 
ucated in Manitowoc, and with her husband 
is a member of the Epiphany Catholic 
Church. 

Mr. Erdlitx is a member of the St. John 
Society (Catholic), and has served as its 
Treasurer. Twice he has served as its del- 
egate to the national convention, which is 
held under the name of the German Catho- 
lic Central Society, attending in St. Louis 
in 1893 and in New York in 1894. He is 
also connected with the Turn Verein and 
has served as its treasurer for the past two 
years. He first visited Menominee in 1872, 
again came in 1874, and since 1879 has 
been one of its permanent settlers. 

He is actively interested in everything 
pertaining to the advancement of the city, 
and has been officially connected with it for 
some time. In his political views he is a 
stalwart Democrat and an active worker in 
the party. In the councils of his party he 
is prominent, and formerly was chairman of 
the Democratic county committee. After 
being secretary of the county committee for 
two years he had to resign the position as 
chairman on account of his engrossing busi- 
ness duties. He now devotes his energies 
exclusively to his business, and the success 
of the concern in the past year is largely due 
to his efforts. In the spring of 1893 he was 
nominated tor the position of Alderman in 
the First ward and ran against J. E. Jen- 
nings, whom he defeated by a majority of 
twenty-six, although the First is one of the 
strongest wards in the city. He has since 
been a member of the City Council, and 
was formerl}' chairman of the street com- 
mittee of the whole city, while at this writ- 
ing he occupies a similar position for the 
first district. 



X) 



R. EUGENE GRIGNON, Treas- 
urer of Menominee county, has 
been identified with Menominee 
for a period of ten years, and is 
ranked with the leading citizens of northern 
Michigan. 

Dr. Grignon was born in the province 
of Quebec, Canada, January i, 1S57, 
son of Medard and Henrietta (Lalande) 
Grignon, natives of St. Jerome, Canada, 
and of French descent. The parents still 
reside at the place of their nativity. Of 
their fourteen children eleven are living, 
namely : Wilfred, Alzire, Eugene, Ed- 
mund, Hendrick, Joseph, Marianne, Hon- 
orius, Henrietta, Henry, and Julia. Three 
of the sons, Wilfred, Eugene and Edmund, 
are doctors; Joseph is an attorney; and 
Henry has "Prof." prefixed to his name. 
The father has for many years been engaged 
in the general merchandise business, and is 
a man of prominence and influence in his 
town. Both he and his wife are members 
of the Catholic Church, in which faith they 
have reared their family. 

Eugene spent his boyhood days in the 
town of St. Jerome. He was a student at St. 
Therese and Masson Colleges, completing 
a classical course; studied medicine at Vic- 
toria University, Montreal, where he gradu- 
ated in March, 1884. For one year he 
practiced his profession in Canada, and then 
in 1885 took up his abode in Menominee, 
Michigan, where he has since lived and 
prospered. Here he has conducted a suc- 
cessful practice when not occupied with of- 
ficial duties. 

Dr. Grignon was married in April, 18S8, 
to Miss Annie I. Loewestein, a native of 
Austria and a daughter of Major Albert 
Loewestein, who for forty-four years served 
in the Austrian army, and who is now living 



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retired in his native land. The Major has 
one son, Alois, who is a Lieutenant in the 
Austrian navy. Mrs. Grignon was born Feb- 
ruary 7, 1863; had the best of educational 
advantages in Austria, being versed in sev- 
eral languages; and her amiability has won 
for her hosts of friends in Menominee. The 
doctor and his wife have three children liv- 
ing, — Mercedes, Germaine and Gaston. 

Politically, the Doctor is a Republican. 
Ever since he cast his lot with Menominee 
he has been thoroughly identified with its 
best interests, and has served in various 
official capacities. He was elected Coroner 
in 1886 and served two years; was Health 
Officer two years, 189 1-2. In 1892 he was 
elected County Treasurer, and at the ex- 
piration of his first term was re-elected. 
Also he is prominently connected with the 
various organizations of the city. He 
founded the St. Jean Baptiste Society, 
which now has a membership of 200, and 
he organized the St. Jean Baptiste Band. 
The Doctor and his family are all excellent 
musicians. He has an unusually fine bary- 
tone voice, and is frequently in demand on 
concert occasions. In the Order of Forest- 
ers he is a prominent and active member, 
and he is also a member of the Menominee 
River Medical Association. Another organ- 
ization with which Dr. Grignon is promi- 
nently associated is the French- Canadian 
Union Benevolent Society of the United 
States of America, its headquarters being 
at Alpena, Michigan. He was the first 
president of this society, and filled the office 
two terms. 

Dr. Grignon has been deeply interest- 
ed in the material growth and develop- 
ment of Menominee ever since he located 
here, and in 1894 he erected the Grignon 
Block, one of the finest in the city. 



HLVAH LITTLEFIELD SAWYER, 
of the firm of Sawyer, Waite & 
Waite, attorneys at law, Menomi- 
nee, Michigan, is one of the most 
enterprising and public-spirited men of this 
city; and it is with pleasure that we present 
the following resume of his life and ancestry 
to the readers of this work: 

Hon. Hiram Sawyer, his father, was 
born in New Hampshire in 18 14, son of 
Joseph Sawyer, also a native of New Eng- 
land. The Sawyer family first made its ap- 
pearance in America in 1648, coming here 
from Birmingham, England, and settling in 
Massachusetts. Hon. Hiram Sawyer was 
married in New Hampshire to Miss Barbara 
A. Wilson, a native of Haverhill, that State, 
and a daughter of Jonathan Wilson, a na- 
tive of New Hampshire, of English descent 
and a millwright by trade. In 1845 ^^''- ^'id 
Mrs. Sawyer moved to Wisconsin and set- 
tled at Burnett, Dodge county, being among 
the very earliest of pioneers in that county. 
Mr. Sawyer died therein 1888, at the age of 
seventy-four years; his widow survives and 
lives at the old homestead. They had twelve 
children, nine of whom are living, namely: 
Eliza Allen, Trenton, Wisconsin; Hon. 
Hiram W. , County Judge of Washington 
county, Wisconsin, and Grand Master of the 
Grand Lodge, F. & A. M., of that State; 
Mary S. Childs, Menominee; Ransom J., 
Menominee; Hannah W. Mayhew, Burnett, 
Wisconsin; A. L. , the subject of this article; 
Mattie S. Sherman, Flat Willow, Montana; 
Lewis M., of Chicago, Illinois, is pharmacist 
in charge of St. Luke's Hospital. Of the 
other three, we record that Adeline Billings 
died in 1862; Ilattie M., in 1S64, at the age 
of seven years; and Sarah P. White, in 
1894, at Claremont, Minnesota, leaving two 
children. Fern and Sawyer. The father of 



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this large family was a farmer by occupa- 
tion, and was a prominent and active man 
in his day. Politically, he was a Democrat. 
In all local affairs, especially educational 
matters, he took a deep interest; was a 
member of the Wisconsin State Legislature 
in 1866. 

Alvah Littlefield Sawyer, the subject of 
our sketch, was born at Burnett, Dodge 
county, Wisconsin, September 16, 1854. 
He was reared at his native place, receiving 
his education in the public schools and in 
the Wayland Institute at Beaver Dam, Wis- 
consin. For two years he was engaged in 
teaching. Then he entered the law office of 
his brother, Hon. H. W. Sawyer, at Hart- 
ford, Wisconsin, where he pursued the study 
of law, and where he was admitted to the 
bar in 1877. In June of the following year 
he came to Menominee, and in the office of 
the late Judge E. S. Ingalls commenced the 
practice of his profession, continuing alone 
until 1 88 1, when he became associated with 
Hon. Byron S. Waite. In April, 1893, they 
took in as a third partner William F. Waite, 
and the firm name became Sawyer, Waite & 
Waite. Under this name they do strictly a 
law business. In the matter of investment 
and land ownership, however, the firm of 
Sawyer & Waite still continues. Mr. Saw- 
yer also has various other interests. He is 
a member of the firm of Childs & Sawyer; 
is secretary of the Shuswap Lumber Com- 
pany, which owns a large tract of land in 
British Columbia; has been interested in 
mining operations in northern Michigan; and 
is also engaged in farming to some extent. 
He has a passion for flowers and a fine repu- 
tation for his success in their culture. He 
is also a director in the Agricultural society. 

Mr. Sawyer was married April 13, 1880, 
to Miss Josephine S. Ingalls, a native of 



Lake county, Illinois, born March 9, 1857, 
daughter of Judge Eleazer S. and Martha 
M. (Pierson) Ingalls. 

Judge Ingalls was born in New Hamp- 
shire in 1820. At an early day he drove 
from that State to Illinois with an ox team, 
and not long after, about 1849 or 1851, he 
made the trip across the plains to Califor- 
nia, in charge of a caravan. Returning to 
Illinois, he settled down to the practice of 
law and soon attained prominence. In 
1859 he located at Little River, Wisconsin, 
and subsequently removed from there to 
Menominee, Michigan, where he continued 
the practice of his profession. He assisted 
in the organization of Menominee county, 
was a member of the Constitutional Conven- 
tion of Michigan, was a Representative in 
the State Legislature, served as Prosecut- 
ing Attorney of the county, was Circuit 
Court Commissioner, and was also County 
Judge. He was president of the Brien Min- 
ing Company, and was among the earliest 
explorers for iron. Later he developed the 
Emmett mine, a half interest of which was 
sold for $35,000. He was the founder of 
the Menominee Herald and was its first 
editor; and he wrote a history of Menominee 
county, called the "Centennial History," 
which he published in 1876, in pamphlet 
form. Indeed, there were few more prom- 
inent men in northern Michigan than Judge 
Ingalls. He passed from this life to the un- 
known world in November, 1879. His 
widow survives and now makes her home in 
California. They were the parents of eight 
children, four of whom are living, viz. : Mary 
A. Milbury, Los Gatos, California; Mrs. 
Sawyer; Martha M. Beaser, Chicago Park, 
California; and Arthur J., also of Chicago 
Park, California. 

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living: Kenneth I., Gladys, Meredith, and 
Wilda, and one, Irma, deceased. He and 
his family attend the Presbyterian Church. 

Fraternally, he is identified with the 
blue lodge chapter and commandery, F. & 
A. M., at Menominee, having served as the 
first Secretary of the chapter; and he is 
a member of the Mystic Shrine at Grand 
Rapids. Politically, he is a Democrat, but 
in all local matters he is usually found on 
the right side. He served as City Attorney 
five years, and was for three years a School 
Trustee; at this writing is chairman of the 
Democratic county committee. 

Mr. Sawyer's residence at No. 1701 
State street, Menominee, was built by him 
and is one of the handsomest homes in this 
city. 



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H. PHILLIPS, Prosecuting At- 
torney of Menominee county, 
Michigan, has been a resident of 
this place since 1 880 and is ranked 
with its leading citizens. 

He was born in Rome township, Lena- 
wee county, Michigan, August 7, 1839, and 
is of English descent. Joel Phillips, his 
father, was a native of Berkshire county, 
Massachusetts, and a son of Amos Phillips. 
The latter was a soldier in the war of 18 12, 
and the subject of this sketch has in his 
possession the old musket his grandfather 
carried in that war. Amos Phillips died in 
New York State, at the age of thirty-seven 
years. Some time later his widow became 
the wife of a Mr. Tooker and they came 
west to Lenawee county, Michigan, settling 
in the woods and being among the earliest 
pioneers of the county. Adrian at that 
time was a mere hamlet. Near the time 
of their settlement here there came another 



family from New York, that of Daniel Mar- 
vin, also a veteran of the war of 1812. He 
and his family located in the woods about 
three miles northwest of Adrian. Here 
Joel Phillips and Miss Arrozetta Marvin met 
and were subsequently married. After their 
marriage they settled on a frontier farm in 
Dover township, that county, which they 
improved and where they spent the rest of 
their lives and died. Both were members 
of the Methodist Episcopal Church for many 
years, and he was a life-long Democrat. 
They had two children, W. H., whose name 
heads this article, being the only survivor of 
the family. 

W. H. Phillips spent the first twenty- 
two years of his life on his father's farm in 
Lenawee county. In his early boyhood 
days he walked a mile and a half through 
the woods to the little log schoolhouse, 
where he spent the winter days, sitting on a 
rude slab bench, conning his lessons. Later 
he went to Oak Grove Academy. There he 
did chores for his board and rang the bell 
and swept the academy building to pay his 
tuition, in this way defraying his expenses 
one year. The following summer he worked 
on the farm and the next winter taught a 
district school, and in this way made the 
money with which he completed his acad- 
emy course. Later he took the scientific 
course at Adrian College. In the mean- 
time he occupied his odd moments in the 
study of law. In 1876 he entered the 
office of A. L. Miller, of Adrian, under 
whose instructions he continued his law 
studies, from time to time teaching school 
in order to support himself, and in 1879 he 
was admitted to the bar. Immediately 
afterward he began the practice of his pro- 
fession in Adrian, remaining there, how- 
ever, only a year longer, and in 1880, as 



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already stated, removing to Menominee. 
The first year of his residence here he was 
in partnership with a Mr. Weter, and some 
time later was for two years associated with 
a Mr. Thompson in practice. With these 
e.xceptions he has practiced alone. 

Mr. Phillips was married February 22, 
1887, to Amy R. Bedell, in Hudson town- 
ship, Lenawee county, Michigan. Mrs. 
Phillips is a native of Ohio and a sister of 
A. B. Bedell, of Menominee. They have 
two children, — Etta P., wife of George 
Morris, of this city, and Harry H., at home. 
The family are members of the Presbyterian 
Church. 

Fraternally, Mr. Phillips has long been 
connected with the Masonic order, and is 
to-day one of the most prominent Masons in 
the State of Michigan. April 22, 1863, he 
became a member of Adrian Lodge, No 19, 
is now a member of Menominee Lodge, No. 
269, of which he has served as Master four 
years. He was initiated into the mysteries of 
Adrian Chapter, No. 10, February, r, 1866, 
and when Menominee Chapter, No. 107, was 
instituted he was one of its charter mem- 
bers, and has served as High Priest three 
years. August 4, 1884, he became a mem- 
ber of Commandery No. 35, in which he 
has served as Junior Warden. He is also a 
member of the Mystic Shrine at Grand 
Kapids, Michigan. At the Grand Lodge, 
F. & A. M., at Saginaw, January 24, 1894, 
he was elected Grand Master. Previous to 
that he had served as Junior Grand Warden 
and Deputy Grand Master, in 1892 and 1893 
respectively. 

Politically, he has always been a Repub- 
lican, his first presidential vote having been 
cast in i860 for Abraham Lincoln; and he 
has always taken an active interest in public 
affairs. While in Lenawee county he served 



for years as School Inspector. In 1 882 he was 
elected Attorney of Menominee county, was 
re-elected in 1884, and again November 6, 
1 894, now being the incumbent of this office. 
In 1888 he was elected City Attorney, and 
served a period of three years. In educa- 
tional matters, he is still interested; is now 
a member of the Menominee School Board 
and is its Treasurer. He is a stockholder 
and president of the Menominee Gas Light 
& Fuel Company. Indeed, all movements 
intended for the advancement of the best 
interests of the city have found in him an 
earnest supporter. Few citizens of Menom- 
inee are better known or more highly re- 
spected than is W. H. Phillips. 



5>^ETER SIBENALER.— Prominent 
1 W among the business men of Menom- 
M inee is the gentleman whose name 

introduces this article. He is one 
of the best known merchants of the city and 
has a wide reputation for honorable dealing 
that has won him unlimited confidence and 
given him a standing in commercial circles 
that may well be envied. The development 
of this locality is also largely due to his un- 
tiring efforts in its behalf. Hardly an enter- 
prise of public importance, calculated to 
advance improvement, can be named that 
does not number him among its patrons, and 
Menominee's history would be incomplete 
without the record of his life. 

Mr. Sibenaler is a native of Luxemburg, 
Germany, born in 1853. His father, Henry 
Sibenaler, was an influential and leading 
citizen of that locality, held the office of 
Mayor for a number of years, and also 
served as a soldier in the army, but is now 
deceased, and his wife has also passed away. 
In their family were seven children who 



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are yet living, namely: John, who is still on 
the old homestead; Mrs. Lena Kass, a 
resident of Menominee; Professor William, 
who was a soldier in the Arm}' of Luxem- 
burg and is now located in Metz, Germany; 
Mary and Kate, who still reside in Luxem- 
burg; Nicholas, a machinist of Paris; and 
Peter. 

The years of his boyhood and youth 
Peter Sibenaler passed in the land of his 
nativity. In 1S71, at the age of eighteen, 
he bade adieu to friends and kindred and set 
sail for America, for he had resolved to try 
his fortune in the New World, believing that 
better opportunities and privileges were 
afforded here. In the Fatherland he had 
learned the trade of cabinet-making, and for 
a time after his arrival here he continued in 
the same pursuits. In 1879 he embarked 
in the furniture business, in connection with 
William Blom, and after five years bought 
out his partner, soon after the completion of 
the present fine stone building in 1884. He 
has a very large stock, porportionate to the 
demand, and one of the best establishments 
of the kind in this section of the State. 
From the public he receives a liberal patron- 
age, which is constantly increasing and the 
mercantile interests of Menominee find in 
him a worthy representative. 

On the loth of May, 1880, was cele- 
brated the marriage of Mr. Sibenaler and 
Miss Gertrude Jobielus, who was born in 
Green Bay, Wisconsin, February 6, i860, 
and is a daughter of Jacob Jobielus, a native 
of Prussia and one of the early settlers of 
Green Bay. Five children have been born 
to them, four daughters and one son, — 
Agnes, Emma, Edith and Clara: the son is 
deceased. 

In connection with his other business in- 
terests Mr. Sibenaler is a stockholder in tlie 



First National Bank of Menominee, and 
was interested in the organization of the 
Stained Glass Works Company. He is a 
director and vice president of the Cream 
City Woven Wire Works, of Milwaukee, and 
is a stockholder and one of the directors of the 
Lumberman's National Bank of Menominee. 
He is a man of resolute purpose and persist- 
ence, and carries forward to successful com- 
pletion whatever he undertakes, no matter 
what obstacles are encountered or what dif- 
ficulties must be overcome. He has risen 
to his present position of prosperity solely 
through his own efforts; and business ability, 
good management and enterprise are the 
stepping stones on which he has climbed. 

Mr. Sibenaler was a member of the 
building committee for the erection of the 
new German Catholic Church of Menominee, 
and also served as its Treasurer. Both he 
and his wife are Catholics in religious belief, 
contribute liberally to the support of the 
church and take an active and abiding in- 
terest in its welfare and upbuilding. He be- 
longs to the Royal Arcanum. 

In his political views he is independent, 
bound not by party ties, but devoted to the 
best interests of the community in which he 
resides. He has given his time and ener- 
gies to public work with a self-sacrifice that 
commands the respect and gratitude of all. 
For two years he was one of the most in- 
fluential and leading members of the City 
Council, and served as President //v fcin. 

He is superintendent of the city ceme- 
etcry, and has done a vast work there, mak- 
ing the " silent city" one of the most beau- 
tiful in the northern peninsula, — a place 
where nature, modified by art, speaks to the 
bereaved heart a story of peace and rest. 
While in the Council he was untiring in his 
labors in behalf of city improvements and 



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did a great work for the paving and sewer- 
age systems. He was so constantly and 
busily employed in this work that at length 
his health failed and he had to refuse a re- 
election. Under his administration, if he 
were Mayor, there would be no need of civic 
federations, for pure government and com- 
mendable progress would characterize his 
reign. He belongs to that class of men who 
labor for the best interests of a community 
in which they reside and willingly devote 
themselves, their time, means and energies 
for the furtherance of public progress. His 
prosperity is due to his undeviating and 
earnest pursuit of the high standard he has 
set before him, and his faithful performance 
of the obligations of his maturer life. He 
is an affable, genial gentleman, a favorite 
with a large circle of acquaintances, and 
many friends give him their high and un- 
qualified regard. 



BOX. JOSEPH FLESHIEM, one of 
the prominent business men of 
Menominee, was born in Cleveland, 
Ohio, April 28, 1848. His father, 
Gustavus Fleshiem, a native of Germany, 
came to America in 1840, locating in Cleve- 
land, where he died in 1855. His widow 
survived until 1893. They were the parents 
of four children, — Mrs. Lena Wise, Isaac 
and Sallie, of Cleveland, and Joseph, the 
subject of this sketch. 

The latter was reared and educated in 
his native city. In 1868 he went to South 
Haven, Michigan, and, being a cigar-maker 
by trade, he followed that occupation there 
until 1870. During the following year he 
worked at his trade in Milwaukee, Wiscon- 
sin, and in April, 1871, he came to Menom- 
inee, where he followed the same occupation 



for six months. He was next employed in 
the county office of Edward Leake; in 1873 
was appointed Deputy Clerk and Registrar 
of Deeds; was afterward elected to that 
office; was then appointed by the Board of 
Supervisors to fill a vacancy as County 
Treasurer three years, and from 1887 to 
1888 served as Mayor of Menominee. Out 
of the three terms as County Clerk and Re- 
gistrar of Deeds, Mr. Fleshiem had no oppo- 
sition at two of the elections, and also met 
with no opposition at his first election as 
Mayor. During that term he was instru- 
mental in securing the paid fire department 
of the city. At his second election to the 
office he received 1,017 out of 1,296 votes. 
In 1S75 Mr. Fleshiem embarked in the 
insurance business in this city, was afterward 
engaged in mining on the Menominee Range, 
was one of the incorporators, and is now 
director, of the Electric Railroad and Power 
Company, president of the Electrical and 
Mechanical Company, vice-president of the 
Menominee Iron Works, vice-president of 
the Thomas Brass and Iron Company of 
Milwaukee, president of the Loan & Build- 
ing Association of Menominee, director of 
the Lumberman's National Bank, and was 
secretary of the Agricultural Society. In 
1 89 1 our subject was elected without 
opposition to the State Senate, his district 
embracing Marquette, Menominee and Iron 
counties. In 1 893 he was again elected to 
that position, his district comprising half of 
the counties of northern Michigan, and he 
served as chairman of the committee on 
railroads. 

Mr. Fleshiem was married in 1875 to 
Miss Belle Stephenson, born in Escanaba, 
Michigan, in July, 1859, a daughter of 
Andrew and Charlotte (Pishion) Stephenson. 
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Isaac Stephenson of Marinette. Our subject 
and wife have three children : Nellie Louise, 
attending the Northwestern University at 
Evanston, Illinois; Edna Earl, a member of 
the senior class of the high school of 
Menominee; and Robert S. Mrs. Fleshiem 
is a memberof the Presbyterian Church. Mr. 
Fleshiem is a member of the Masonic order, 
— of blue lodge, chapter and commandery of 
Menominee, having served as Master of the 
blue lodge. He is also a member of the 
Mystic Shrine of Grand Rapids, of DeWitt 
Consistory, No. 32, of that city, and of the 
K. O. T. M., and Royal Arcanum. 



@EORGE H. ORR, vice-president 
of the Weston Lumber Company, 
of Manistique, was born on the 
17th of May, 1842, in Steuben 
count}', New York, and is one of a family of 
eight sons, whose parents are Robert and 
Clarissa (Graham) Orr. They too were 
natives of the Empire State and the family 
is of Scotch-Irish descent. Both Mr. and 
Mrs. Orr are now lix'ing in Manistique, 
whither they removed in 1889. Seven of 
their sons are yet living, namely: George 
H., Albert L., Aaron, Erastus T., Lorenzo 
B., Walter L. and Fred. \\'esley has 
passed away. 

In taking up the personal history of 
George H. Orr we present to our readers 
one who is widely and favorably known in 
this locality, his extensive business interests 
bringing him in contact with many, while 
his pleasant, genial manner gains him the 
high regard of all whom he has met. In 
the common schools of his native county he 
acquired a good education, and under the 
parental roof he remained until the autumn 
of 1862, when, prompted by an earnest de- 



sire to aid in the preservation of the Union, 
he offered his services to the Government 
and became a member of Company F, One 
Hundred and Seventh New York Volunteer 
Infantry. He served only a few months, 
and during a part of that time was in the 
Fairfax Seminary Hospital. He was then 
discharged on account of physical disability. 
The hardship and exposure incident to war 
had so undermined his health that when he 
left the army his weight was only ninety 
pounds. 

Mr. Orr at once returned to his home, 
and as soon as he had sufficiently regained 
his strength began operations as a stock 
dealer, which he continued for a period of 
about eight years. His next venture was in 
the lumber business, which he carried on in 
the East for some time. His residence in 
Manistique dates from 1873, at which time 
he contracted with the Chicago Lumbering 
Company for putting in logs by the thou- 
sand. He was thus employed during the 
succeeding five years, after which he pur- 
chased stock in the company. He then 
took charge of all their wood-work and has 
since managed that branch of the business. 
He has also served as one of the directors of 
the company, and in 1884 he aided in the or- 
ganization of the Weston Lumber Company, 
of which he was made vice-president. 
His connection with the company in that 
capacity still continues, and he also has 
charge of its wood-work department. He 
is a director in the White Marble Lime 
Company and in the Manistique Bank. A 
man of broad experience and capability he 
successfully controls all interests under his 
supervision, and his judicious management 
has been an important factor in the pros- 
perity of the concern with which he is con- 
nected. 



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Mr. Orr is a member of the Masonic 
fraternity, and in his poHtical relation is a 
Republican, but has never been prominent 
in political circles, preferring to give his en- 
tire time and attention to his business 
interests. He was the first village President, 
and for four years he acted as County 
Treasurer. Both himself and his wife, in 
religious relations, hold a membership in the 
Presbyterian Church. 

May I, 1865, Mr. Orr was united in 
matrimony with Miss Ellen Eddy, a native 
of New York and a daughter of Charles 
C. and Amy (Stevens) Eddy, natives also of 
the Empire State. Mr. and Mrs. Orr have 
had two children, namely: Charles R. , a 
druggist, who married Miss Cora Simmons 
and resides in Manistique; and Edith M. 
who was a teacher in Hancock, Michigan, 
for a year, and died on the 22d of Decem- 
ber, 1894, just after her graduation at the 
University of Michigan. 



Sr-* ARS ASTRUP, the popular Sheriff 
I I of Menominee county, Michigan, 
^I^A was born January 25, 1858, in 
Norway, and received his element- 
ary education in his native country. At the 
age of sixteen years he left home and fol- 
lowed a seafaring life, first as cabin boy on 
a Norwegian vessel belonging to his father 
and bound for Quebec, coming to the New 
World with the last Norwegian emigrants of 
1874. On the way the ship suffered a 
wreck, but not a disastrous one. In due 
time the lad made the return trip to his na- 
tive land on the same vessel, being absent 
ten months altogether. For two months he 
was attending mates' school, and then for 
two years he was clerk in a store at Chris- 
tiania, Norway. Next he went to Edinburg, 



Scotland, where he was ship-broker for two 
and a half years. Returning again to Nor- 
way, he proceeded soon to Stockholm, 
Sweden, and after a short time, in 1880, he 
sailed for Port Natal, South Africa, with a 
cargo of lumber. He remained in that 
strange foreign land for six years, engaged 
in business. For a year and a half of this 
time he had large contracts in building, for 
example, the Laager, a structure enclosed 
by a stone wall, where the magistrate of the 
district resides and holds his courts. The 
building is 250 miles distant from any white 
man's habitation. 

While a resident of Natal he married, in 
1882, Miss Rachel Milne, a native of Dur- 
ban, Natal, and a daughter of Andrew 
Milne, a native of Aberdeen, Scotland, who 
emigrated to South Africa in the early days 
of the colony and died there. Mrs. Astrup 
was brought up and educated in Natal, and 
she speaks both English and Norwegian. 

In 1886 Mr. Astrup returned, by way of 
the Zambesi river and the sea, to his native 
country, leaving his wife in Natal, her native 
land; and in 1887 he came to America, 
locating in Menominee, Michigan. Here he 
was emploded in a mill, at $15 a month, for 
six months, when he went to Illinois and en- 
gaged in railroad work. Returning to Me- 
nominee for a short time he started for 
Natal, with only $41. From New York 
city he worked his way to Glasgow, Scot- 
land, and thence to London, and on a Nor- 
wegian sailing vessel to Mossel bay. South 
Africa, arriving after a voyage of sixty- 
seven days. He came back to this country 
with his wife by way of the islands of Bar- 
badoes and the West Indies, landing at Bos- 
ton, Massachusetts, and reaching Menomi- 
nee with only fifteen cents! 

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in a mill for a month and a half, clerked in 
a grocery two months, and then engaged in 
a clothing store, and while thus employed he 
was elected Sheriff, in 1892, and in 1894 
re-elected. In this responsible capacity Mr. 
Astrup has proved himself to be the right 
man in the right place, and is thereftn'e a 
popular officer. 

His father, M. L. N. Astrup, still resides 
in Norway, retired from active business ; he 
has been a shipper of lumber and ice. Mr. 
Astrup, the subject of this sketch, received 
a good education, speaks English, German, 
French, Scandinavian and Zulu. 

Of his five children four are living, — 
Ludwig, Harold, Walter and Lars. He is 
member of the blue lodge of the Masonic 
order, the Knights of Pythias, K. O. T. M., 
the Royal Arcanum and the Sons of the 
North. In his views of American politics 
he takes Republican grounds. 

The above is a brief outline of one of 
the most romantic lives we have ever 
sketched. Remarkable talent and singularly 
executive energy must be possessed by the 
hero of the life career of this valued citizen. 



,>^ EV. HONORATUS BOURION, 

I ^Z pastor of St. Ann's Catholic 
M . y Church, Menominee, Michigan, 
was born in Lorraine, France, June 
I, 1840. His parents, Francis and Mar- 
garet (Duroc) Bourion, were both natives of 
Lorraine, and both are now deceased. The 
father was by occupation an architect, and 
in 1830 was a Captain in the National 
Guards. In their family were seven chil- 
dren, six of whom are living, namely: Joseph- 
ine, a resident of Colorado; Leonora, also 
of Colorado; Adelaide, Negaunee, Michigan; 



the subject of this sketch; and Edward and 
Alcid, both of Ohio. 

When he was seven years of age Mr. 
Bourion was sent to Paris to be educated, 
and remained there until he attained his 
majority. He then came to America and 
that same year, 1861, was ordained at Sault 
de Sainte Marie by Bishop Baraga, now 
deceased. Immediately after his ordination 
he was sent to Negaunee to organize that 
parish. He was the first priest at that 
place and remained there eleven years, doing 
much effectual work. It was through his 
instrumentality that the first church at Ne- 
gaunee was built ; and he not only thoroughly 
organized that church, but he also estab- 
lished Catholic churches at Ishpeming and 
Clarksburg, Michigan, his work covering a 
large field and being attended with no little 
difficulty. In 1872 Rev. Bourion went still 
further west and settled at Central City, 
Colorado, where he spent six years, during 
that time building a church and academy 
there. In the meantime his youngest 
brother was ordained priest at Paris, France, 
for the diocese of Cincinnati, Ohio, and 
our subject was induced to meet his brother 
in Cincinnati. Soon after his arrival in 
Ohio, he accepted a position as pastor at 
Bellefontaine, that State, and remained 
there twelve years. While in that city he 
repaired the church and built a brick school- 
house. He was then called by the bishop 
of this diocese to his old field of labor, and 
was assigned the work of dividing the con- 
gregation at Ishpeming, the French from the 
English, remaining at Ishpeming two years. 
This division satisfactorily completed, he 
was sent to Iron Mountain to do the same 
kind of work. At the latter place he made 
three congregations, — French, English and 
Italian — and remained in that city two years 



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and a half. The bishops next, in 1893, sent 
him to take charge of the French congrega- 
tion at Menominee, where he is now located. 
This church, St. Ann's, was organized in 
1 886, by Father Latelleir. Two other pas- 
tors, Rev. Rousseau and Rev. Pelisson, both 
now deceased, served the charge previous to 
the advent of Rev. Bourion. The church 
property is valued at $30,000, and the con- 
gregation is the largest in the city, no less 
than 500 families being represented in it. 
There is a parochial school in connection 
with the church, taught by the Sisters of St. 
Agnes, three teachers being employed. Dur- 
ing his residence here, Rev. Bourion has 
liquidated the church debt. He himself has 
$25,000 invested in church property. 

Besides his regular pastorate work. Rev. 
Bourion is laboring in other fields He is 
Bishop's Consulter, Attorney General of the 
Diocese, E.xaminer of the Clergy, and Dean 
for the counties of Menominee and Dickin- 
son. He is also a writer of some note, fre- 
quentl}' furnishing valuable articles for pub- 
lication. While in Ohio, he made a speech 
in favor of pensioning every soldier who was 
honorably discharged. This speech met 
with great favor, a copy of it was sent to 
Washington, District of Columbia, and he 
had the pleasure of receiving the thanks of 
Congress for the same. 



eF. BROWN, superintendent of the 
Pewabic mine, and a resident of 
Iron Mountain, Michigan, dates his 
birth in Washington county, New 
York, August 23, 1861. He is a son of O. 
F. Brown, also a native of that county and 
by occupation a farmer, and grandson of 
William D. Brown, who was born in Ireland 
and came with his parents to this country 



when a child. O. F. Brown married Miss 
Frances Brown, a native of Vermont and a 
daughter of Gardner Brown, also a native of 
the Green Mountain State. They became 
the parents of two children, E. F. and Per- 
melia. Miss Permelia Brown is now one of 
the popular and successful teachers of Iron 
Mountain. 

Mr. E. F. Brown spent the first si.xteen 
years of his life at his native place, receiv- 
ing his education in the common schools. 
In 1879 he came West to Marinette, Wis- 
consin, and for one year was employed as 
clerk in a general store at that place. The 
following year he came to the Menominee 
Range, as clerk of the East Vulcan mine, at 
Vulcan, Michigan. He was in charge of the 
surface and explorations of this mine from 
1881 until the spring of i887,andin 1887 was 
appointed superintendent of the Pewabic 
mine, which position he has since held. 
During the past year (1894) 674 men were 
employed at this mine, and the amount of 
iron ore mined was 304,009 tons — the largest 
output of all mines in the range. Mr. Brown 
is also superintendent of the Keel Ridge 
mine, which however is now closed. This 
mine is located one mile east of the Pewabic 
mine. 

Mr. Brown was married March 9, 1887, 
to Miss Emma Hasking, a native of Michi- 
gan and a daughter of William T. and 
Elizabeth Hasking. They have four daugh- 
ters, namely: Muriel, lone, Lucille and 
Elizabeth. 

Politically, Mr. Brown affiliates with the 
Democratic party. During 1886 and '87 he 
served as Supervisor of the township of Nor- 
way, that being before the town was organ- 
ized, and for four years he has served as 
Alderman of the city of Iron Mountain, rep- 
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circles lie is prominent and active. He is 
Past Master of Ouinnesec Lodge, No. 362, 
and is also a member of Iron Mountain 
Chapter and Hugh McCurdy Commandery, 
F. & A. M. As an enterprising and public- 
spirited man he ranks with the leading citi- 
zens of Iron Mountain. 



>^OSEPH MOREAU. Superintendent 
m of the Poor of Menominee, is num- 
nt J bered among the pioneer settlers of 
this locality. He has seen the city 
which is now his home, grow from a mere 
hamlet, and the surrounding country, once 
wild and little improved, has been trans- 
formed into a tract of rich fertilit}" since his 
arrival. One who has so long and inti- 
mately been identified with this region well 
deserves mention in this volume. 

Mr. Moreau was born in Canada on the 
1 8th of February, 1822, and is of French 
descent. In the place of his nativity his 
boyhood and youth were passed, and in 1841 
he came to the United States, locating first 
in Troy, New York, where he remained for 
six years. On the expiration of that period 
he came to Chicago, where he spent two 
years, and in 1850 he reached Menominee, 
then a small village, — three houses stand- 
ing on Main street and three houses and a 
sawmill in Marinette. For two years he 
made this place his home and kept the first 
boarding-house for the company at Minne- 
kaunee, Wisconsin, and for some time fol- 
lowing he passed his time between Green 
Bay, Wisconsin, and Menominee. On 
leaving the former place he engaged to carry 
on a boarding-house for the accommodation 
of employes of a shingle mill in Pensaukee, 
Wisconsin; later spent one year in Oconto, 
Wisconsin, after which he made a perma- 



nent settlement in Menominee. He is one 
of its oldest citizens, has witnessed its entire 
development and takes a just pride in its up- 
building. 

An important event in the life of Mr. 
Moreau occurred in 1854, when was cele- 
brated his marriage to Miss Mary Ann Fier- 
son, of Green Bay. Eleven children were 
born of their union, eight of whom are yet 
living and make their homes in Menominee, 
where the sons all occupy good positions. 

In October, 1861, Mr. Moreau offered his 
services to the Government, enlisting as a 
member of Company G, Seventeenth Regi- 
ment of Wisconsin Volunteers, of which he 
was made Second Lieutenant. Later he 
won promotion to the rank of First Lieuten- 
ant, and with his command was sent to 
St. Louis, and thence to Pittsburg Landing, 
where the regiment joined General Grant's 
army. He was with his command in all its 
engagements until 1863, when, on account 
of ill health, he was obliged to resign and 
return home. He now embarked in the 
grocery and saloon business, and subse- 
quently served as a cook on the passenger 
steamer lines for four years. His next 
undertaking was in the restaurant business, 
which immediately preceded his present 
occupation. 

In 1876 Mr. Moreau took charge of the 
Poor House of Menominee. This had been 
established in 1874 and placed in charge of 
Nick Gwehr, a German, who remained at 
its head until succeeded by Mr. Moreau. 
The building was first located on a farm 
seven miles from the city, on the State 
road, but the farm was sold about 1885 and 
the house established within the corporation 
limits of Menominee, — its present location. 
There are now eighteen inmates. The 
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Supervisors, who provide liberally, and the 
poor therefore have a good home. Two 
physicians are employed to render medical 
assistance when needed, and the inmates 
are not required to work. Mr. Moreau has 
now been Superintendent for eighteen years, 
and his administration of affairs has given 
complete satisfaction to all, as is indicated 
by his long retention in office. 

Mr. Moreau is a member of the French 
Catholic Church, and is a man of kindly 
disposition and benevolent impulses. In 
his political connections he is a Republican, 
and socially he affiliates with Lyon Post, 
G. A. R. His life has been quietly passed 
in the faithful performance of all duties 
devolving upon him, and now he enjoys the 
respect and confidence which should always 
be given old age. 



HLLEN B. BeDELL, a prominent 
business man of Menominee, was 
born in Wood county, Ohio, July 
31, 1840. His father. Burr BeDell, 
was born in New York in 1802, a son of 
Benjamin BeDell, a native also of that 
State, and his father was a native of France. 
The mother of our subject, Fannie (Brand) 
BeDell, was born in New York in 18 10, a 
daughter of James and Fannie Brand, na- 
natives also of that State. The father was 
a lumberman on the Saranac river. Burr 
and Fannie BeDell were married in New 
York and in an early day moved West, hav- 
ing been among the early pioneers of Wood 
county, Ohio, where the former worked on 
a farm and in a sawmill. In 1843 they lo- 
cated on a farm in Lenawee county, Michi- 
gan, having had to cut their road to the 
place, and they made a permanent settle- 
ment there. Mr. BeDell departed this life 



in 1876, and his widow now resides at Clay- 
ton, this State, aged eighty- five years. They 
were the parents of eight children, viz. : 
James, of Michigan; Benjamin F. , deceased; 
William, of San Francisco, California; Amos 
B., of Adrian, this State; Huldah, wife of 
Lysander Worcester, of that city; Amy, wife 
of W. H. Phillips, of Menominee; Allen B., 
the subject of this sketch; and Arteas A., of 
Ypsilanti, this State. Three of the sons 
were soldiers in the Civil war, — William, 
A. B. and Arteas. William served as Lieu- 
tenant in the Heavy Artillery of Ohio. 
A. B. and Arteas were members of the band 
in the Eighth Michigan Infantry. Mr. and 
Mrs. BeDell were life-long members of the 
Methodist Episcopal Church. In political 
matters the former affiliated with the Dem- 
ocratic party, and he took an active interest 
in local affairs. 

Allen B. BeDell was reared and educated 
in his native county. At the age of seven- 
teen years he went to Chicago and engaged 
as fireman on the Chicago & Galena Rail- 
road, now known as the Northwestern road. 
He next served as brakeman on the Pitts- 
burg, Ft. Wayne & Chicago Railroad, and 
four months afterward was promoted to the 
position of conductor. In 1861 Mr. BeDell 
enlisted as a drummer in the Eighth Michi- 
gan Infantry, in which he served seventeen 
months, and took part in the battles of 
Coosa and James rivers and in many skir- 
mishes. The band laid aside their instru- 
ments and did regular duty during both bat- 
tles. The\' were mustered out of service in 
the fall of 18C2. Returning home, Mr. 
BeDell resumed his run as conductor on the 
Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago road until 
1863, was then passenger conductor on the 
Philadelphia & Erie road until 1871, was 
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road without having first served as brake- 
man on the Toledo division of the Lake 
Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad be- 
tween Toledo and Cleveland; ten months 
afterward was transferred to the Western 
division between Elkhart and Chicago as 
regular passenger conductor; from 1873 to 
1877 worked on the Flint & Marquette 
road, was next on the Mobile & Montgom- 
ery Railroad, between Mobile, Montgomery 
and Pensacola, and was then lost car agent 
and conductor and iron inspector for the 
company until 1881, when he took an in- 
definite leave of absence. Mr. BeDell's next 
occupation was that of buying grain and 
produce at Clayton, Michigan, until 1883, 
when he came to Menominee and purchased 
the hardware store of J. Pecard & Com- 
pany, located where Dunning Brothers & 
Company now are. In 1884 he purchased 
and moved to his present location. 

In political matters, Mr. DeBell has 
been a life-long Democrat. He has served 
as United States Marshal eight years, as 
Under Sheriff seven years, as Alderman one 
year, as President of the City Council, as a 
member of the Board of County Supervisors 
two years, and as agent for the State Board 
of Correction and Charity two years. He is 
also a director of the Menominee Water 
Company, a stockholder and director of the 
Gas Company, in which he has also held the 
position of treasurer, and is the largest 
stockholder in the Martindale (Meagher 
county, Montana) sheep ranch. They own 
3,600 acres of land, which contains thirty- 
six miles of irrigating ditches and forty miles 
of fencing. They now have 19,000 head of 
sheep, and have a free pasturage of 100 
square miles. By a legislative act they 
have a prior right of twenty-two inches of 
water in Musselshell river. 



In his social relations, Mr. BeDell has 
held all the offices in Lyon Post, No. 266, 
G. A. R. He assisted in organizing the post 
in this citj', and was its first Officer of the 
Day. He is a member of the Masonic 
order, — blue lodge, chapter and command- 
ery of Menominee, has been Standard 
Bearer in the Knight Templars, and is a 
member of the Mystic Shrine at Grand 
Rapids. Mr. BeDell writes much for publi- 
cation. He has also been a great traveler, 
as there is not a State or Territory in the 
United States, excepting Alaska, which he 
has not visited, — also Mexico and Canada. 

He was married in 1868, to Lucy A. 
Townsend, born in Dover township, Lena- 
wee county, Michigan, in 1843, a daughter 
of Henry F. and Lucy A. (Bennett) Town- 
send, natives of New York but early 
pioneers of Lenawee county. The father 
died in 1888, but the mother is still living. 
Three of their children survive, namely: 
John A., of Adrian, this State; Milton F. , of 
Clayton, Michigan, and Mrs. BeDell. Milton 
F. was a soldier in the late war four years, 
and held the position of Orderly Sergeant. 
Mr. and Mrs. BeDell have had three chil- 
dren, — Fred L. , Benjamin F. and Henry B. 
(deceased). 



>T^ E. SOULTS, editor of the Menom- 
^ inee Evening Leader, Menominee, 
A 1 Michigan, was born at Royal Oak, 
Oakland county, Michigan, August 
15, 1858. His parents, William and Susan 
(Bell) Soults, are natives of Ireland. They 
came to America in their childhood, were 
married in this country, and early in the 
'30s settled in Oakland county, Michigan, 
where they still reside, respected by all who 
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dren living, four sons and four daughters, 
J. E. being the eldest. 

J. E. Soults was reared on his father's 
farm and was educated in the district 
schools. Early in life he conceived a liking 
for the newspaper business, and when he 
started out on his own responsibility it was 
as a newspaper man. In partnership with 
A. H. Finn, now managing editor of the 
Detroit Journal, he began the publication 
of the Royal Oak Midget at Royal Oak. 
That was in the spring of 1879. In the 
fall of that same year they went to Capac, 
St. Clair county, Michigan, where they con- 
ducted the Argus. In 1882 Mr. Finn went 
to Fort Gratiot and started the Fort Gra- 
tiot Sun, their partnership continuing until 
the fall of that year, when Mr. Soults closed 
the business at Capac, consolidated the two 
offices and purchased his partner's interest. 
He continued the publication of the Sun un- 
til 1885. That year he came to Menomi- 
nee and started the Menominee Democrat, 
which he still conducts as a weekly. The 
Evening Leader he established November 
I, 1893, and has since been at the head of 
both papers, publishing them in the same 
office. Mr. Soults is specially adapted to 
the business he has chosen. He gives it his 
entire attention, and is meeting with mer- 
ited success. 

July 4, 1893, Mr. Soults was married to 
Miss Christina Quimby, who was born in 
Menominee in May, 1874, daughter of Ed- 
ward Ouimby, of this city. Her Grand- 
father Quimby was one of the first settlers 
of Menominee and kept a hotel here for 
many years. Mr. and Mrs. Soults have had 
one child, that died in infancy. 

Mr. Soults is a member of the Knights 
of Pythias at Menominee and the Masonic 
order at Fort Gratiot, being Past Chancellor 



of the former organization. Politically, he 
is a Democrat. He has served as clerk of 
Menominee three \ears, and in all local 
affairs he takes an active interest and wields 
a large influence. He and his wife attend 
the Presbyterian Church. 



>T^ H. KRATZ. Chief of the Fire De- 

B partment of the city of Menominee, 

/• 1 has had an interesting career, some 

features of which it will be profitable 

to study. 

The present fire department of Menomi- 
nee was organized in May, 1888, before 
which time only a volunteer force was main- 
tained. During that period the people here 
had scarcely any facilities for extinguishing 
devastating fires, and the apparatus they 
did use was inferior and out of repair. Mr. 
Kratz, having been appointed Chief of the 
fire department here while yet a resident of 
Muskegon, Michigan, came here and first 
organized with fourteen paid men, and had 
another engine house erected, and continued 
to improve the numerical force and efficiency 
of the department as means were furnished, 
until the fire department of Menominee is 
now all that the people desire it to be. 

Following is the force and equipment: 
Hose Company No. i : P. Moriarty, Captain; 
Fred Peltier, and William Hick, pipemen; A. 
S. R. Cearfoss, driver. No. 2 : L. C. Collins, 
Captain; C. Lehmann and R. McNeely, 
pipemen; C. Beetler, driver. No. 3: John 
Kain, Captain; George Wanek and C. 
Lynch, pipemen; G. W. Moreau, driver. 
Chemical Engine Company No. i : T. S. 
Phelps, Captain; C. W. Hanson; and A. B. 
Freeman, driver. Truck Company No. i : 
Burt Vanderlip, Captain; A. Elder and John 
Benthouse, truckmen; Charles Thompson, 



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driver. There are now altogether twenty 
paid men. 

The cit\' at present has two good steam 
fire engines. Steamers No. i and 2 are used 
only in cases of fire beyond the limits of the 
water-works, or when an accident occurs to 
the water works. Engine House No. i, at 
414 Main street, is headquarters of the fire 
department, where the chief's office is lo- 
cated. Engine House No. 2 is located at 
2303 Frederick street, and Engme House 
No. 3 is on Chandler street. . 

Mr. Kratz, the Chief of the department 
above described, is a native of Deerfield, 
Oneida county, New York, born October 2 1 , 
1 8 54. In 1866 the family moved to the 
enterprising city of Muskegon, Michigan, 
where the lad was brought up and educated 
in the public schools. Then he was em- 
ployed in the machine shop of Miller & 
Horrocks for three years. Being desirous 
to excel in sonie higher sphere of usefulness, 
and having predilections for service in a city 
fire department, he turned his attention in 
that direction. Accordingly he joined the 
fire department of his city, and after a few 
years' service as driver he was appointed Cap- 
tain of Company No. i , while he still main- 
tained his position in the blacksmith shop. 
Soon he became the first full-paid Captain 
of the department of that place, namely, of 
Hose Company No. i , which position he 
held for four or five years. He was then 
appointed superintendent of the water- 
works and assistant chief of the fire depart- 
ment, and this intricate place he filled for a 
period of two years, when he was appointed 
Chief, with full pay, and this responsible 
position he held until he was appointed 
Chief of the Menominee Fire Department in 
1888, necessitating his removal to this city. 
The department of which he is now at the 



head is one of the best equipped, and his 
men the best drilled and most effective, of 
all in the upper peninsula of Michigan. 

The marriage of Mr. Kratz took place in 
1880, when he wedded Miss Julia O'Con- 
nell, a native of Boston, Massachusetts, 
and a daughter of Jerry O'Connell, deceased. 
Mr. and Mrs. Kratz have had three children, 
one of whom is deceased; the two living are 
Bessie May and Nellie R. Mr. Kratz's 
parents were John and Anna (Dedrichs) 
Kratz, who were born in Germany and 
emigrated to this country, settling in the 
State of New York. The senior Kratz is 
deceased, and his surviving wife still resides 
in Muskegon. Of their children, four are 
now living, — J. H., the subject of this 
sketch; Rhoda Smith, May Bradley and 
Martin. 

Mr. Kratz is a member of the blue lodge, 
chapter and commandery of the Masonic 
order, is a Noble of the Mystic Shrine of 
Grand Rapids, Michigan, a member of the 
order of Knights of Pythias of Muskegon 
and of the K. O. T. M. of Menominee. In 
his voting for political officers he is inde- 
pendent. Mrs. Kratz is a member of the 
Catholic Church, St. John's. Their resi- 
dence is at 307 Main street. 



tV^HILLIP HARTER, engaged in 
fi W the boot and shoe business in 
H Menominee, was born in Alsace, 

France, September 22, 1853. He 
came alone to America at the age of seven- 
teen years, and is well educated in both 
French and German. In 1872 he came 
with A. J. Pauli to Menominee, Michigan, 
and he first worked at the bench for John 
Harvath about one year. He was next with 
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for a Mr. Allard, and in 1880 he opened a 
shop in Menominee. In 1884 Mr. Harter 
began his present business at 427 Main 
street, and in 1890 he erected his brick 
block, where he has since enjoyed a large 
and lucrative trade. 

In 1877 he was united in marriage with 
Marie J. Pauli, a native also of Alsace, 
France, and a sister of A. J. Pauli. They 
have two children living, — Eugene and Lil- 
lian. In his social relations, Mr. Harter is 
a member of the Masonic order, — of the 
blue lodge, — is Past Grand Master and a 
representative to the Grand Lodge of the 
I. O. O. F. , a member of the Sons of Her- 
mann, of the A. O. U. W. and the Turn- 
Verein. Politically, he votes with the Re- 
publican party. 



>T^ M. BEATTIE is one of the sub- 
H stantial business men of Gladstone. 
^1 A community owes its progress and 
prosperity to its business men and 
especially to such citizens as this gentle- 
man, who is actively interested in every- 
thing that will advance the town. He is 
the resident manager of the Pioneer Fuel 
Company, which operates, in this city, one 
of the largest coal docks in the United 
States and which receives and distributes 
annually 250,000 tons of coal. 

On the 15th of March, 1843, Mr. Beat- 
tie was born, the place of his nativity being 
Toronto, Canada. His father, Joseph 
Beattie, removed from Toronto to Wood- 
stock and engaged in merchandising, carry- 
ing on a successful trade. He was born in 
county Armagh, Ireland, and in the '30s 
came to the New World, settling in Can- 
ada, where he served as a Lieutenant in the 
Queen's Army during the Rebellion of 1837. 



He married a daughter of John Tilt, a law- 
yer of county Armagh, and one of his 
nephews is now engaged in the shoe busi- 
ness in Chicago. To Mr. and Mrs. Joseph 
Beattie were born the followng children: 
Mrs. T. Eaton, of Toronto, Canada; J. M., 
of this sketch; James, who is living in On- 
tario, Canada; Mrs. C. P. Bishop, of Sy- 
denham, Canada; and George, who is also 
located in Canada. 

During his childhood J. M. Beattie ac- 
companied his parents to Woodstock, Can- 
ada, where he grew to manhood and was 
educated. He came to the United States 
in 1862 and secured a position with the 
Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad Company, 
with which he continued some months, 
when he entered the army, for his sympa- 
thies were enlisted on behalf of the Union 
cause, and he resolved to strike a blow in 
its defense. He was assigned to Company G, 
One Hundred Ninety-fourth Ohio Infantry, 
under Captain William L. Wolverton, and 
was mustered in at Camp Chase, Ohio, 
whence the regiment was ordered to 
Charleston, West Virginia, and operated in 
the Shenandoah valley and in the vicinity 
of Washington. He was always found at 
his post, faithful to the cause of his adopted 
country, and after the war was over he was 
honorably discharged on the 25th of Oc- 
tober, 1865. 

Mr. Beattie then went to Hamilton, 
Canada, and formed a connection with the 
long-established Brown-Gillespie Company, 
dealers in groceries and liquors, traveling in 
the interest of that house through western 
Ontario. He continued with that company 
as a trusted employe until 1881, when he 
again came to the United States. His long 
connection with so prominent a house is the 
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his efficient service and the confidence re- 
posed in him. 

Mr. Beattie has been connected with 
Gladstone's interests almost from the incep- 
tion of the town, and in business circles he 
stands in the foremost rank. As manager 
of the Pioneer Fuel Company he controls a 
volume of business which is hardly sur- 
passed in the same line in the largest cities 
of the country, and his business ability is 
fully equal to the demands put upon it. He 
is thoroughly familiar with ever}' detail as 
well as with the extensive transactions, and 
his guiding hand on the reins of this concern 
has made it a most profitable and important 
one. Aside from his business interests Mr. 
Beattie finds time to devote to the welfare 
of the city in which he makes his home, and 
none have taken a more active part in its 
advancement and upbuilding. He with- 
holds his support and co-operation from no 
enterprise calculated for promotion of the 
city or community, and while in office has 
done effective service in its behalf. He is 
now serving as Alderman from the First 
ward and for three years was chairman of 
the School Board of Gladstone. He votes 
with the Republican party and is a stalwart 
advocate of the party principles. He cast 
his first vote for Abraham Lincoln at Summit 
Point, Virginia, while in the army, and used 
his influence to promote the principles of 
protection, believing them best fitted to 
being prosperity of the countr}-. 

The history of a man in his business re- 
lations IS always more or less lamiliar to the 
public, especially if he be prominent in any 
line, but his home life is an unread chapter. 
While this is well in many respects and the 
privacy and pleasures of the home should not 
be intruded upon, it is often nf interest to 
learn that in the rush and hurry of com- 



merciaJ life the man of affairs has leisure to 
devote to familj' and fireside. 

Mr. Beattie was happily married in St. 
Mary's, Canada, to Miss Mary Birch, 
daughter of Robert Birch, a farmer, whose 
father was a native of Ireland, but her 
mother was born in New England. The 
family of Robert Birch numbered the follow- 
ing children: Nicholas E. , Eli, William, 
Mrs. J. J. W. Simpson, Mrs. G. E. McBer 
and Mrs. J. G. Monroe, — all of St. Mary's, 
Canada. Four children have been born to 
Mr. and Mrs. Beattie, namely: Maud, now 
the wife of F. M. Wires, train dispatcher at 
Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin; Robert, w-ho is 
engaged in the real-estate business in Glad- 
stone; May and Maggie. 

Mr. Beattie affiliates with Gladstone 
Lodge, F. & A. M. , and is now Past Master. 
His personal appearance is pleasing and his 
genial, affable manner and kindly disposition 
win him friends among all classes of people, 
so that he is respected alike by young and 
old, rich and poor, humble and great. 



>T^AMES L. LIPSETT is a worthy rep- 
m resentative of the busmess mterests 
/• ■ of Sault de Ste. Marie, and is now 
the leading dealer in agricultural im- 
plements. Like many of the residents of 
this State, he is a native of Canada, his 
birth having occurred in Gray count}-, On- 
tario, on the 25th of August, 1854. The 
family is of Irish lineage, and his father, 
Francis Lipsett, was a native of Ireland. 
Forty-eight years ago he crossed the Atlantic 
to the New World, and in Toronto was mar- 
ried and made his home for a few years be- 
fore removing to the farm whereon he reared 
his family. Devoting his time and energies 
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until called for life. His death occurred 
in 1 89 1, when he had rounded the Psalmist's 
span of three-score years and ten. He mar- 
ried a Miss Sarah Campbell, and to them 
were born eight children, our subject being 
the third in order of birth. Those now liv- 
ing in the United States are James L. , W. 
F. (Mrs. McKay) and Mrs. H. A. Harrison, 
— all of this city. 

Upon the old homestead James L. Lip- 
sett spent the first eighteen years of his life, 
where the work of the fields gave the physi- 
cal training that was needed to develop a 
robust constitution. His mental training 
was not neglected during that time, for he 
attended the common schools of the neigh- 
borhood; and, later in life, adding to this 
knowledge by practical business experience, 
reading and observation, he has become a 
well informed man. On leaving home at 
the age of eighteen he learned the trade of 
blacksmithing in Annon, Canada, under 
James Telford, with whom he served a 
three-years' apprenticeship, thoroughly mas- 
tering the business and becoming a proficient 
workman. He came to Sault de Ste. Marie 
in September, 1875, — ^ young man having 
just attained his majority, possessed of a 
strong physique, excellent health, an indus- 
trious nature, but no capital. This did not 
discourage him, however. He opened a 
smithy and for ten years engaged in general 
blacksmith work. It was not long ere he 
had a good trade, which constantly increased 
until it yielded him not only a good living, 
but enabled him to lay by some means and 
make investments in real estate. This he 
invested judiciously, and when the rise in 
Sault de Ste. Marie values came he was en- 
abled to dispose of some of his property to 
excellent advantage. He yet owns consider- 
able valuable property, including a half in- 



terest in the Pease & Lipsett block. From 
1880 to 1887 Mr. Lipsett was engaged in 
the livery business and ran a stage line from 
this city to St. Ignace for two years, carry- 
ing the mail. He filled a grading contract 
of twelve miles on the Duluth, South Shore 
& Atlantic Railroad, and for fifteen j'ears 
has engaged in the agricultural implement 
business, having one of the best establish- 
ments of the kind in the county. He is also 
a member of the firm of Lipsett & Gregg, 
recently formed, contractors and builders, 
who have already put up some of the sub- 
stantial buildings of the city, including the 
Ferguson Block; also five brick buildings at 
New Fort Brady. Thus it will be seen that 
many and varied are the business interests 
with which Mr. Lipsett has been connected. 
The man who is prominent in commercial 
circles is an important factor in any com- 
munity, doing more for his city than if he 
presented it with gifts of money, for he pro- 
motes the material prosperity and furnishes 
employment to others, thus making self- 
supporting and self-respecting citizens, who 
are the mainstays of every locality. 

In October, 1877, Mr. Lipsett married 
Miss Harriet Stonehouse, a daughter of T. 
S. Stonehouse, a carpenter. She died in 
the spring of 1880, leaving one child, Aus- 
tin. In October, 1883, he was joined in 
wedlock with Miss Minnie Leavens, a daugh- 
ter of R. B. Leavens, a farmer, and a na- 
tive of Prince Edward county, Ontario. 
They have three children, — Verne, Clarice 
and Miriam. He is a member of the 
Methodist Episcopal Church. In his social 
relations Mr. Lipsett is a Mason, and in 
politics is a Democrat. In 1889 he was 
elected to the City Council from the Second 
ward for a two year-term, and during that 
time the paving of the city streets was 



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done. He was nominated by his party for 
the office of City Treasurer in the spring of 
1895, but was defeated after a spirited con- 
test. He is a very pleasant and genial gen- 
tleman, one of the best-known citizens of 
Chippewa county, and has the good-will, 
confidence and esteem of a large circle of 
friends and acquaintances. 



k/^ G. FERGUSON, a leading busi- 
I /"^ ness man of Chippewa county, is 
\ . P the president of the Ferguson 
Hardware Company, one of the 
leading commercial concerns of Sault de 
Ste. Marie, the growth of which has been 
almost phenomenal when the time of its ex- 
istence is taken into consideration. To suc- 
cessfullj' conduct such an enterprise requires 
a man of keen perception, resolute purpose, 
untiring perseverance and excellent man- 
agerial ability, — qualities possessed in an 
eminent degree by the president of the com- 
pany. 

He first came to this citj- in August, 
1888, and opened a hardware business under 
the firm name of R. G. Ferguson & Com- 
pany. They carried on a retail trade, but at 
the same time allowed the establishment to 
become a jobbing house as their trade de- 
manded. It soon became apparent that 
they must enlarge their stock if they would 
meet the wants of the public. This they 
did and from the beginning they received a 
most liberal patronage. In 1893 the Fer- 
guson Hardware Company was organized, 
with a capital of $30,000, all paid in. The 
following are its officers: R. G. Ferguson, 
president; W. H. Miller, vice-president; and 
A. L. Ferguson, secretary and treasurer. 
From that date it was the firm's purpose to 
do a general jobbing as well as a retail busi- 



ness, and this plan has been very success- 
fully carried out. They furnish employment 
in the works here to some ten tinners and 
eight clerks, and do an annual business sec- 
ond to none in the city. The stock con- 
sists of shelf and heavy hardware, stoves, 
tinware, mill and lumbermen's supplies, all 
kinds of tin work, plumbing and steam and 
water heating. The members of the com- 
pany are men of practical business experi- 
ence, thoroughly acquainted with their line 
of trade, scrupulously honest and exact in 
their dealings, and their success is well mer- 
ited. 

In connection with the histor}- of 
this leading commercial concern of the 
county, it is interesting to note farther facts 
concerning its efficient president, for he is a 
self-made man who has won prosperity 
entirely through his own efforts. He was 
born in Brampton, Ontario, October 22, 
1858. About 1868 his father removed with 
the family to St. Joseph, Missouri. In his 
early life he had followed farming and on 
removing to the West began merchandising 
in St. Joseph. In 1873 he returned to the 
East and carried on a grocery trade in Bay 
City, Michigan. He is now living retired 
from active business cares and makes his 
home in this city. He was born in St. 
Thomas, Ontario, and belongs to an old 
Canadian family of Scoth-Irish lineage. 
He has now reached the age of seventy- 
three and is enjoying a rest which he has 
truely earned and richly deserves. His wife, 
who bore the maiden name of Catherine 
Golden, is sixty years of age. Their chil- 
dren are: R. G., whose name heads this 
sketch; A. L. , who was born April 15, 
1864, and is secretary and treasurer of the 
hardware company. He was married in this 
city, in September, 1891, to Alice Mc- 



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Naughton, a daughter of W. W. McNaugh- 
ton, and they have one child, Robert G. 
W. F. was born in 1867, and Ferguson Au- 
gust 18, 1877. 

R. G. Ferguson received good school 
privileges, completing his education by study 
in the Christian Brothers' College of St. 
Joseph, Missouri. During his boyhood he 
entered the employ of W. H. Miller, who is 
now vice-president of the Ferguson Hard- 
ware Company and for a time did service in 
the store and office. As time went on and 
he became thoroughly familiar with the 
business he won promotion in 1S74. He 
was very successful in that line of work — in 
fact he carries forward to successful com- 
pletion whatever lie undertakes. On lea\ing 
the road he came to Sault de Ste. Marie and 
the historj" of his business career here has 
already been given. 

On the 20th of September, 188G, in 
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Mr. Ferguson was 
united in marriage with Miss Christina 
Baine, daughter of James Baine, formerly of 
Belleville, Ontario. Their home is blessed 
with the presence of a little daughter, Helen 
Elizabeth, born August 20, 1887. Mr. Fer- 
guson exercises his right of franchise in 
support of the men and measures of the 
Republican party and stanchly advocates its 
principles. Socially he is a Knight Templar 
Mason and religiously is a Methodist. 



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F. FERGUSON, of the firm of 
W. F. Ferguson & Company, a 
popular dry-goods firm in Sault 
de Sainte Marie, Michigan, has 
been identified with this city since 1888. 
His training having been in the boot and 
shoe trade, he opened a stock in that line 
at 80 Ashmun street, and conducted that 



business until the organization of the pres- 
ent firm and the erection of its build- 
ing. They carry a $25,000 stock. Their 
annual business is exceeded by only one dry- 
goods house in the " Soo," and their finan- 
cial rating gilt-edged and among the best in 
the city. 

Mr. Ferguson was born in Ontario, No- 
vember 10, 1866, a son of Adam Ferguson. 
He was educated in the Bay City schools, 
and at sixteen began his mercantile career as 
clerk for F. J. Mariontate, a dry -goods, boot 
and shoe man at Bay City. Upon the fail- 
ure of his employer and the purchase of the 
stock by Burnham, Stoepell & Company, of 
Detroit, Mr. Ferguson was employed to 
manage the business, and remained with 
them three years. 

March 15, 1892, Mr. Ferguson was mar- 
ried, in Sault Sainte Marie, to Miss Gussie 
Adams, and they have one child, Clarence 
N., aged two years. 

Mrs. Ferguson's father, R. N. Adams, is 
a leading business man in this city, — a real 
estate dealer and capitalist. He was born 
in Hastings county, Ontario, May 13, 1844, 
and was a farmer until he embarked in real- 
estate business here in 1888. He came to 
the United States in 1879, with some means, 
and bought a farm of 157 acres adjoining 
the town site of Sault Sainte Marie, which 
land he improved and cultivated. He has 
dealt quite extensively in realty here, and is 
the holder of a large amount of property at 
present without the frequent attendant em- 
barrassments following the collapse of a 
boom. He is interested with W. F. Fergu- 
son & Company, is a stockholder in the 
First National Bank of Sault Sainte Marie, 
and is a member of the School Board and a 
Trustee of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 
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fraternizes with the Republicans. His par- 
ents were John and Ann (Newton) Adams, 
the former a native of Cheshire, England, 
and the latter of Sligo, Ireland. Mrs. Fer- 
guson's mother was before her marriage 
Miss Elizabeth Ann Carr, and was a daugh- 
ter of Rev. George Carr, of Yorkshire, 
England. Mr. and Mrs. Adams were mar- 
ried June 19, 1868, and are the parents of 
the following named children: George H., 
Mrs. Ferguson, John N., E. Gertrude, 
Clement L. and Lillian. 

Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson are members of 
the Methodist Episcopal Church. 



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•AYXE HURSLEY, who is serv- 
ing as deputy Collector of Cus- 
toms at Sault de Ste. Marie, has 
made his home in this city since 
1887. He was born in Jefferson county, 
New York, on the 5th of October, 1837. 
His paternal grandfather belonged to one of 
the Mohawk Dutch families that settled in 
eastern New York, and the maternal grand- 
father was a native of Connecticut, whence 
he emigrated to New York about 1821. The 
Hursleys followed the lives of fishermen on 
Lake Ontario for some years. The father 
had three brothers and one sister. One 
brother went to California, where he reared 
a family, and the others all died in New 
York. 

Wayne Hursley had but meager privi- 
leges in his youth, educational or otherwise. 
He attended school only through the winter 
season, when manual work was limited, for in 
the summer months he was employed earn- 
ing his own livelihood. In connection with 
his brother. Jay Hursley, he came to the 
West, and for two years they engaged in 
fishing on Lake Superior, during which time 



they made their headquarters and home in 
Sault de Ste. Marie. In 1865 they trans- 
ferred their operations to Houghton, Han- 
cock county, where they continued until 
1869, when they removed to Marquette, 
spending two years there also in the fishing 
business. They then took up the tug busi- 
ness and were also engaged in getting out 
timber for logs, boards and dock timber, 
and under contract built several docks in 
Marquette, including the Brown Stone, the 
water-works and the sawmill docks. In 
1882 they retired from the lumber trade and 
entered the employ of the firm of Charles 
Hibbard & Son, with whom our subject con- 
tinued for a period of six years, engaged in 
towing logs. 

On coming to Sault de Ste. Marie in 
1887, Mr. Hursley engaged in the lightering 
business and general towing, and to this 
work devoted his energies until the fall of 
1893, when he received his appointment as 
deputy Collector of Customs from Colonel 
Scully of Marquette. Fidelity to any trust 
reposed in him has always been one of his 
marked characteristics, and in the office 
which he is now filling he is alike faithful. 

In April, 1859, Mr. Hursley was united 
in marriage with Miss Nancy Jordan, the 
wedding being celebrated in Henderson, 
Jefferson county. New York. The lady is a 
daughter of John Jordan, of Canada, who 
served as a drummer boy in the war of 18 12 
in the British army, and was in the battle of 
Queenstown Heights. He married Sarah 
Williams and they became the parents of 
eight children, namely: Connor; Ann Eliza, 
wife of Richard Manders; John, James and 
George, all in Bay of Quinte, Canada; Jane, 
wife of John Miller, who is living in Oswego 
county, New York; and Mrs. Hursley. To 
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one child, — Gertrude, — who became the 
wife of Alfred Richards, of Sault de Ste. 
Marie, and died May 15, 1893. Mr. 
Hursley is a member of the Masonic chap- 
ter of this city, which he joined in 1868. 



< y ^ ENRY E. WESTLAKE, Comptrol- 
1'''^ ler for the city of Sault de Ste. 
\^r Marie and a member of the firm of 
Westlake & Vogel, prominent and 
popular contractors, is a native of the 
Empire State, his birth having occurred in 
Erie county on the 21st of June, 1856. His 
father, Abram Westlake, was born in New 
Jersey and married Elizabeth Ferine. In 
their family were four children, as follows: 
Henry E. ; Milton; Delia, wife of Charles 
Annis of Linden, Michigan; and Mary. 
About 1868 the parents came with their 
family to Michigan, locating in Genesee 
county, where the father carried on agricul- 
tural pursuits. 

Henry E. Westlake was a lad of twelve 
summers at the time of the removal, and in 
the Linden high school completed his liter- 
ary education. He then began fitting him- 
self for life's duties by learning the 
carpenter's trade, at which he served a 
regular four-years apprenticeship, gaining in 
that time an excellent knowledge of the 
business and becoming familiar with every 
detail of the work. He then worked in 
Linden and vicinity until 1880, when he re- 
moved to St. Ignace, remaining in that place 
until 1 883. That year witnessed his removal 
to Marquette, Michigan, and in September, 
1885, he came to Sault de Ste. Marie, where 
he has since engaged in contracting and build- 
ing. On all sides stand evidence of his 
handiwork, which add to the beauty and 
substantial appearance of the city. In 1888 



the firm of Westlake, Irwin & Vogel was 
formed and continued under that name, 
doing a profitable business, until the fall of 
1893, when Mr. Irwin withdrew and the 
firm assumed the present style of Westlake 
& Vogel. They have erected many of the 
most important buildings of the city, includ- 
ing the Fort Brady work. Judge Steere's 
"stone box," the Fleming and Hogarth resi- 
dences and many other dwellings and public 
buildings. The members of the firm are 
both men of good business ability, wide- 
awake and enterprising, and their earnest 
desire to please their patrons and the faith- 
fulness with which they fulfill their part of a 
contract have gained them a liberal clientage. 

On the 3d of December, 1885, Mr. 
Westlake was joined in wedlock with Miss 
Lillian A. Campbell, the marriage being 
celebrated in Sault de Ste. Marie. Her 
father was Peter Campbell, of Ontario 
province, Canada. He married Flora Cur- 
rie and eight children were born to them, of 
whom the following are living: Sarah, wife 
of W. W. Stillwell; Mrs. Westlake; Mary, 
wife of George Comb, who makes his home 
in this city; Jennie, wife of Le Barron 
Lockwood, formerly of New York and later 
of Marquette; and Marguerite. Mr. 
Campbell formerly followed farming, but is 
now living a retired life in Sault de Ste. 
Marie, where he has made his home since 
1885. To Mr. and Mrs. Westlake have 
been born a daughter, Florence, March 3, 
1890. 

In his political views Mr. Westlake is a 
stalwart Democrat and is recognized as a 
leading member of his party in this locality. 
In 1894 he was nominated on that ticket 
for the office of Comptroller and won the 
election by 230 votes. He takes some in- 
terest in civic societies and belongs to the 




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Masonic lodge, the Knights of Pythias fra- 
ternity and the Knights of the Maccabees, of 
which he is Recorder. He is also C. C. of 
the Woodmen of the World. For ten years 
he has been identified with the business in- 
terests of this locality and in all his deal- 
ings he is straightforward and honorable. 
He is a man of methodical principles and 
whatever success he has achieved in life is 
due to his well directed efforts. As a 
citizen he is public-spirited and progressive, 
and all who know him esteem him for his 
sterling worth and strict integrit}'. 



>j'OHN W. WELLS, Mayor of Me- 
m nominee, Michigan, was born at Dav- 
/• 1 enport, Iowa, March 30, 1841. The 
Wells family are of English origin, 
but have been residents of America since 
1635, and were among the earliest settlers 
of Maine, the town of Wells in that State 
having been named in honor of them. 
Grandfather Richard Wells was a ship 
owner and captain. He was born in Maine, 
as also was his son Alexander, the father of 
John W. , the date of Alexander Wells' birth 
being 1818. The latter was a graduate of 
Bowdoin College. 

In 1837 he came West and settled on a 
farm in Iowa, where he was subsequently 
married and where he passed the rest of his 
life. During the war of the rebellion he 
was Lieutenant of Volunteers, and died of 
disease while in the service, his death oc- 
curring in 1863. The mother of our sub- 
ject, whose maiden name was Julia A. 
Carter, is a native of Indiana, born in 1820. 
She is now a resident of Menominee. 
Grandfather Carter was born in Virginia and 
was a representative of one of the promi- 
nent old families of that State. He was a 



Captain in the Mexican war, and a member 
of the Iowa Territorial Legislature. Alex- 
ander Wells and his wife had a family of 
seven children, six of whom are living, 
namely: Mary, wife of William Hollen- 
back; Alfred C, a veteran of the Civil war, 
having been a non-commissioned officer in 
the Second Iowa Cavalry, and served four 
years; John W., whose name heads this 
article; Sarah A., wife of William Lan- 
phere; William P., and James L. The 
mother is a devoted member of the Meth- 
odist Episcopal Church, as also was the 
father. In politics, he was a Republican 
and an Abolitionist. For many years he 
served as Justice of the Peace and Post- 
master, and was well known and highly re- 
spected. 

John W. Wells spent the first twenty 
years of his life on his father's farm, his ed- 
ucation being received in the common 
schools and at a commercial college. He 
then spent one year in Wisconsin and about 
the time he reached his majorit}' he came to 
Menominee, Michigan. Here he filled a 
position as bookkeeper two \ears. After 
that he became interested in a lumber busi- 
ness at Oconto, Wisconsin, where he was 
engaged in business until 1875, when he 
moved the plant to Menominee, having 
since carried on business at this place. 
This company is known as the Girard Lum- 
ber Company, and he is its vice-president 
and general manager. Besides their prop- 
erty at Menominee, they have a mill at 
Dunbar, Wisconsin, and the average an- 
nual product of the two mills is 50,000,000 
feet of lumber. Mr. Wells is also inter- 
ested in the Bird-Wells Lumber Company at 
Wausaukee, Wisconsin, the annual capacity 
of their mill being 18,000,000 feet of lum- 
ber. He is president of this company. He 



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is also president of the Menominee Iron 
Works, and vice president of the Lumber- 
men's National Bank of Menominee. 

Mr. Wells was married in 1874 to Is- 
abella Crawford, a native of New Bruns- 
wick, Canada, and a daughter of Dan- 
iel Crawford, a Scotchman. They have 
six children, viz.: Florence A., Daniel, 
Artemas C, Alfred T. , Edna B., and Ralph 
W. Mrs. Wells is a member of the Pres- 
byterian Church. 

Fraternally, Mr. Wells is identified with 
the Masonic order, being a member of the 
blue lodge, chapter and commandery. He is 
also a member of the Mystic Shrine at Grand 
Rapids. Politically, he is an ardent Re- 
publican. He has served as a member of the 
City Board of Supervisors, has been a mem- 
ber of the City Council two terms, and is 
now serving his second term as Mayor of 
Menominee, having been re-elected to this 
office April i, 1895, ^y^ majority of 275. 



^y'^V C. MORGAN, a progressive and 
I \ enterprising merchant of Sault de 
l^r Ste. Marie, has made his home in 
this city since May, 1887, coming 
here from Northport, Michigan, the place 
of his nativity. He was born on the 30th 
of September, 1858, and is the only child 
of Jesse D. and Ann D. (Craker) Morgan. 
His father was born in Bennington, Ver- 
mont, in 18 1 8, and on emigrating west- 
ward located first at Old Mission, near 
Traverse City. Subsequently he removed 
to Northport, Michigan, where he carried 
on farming. His wife's people became res- 
idents of Spring Prairie, Wisconsin, whither 
they emigrated from New York. Jesse 
Morgan gave his last days to his country's 
service, and laid down his life in defense of 



the Union. He enlisted in 1861 as a mem- 
ber of a Michigan regiment and after two 
years died of malarial fever at Little Rock, 
Arkansas, in 1863, his remains being in- 
terred there. 

N. C. Morgan was educated in the 
schools of his native village and spent the 
days of his boyhood and youth under the 
parental roof. When he had attained his 
majority he embarked in business for him- 
self as a general merchant of Northport, and 
carried on operations there until May, 1887, 
when he came to Sault de Ste. Marie and 
open a store stocked with meats and 
groceries at No. 113 Ashmun street. He 
has ever since carried on the business and 
has now an excellent trade, which has 
steadily grown from the beginning. He is 
fair and honorable in all transactions and 
his earnest desire to please his customers, 
and his courteous gentlemanly deportment, 
has made him one of the leading merchants 
in his line in this city. 

On the 25th of December, 1879, Mr. 
Morgan married Miss Abbie Voice, of North- 
port, whose father, William Voice, was a 
lumber manufacturer of that place. He 
was born in England, and on coming to the 
United States settled first in Chicago, re- 
moving later to Michigan, where he died in 
1893, at the age of seventy-five years. His 
wife bore the first name -of Fannie, and 
by their marriage were born four children: 
Martha, wife of W. F. Steele; Albert, 
George and Abbie. Mr. and Mrs. Morgan 
have no children of their own, but are rear- 
ing an adopted daughter, Louise Hazen. 
The family is widely known in this com- 
munity and its members hold high rank in 
social circles. Mr. Morgan is an active 
Republican in politics, is a leading member 
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he hasserved as president, and in the Congre- 
gational Church he holds his ecclesiastical 
membership. Of the last named he is now 
a Deacon, and is also Superintendent of the 
Sunday-school. He takes a deep and abid- 
ing interest in every good cause that is cal- 
culated to prove of benefit to the education- 
al or moral welfare of the community and 
is a man of broad sympathy, which is man- 
ifested more by deeds than words, the poor 
and needy finding in him a true friend. 



'^j'OHN E. KRAFFT, a prominent 
m dry-goods merchant of Sault de Ste. 
A 1 Marie, is a native of Ontario, born 
in Black Creek, Welland county, on 
the 20th of April, i860. The family is of 
German lineage and was founded in Canada 
by the grandfather of our subject, Lawrence 
Krafft, who was born in Alsace, Germany, 
then a part of France, and there married 
Miss Kline. They came to America in the 
'30s and Mr. Krafft devoted his time and 
attention to agricultural pursuits. They be- 
came the parents of five children, two of 
whom are yet living, — Mrs. Fred Yeeke, of 
Buffalo, New York; and Samuel, who is 
living in Ontario. 

The father of our subject, Francis Krafft, 
was a native of Canada, and in his younger 
years learned the carpenter's trade, which 
he afterward followed as a means of liveli- 
hood. When he had arrived at years of ma- 
turity he was joined in wedlock with Miss 
McMurray, daughter of John McMurray, a 
native of Belfast, Ireland, and a linen weaver 
by trade. Her mother bore the maiden 
name of Peggy Adair. Mr. and Mrs. Mc- 
Murray became the parents of the following 
children, who are still living: Samuel, of 
Windsor, Ontario; Joseph, a resident of 



Buffalo, New York; Alexander, of Grand 
Island, New York; Robert, who makes his 
home in the same place; Margaret, a resi- 
dent of Buffalo; and Mary, who is living in 
Port Huron, Michigan. The deceased are 
Elizabeth, the eldest daughter; James and 
William: all lived to maturity. To Mr. and 
Mrs. Krafft were born five children: Ade- 
laide A., wife of J. A. House, of Buffalo, 
New York; John E., of this sketch; Sarah; 
Elizabeth, who makes her home in Detroit; 
and Robert, deceased. The father of this 
family was called to his final rest in 1873. 

John E. Krafft attended school only 
until he was thirteen years of age, at which 
time he entered upon his mercantile career, 
as clerk for I. H. Allen, of Black Creek. 
Six months later he went to Stevensville 
and formed a connection with T. H. Allen, 
a son of his former employer, with whom he 
continued three years. He was with James 
Munro, of Thorold, and with Buell & Ross, of 
the same place, for five years, after which he 
removed to St. Catherines and spent six 
months with the firm of McLaren & Com- 
pany. On the expiration of that period Mr. 
Krafft resolved to come to the United States, 
and after clerking for a time for the firm of 
Taylor & Kilpatrick, of Cleveland, Ohio, he 
made his way to Chicago, where he spent a 
few months in the employ of Mandel Broth- 
ers. In April, 1887, he came to Sault de 
Ste. Marie and formed a connection with 
Prenzlauer Brothers, with whom he con- 
tinued until the spring of 1887, when, in 
company with W. P. Danskin, he embarked 
in business for himself. That partnership 
continued for three and a half years, and 
then, on the ist of February, 1891, it was 
succeeded by the present firm of John E. 
Krafft & Company. 

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Ontario, Mr. Krafft married Miss Annie 
Cowan, daughter of William Cowan, who 
was of Scotch birth and was a miller by 
trade. His wife bore the maiden name of 
Jane Orr, daughter of William Orr, a re- 
tired dry-goods merchant of New York, who 
also was of Scotch descent. Mr. and Mrs. 
Krafft have an interesting family of four 
children: Fred Arthur, born in July, 1886; 
Thomas Ivarl, in August, 1888; Adelaide 
Elma, in February, 1891; and Jennie May, 
in January, 1893. 

In his social relations Mr. Krafft is a 
Mason. In religious belief he is a Presby- 
terian and is serving as Trustee of the 
church with which he is connected. His 
success in business is all due to his own 
efforts, enterprise, industry and persever- 
ance, winning him a well deserved patron- 
age. His honorable, straightforward deal- 
ing has won him the confidence of the pub- 
lic, and he well deserves mention among the 
leading business men of Sault de Ste. 
Marie. 



>^AMES McKENNA is one of the lead- 
M ing and influential citizens of Sault 
« 1 de Ste. Marie, and is now serving as 
Treasurer of the city. Each com- 
munity has its prominent men to whom she 
owes her material advancement, her up- 
building and progress, and among the num- 
ber to whom Sault de Ste. Marie is indebted 
is the gentleman whose name begins this 
review. He has been prominent in her 
business and political interests for the past 
ten years, and is now holding office and 
also devoting his energies to a flourishing 
clothing store. 

A native of Michigan, he was born in 
Grand Rapids, on the 20th of October, i860. 



and is a son of James McKenna, who was 
born in county Fermanagh, Ireland, in 1830. 
During his boyhood he crossed the Atlantic 
to America, and, when a youth of sixteen, 
in 1846, became a resident of Michigan. 
Ere coming to this country, however, he 
had been taken to Scotland, where he 
worked in the coal mines. He also engaged 
in coal-mining in Pennsylvania, and after 
locating in Grand Rapids secured a position 
as foreman for the Grand Rapids Plaster 
Company, with whom he continued his con- 
nection for thirty years, a most trusted and 
faithful employe, thoroughly understanding 
the business and devoting himself untiringly 
to his work, thereby promoting his em- 
ployers' interest and his own. He was 
married in Grand Rapids to Ann Caffery, 
who was born in county Armagh, Ireland, 
and by their union were born the following 
children, — James and Thomas, now de- 
ceased; Michael J., who is now assistant 
Treasurer of Sault de Ste. Marie; Alexander, 
John and Mary, who reside on a farm near 
Grand Rapids; and William and Andrew, 
who are students in Grand Rapids. The " 
father's death occurred in 1883. 

James McKenna was reared to manhood 
under the parental roof, and acquired his 
education in the high school of his native 
city. He entered upon his business career 
as a clerk in the employ of the Star Cloth- 
ing Company, with which he continued for 
three months, when he went to Roscom- 
mon, Michigan, and became a bookkeeper 
in the general mercantile establishment of 
Atherton & Company, where he was em- 
ployed from 1880 to 1883, thus acquiring a 
good knowledge of business methods and 
business principles. He then began deal- 
ing in timber lands, in partnership with 
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General of Michigan. After two years 
spent in that way he came to Sault de Ste. 
Marie, where he still makes his home. 

Mr. McKenna was married in West 
Branch, Ogemaw county, Michigan, on the 
iith of September, 1889, the lady of his 
choice being Miss Mary Theressa Mackin, 
daughter of Thomas Mackin. Her father 
was a native of Flint, Michigan, and married 
Alecia Cunningham, by whom he had the 
following children: Mrs. McKenna, Eliza- 
beth Ann, Thomas P. and John H. Mr. and 
Mrs. McKenna have an interesting family of 
three children: Mary Alecia, who is now five 
years of age; Lucile Ann, aged three; and 
James Christopher Columbus, a little son of 
two summers. 

On coming to Sault de Ste. Marie Mr. 
McKenna embarked in business under the 
firm name of Hynes & McKenna, and the 
connection still continues. They have one 
of the most popular clothing houses in this 
community, and in addition carry a large 
stock of ready-made clothing and gents' 
furnishing goods; they also do a merchant- 
tailoring business and this adds not a little 
to their income. They have a high reputa- 
tion for fair dealing, and both gentlemen are 
regarded as wide-awake, enterprising and 
progressive merchants, — important factors 
in the business world of Sault de Ste. Marie. 

Mr. McKenna has been for some time 
quite prominent in local politics. While in 
Roscommon he was Deputy Treasurer of 
the county, serving under A. A. Atherton, 
who was Treasurer, and was also Village 
Treasurer one term. He was defeated for 
the office of Supervisor of Higgins township, 
Roscommon county, by an opponent who 
had held the office for sixteen years. In the 
spring of 1891 he was elected Treasurer of 
Sault de Ste. Marie, by a majority of 300, 



and in 1 893 was re-elected by a majority of 
129, succeeding Clement C. Yerkesin office. 
He is a member of the Ancient Order of 
Hibernians, and is County President of the 
Chippewa County Association of the socie- 
ties. His well spent life, straightforward, 
honorable career and his many excellencies 
of character have made him a valued citizen 
and one well worthy of representation in 
the history of the Upper Peninsula of Michi- 
gan. 



>T^ AY HURSLEY.— The Hursley family 
f is one of much importance in Sault 
/% J de Ste. Marie. Its representatives 
have been devoted to those pursuits 
which have brought them into prominence 
before the public, and their residence on the 
Upper Peninsula has been sufficiently long 
to number them among the pioneers. An 
honored and worthy representative of this 
family is the gentleman whose name heads 
this review, the owner and manager of the 
largest tug line operating on St. Mary's 
river in the vicinity of the Government 
canal and locks. 

He was born in Sackett's Harbor, New 
York, in 1842, and his father, Kimball Hurs- 
ley, was probably born in Madison county, 
same State, in 1807. The latter passed his 
early life in fishing, and in 1865 he brought 
his family to this city, where he carried on 
the Exchange Hotel and to some extent en- 
gaged in farming. In 1 8 7 1 , while going by 
boat to a point where he owned some 
meadow land, his little craft was capsized 
and he was drowned. The Exchange Hotel 
stood on the site of the Soo National Bank, 
and for two years after his death was con- 
ducted by his family. His widow still sur- 



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vives him and is now more than eighty j'ears 
of age. She bore the maiden name of Deb- 
orah Spencer, and by her marriage became 
the mother of the following children: Mer- 
rill, who is living in New York; Wayne, 
Deputy Customs Collector of the Superior 
district; M. F. , wife of Rev. J. E. Bidding, 
of Sault de Ste. Marie; Burr, deceased; Mrs. 
Jeannette Simpson, who died in 1867; Jay, 
of this sketch; and A. Ford, deceased, ex- 
Sheriff of Chippewa county. 

Jay Hursley began sailing on the water 
at the tender age of five years, accompany- 
ing his father, who was a fisherman. At the 
age of sixteen he was employed aboard a 
vessel trading on Lake Ontario, and thirty- 
three years ago sailed on the schooner, A. 
J. Rogers, trading between Buffalo and Chi- 
cago. He has been master of vessels for 
thirt)- years and also has engineer's papers 
for the district of the " Soo." He first came 
to the Upper Peninsula and the Superior 
region to engage in fishing, and continued 
that business for a number of years, very 
successfully. Since his arrival in this part 
of the State he has resided at various points, 
making his home in Portage, Marquette, 
Pequaming and Sault de Ste. Marie since 
1888. After he had followed fishing for a 
time he saw an opportunity to engage, with 
remunerative results, in the timber business, 
and this he carried on, shipping his own 
lumber. He got out logs and heavy timbers 
generally, and from the first success attended 
his efforts. In 1871 he built the tug Mar- 
quette, — his first boat, — and that year 
marked the beginning of his present large 
business. He now owns four large boats, — 
the O. W. Cheney, Latham D. Smith, 
Lorenzo Dimick and the Mary Virginia. In 
1 88 1 he became master of vessels owned by 
Charles Hibbard &'Son, and continued his 



connection with them for nine years, when 
he retired to engage again in the business of 
tugging. His efforts have been crowned 
with a high degree of success, and as his 
financial resources have increased he has 
made judicious investments, and now owns 
some valuable real estate in Sault de Ste. 
Marie, some of which is highly improved. 
His own residence is one of the finest in the 
city, and stands as a monument to his en- 
terprise and well directed efforts. 

On the 4th of March, 1862, in Jefferson 
county, New York, Mr. Hursley wedded 
Miss Mary M. Daly, whose father, John 
Daly, was a soldier in the United States 
Navy. Forty-five years ago he visited Sault 
de Ste. Marie, and remained for a time as 
quartermaster of the post. It was believed 
that he was killed while in the navy, for no 
news was ever received from him after a 
certain trip undertaken by his command 
some twenty-eight years ago. His wife bore 
the maiden name of Mary Soles. Mr. and 
Mrs. Hursley became the parents of three 
children, — George E., a tug captain, who 
married Miss Louisa Hillman; Charles F., 
who married Josie Ohls and is captain of a 
tug; and Minnie. 

Mr. Hursley and his sons are members 
of the Masonic order, belonging to the Bethel 
Lodge, and Mr. Hursley and his son Charles 
are members of Sault de Ste.] Marie Com- 
mandery and Ahmed Temple, A. A. O. N. 
M. S., of Marquette, Michigan. Mr. Hurs- 
ley votes with the Democratic party, and his 
name has several times been used on the 
party ticket but always without his solicita- 
tion. In 1893 he came within one vote of 
being elected Mayor, and in 1895 was elected 
to that office by 104 majorit)', when the 
balance of the ticket was largely Republi- 
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political preferment, desiring rather to give 
his time and attention to his business in- 
terests. 



HRTHUR B. CRACKNELL, the 
leading dealer in wall-paper, paints, 
oils, glass, artists' and painters' 
supplies, is a native of England, 
born in Warwickshire on the fourth of 
May, i860. His father, George E. Crack- 
nell, was a painter by trade, and spent his 
entire life in England, being called from this 
world in October, 1 894, at the age of si.xty- 
nine years. He was twice married and had 
a family of thirteen children, — ten by the 
first union and three by the last. Those 
who are now living in America are Arthur 
B. ; C. H., who makes his home in the 
Canadian Sault de Ste. Marie; G P., a 
resident of St. Paul, Minnesota; T. J., who 
makes his home in this city, and Kate, of 
Brooklyn, who is stewardess on a West 
India boat. 

The gentleman whose name heads this 
record spent the first nineteen years of his 
life in the land of his nativity and then de- 
termined to seek a home in the New World, 
for he believed that he might thereby better 
his financial conditions. Taking passage on 
the steamer Circassion, of the Allen line, he 
safely crossed the Atlantic and landed at 
Port Levi, Quebec. He spent nearly two 
years in the Queen's dominion before com- 
ing to Sault de Ste. Marie, and on the 5th 
of Ma}', 1881, arrived in this city, — a young 
man who had not yet attained his majority 
and possessing a cash capital of less than $50. 
He was master of the painter's trade, how- 
ever, and was industrious, enterprising and 
ambitious. He resolved to make the most 



of his opportunities and was not long in 
seeking employment, which he secured in a 
short time from James Hamilton. He 
worked by the day all that season and the 
following year began business for himself, 
taking contracts which soon yielded to him 
a good income. He opened a paint shop 
and was soon at the head of a good busi- 
ness, which steadily increased until he had 
accumulated a capital of $3, 500. Thus 
when the "boom" came on he was enabled 
to make investments which, owing to the 
rapid rise in land values, soon netted him at 
least $50,000. He now has his capital 
safel}' invested in valuable property, includ- 
ing stores and residences, and the monthly 
rental is a handsome income. He owns the 
Cracknell blocks, comprising si.x stores on 
Portage avenue, three dwellings in the Fort 
Brady addition, two on Ann street, his 
homestead on Lyons street and a store and 
dwelling on the Canadian side of the river. 
All this he owns in addition to the large 
business which he now conducts. He has 
had all the large contracts for painting and 
glazing in the Government work at this 
place, and obtained the contract from the 
Government for the work at Fort Brady. 
The man who can successfully conduct im- 
portant business transactions must possess 
abilities no less than those of the general on 
the field of battle. His campaign, it is true, 
is of a different character and different 
methods are required. He must have in- 
dustry, energy and determination, good man- 
agement and perseverance, and above all, 
must posseses a tact that enables him to 
meet all classes of people with their varied 
tastes. 

Mr. Cracknell was married on Manitou- 
lian island, on the 29th of September, 1881, 
to Miss Sarah J. Hickenbottom, only daugh- 



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ter of Walter Hickenbottom, who was born 
in Buckingham, England, and was a farmer 
by occupation. Our subject and his wife 
have a daughter. May, a little maiden of ten 
years. Socially Mr. Cracknell is connected 
with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows 
and the Knights of Pythias fraternity, be- 
longs to the Episcopal Church and is a high- 
ly respected citizen and a self-made man, 
whose prosperity has been achieved entirely 
through his own well-directed efforts. 



fiOBERT FLOOD.— Among the 
representative and well-known citi- 
zens of Sault de Ste. Marie stands 
this gentleman, who is now serving 
as Inspector of Customs. He is one of the 
worthy sons of the Emerald Isle, his birth 
having occurred in county Meath on the 
4th of May, 1845. He is one of the eight 
children of Patrick Flood, a farmer, and is 
the only member of the family living in 
America save his sister, Mrs. Lawrence 
O'Brien, who resides in Leavenworth, 
Washington. 

The educational privileges which our 
subject received were very meager, being 
only those afforded in the common schools 
of his native land. He resolved to come to 
America when a young man of seventeen, 
for he believed better opportunities were 
afforded here than in the older and more 
thickly settled countries of Europe. He 
made his first location in Fond du Lac; 
had no capital; in fact he was dependent 
entirely upon his own resources for a liveli- 
hood, so lost no time in looking for em- 
ployment, which he soon found. For 
fourteen years he remained in that city, 
during much of the time he engaged in the 



restaurant business, which he successfully 
conducted. 

Mr. Flood has been twice married. 
\yhile in Fond du Lac, in 1867, he was 
joined in wedlock with Miss Annie Duffy, 
daughter of James Duffy, who was of Irish 
birth. She died in Chicago, in 1877, leav- 
ing a son, James, who is now living in 
Rhinelander, Wisconsin; and two daughters: 
Annie and Mary. In Norway, Michigan, 
was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Flood 
and Miss Anna Daly, daughter of Patrick 
Daly. 

In 1 88 1 Mr. Flood removed to Crystal 
Falls, Iron county, Michigan, where for four 
years he was engaged in the grocery trade, 
enjoying a good business. He came thence 
to Sault de Ste. Marie and here established 
a grocery store which he conducted for five 
years. He carried an excellent stock of 
goods, and his straightforward, honorable 
dealings, and earnest desire to please his 
customers won him a liberal patronage, 
which was well deserved. 

In his political views Mr. Flood has 
always been a Democrat and warmly advo- 
cates the principles of his party. He was 
elected a member of the City Council of 
Sault de Ste. Marie from the Third ward to 
succeed Rev. T. R. Easterday, and served 
on a number of important committees, in- 
cluding the committees on police, fire, sewer 
and sidewalks. He takes an active interest 
in everything partaining to the welfare of 
the community and withholds his support 
from no enterprise which is calculated to 
prove of public benefit. He was appointed 
to his present office August 29, 1894, and is 
a capable incumbent. Socially he is con- 
nected with the Ancient Order of Hibernians 
and the Catholic Mutual Benevolent Associ- 
ation. It was a fortunate day when he 



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resolved to come to America, for he has 
prospered, winning a comfortable income 
and has also secured a good home and 
gained many warm and true friends. 



>^OHN F. ARNOTT.— The men who 
^ control the affairs of a city and dis- 
A 1 charge their duties in a prompt and 
faithful manner deserve the'gratitude 
of all concerned. Mr. Arnott is now serv- 
ing as Marshal of Sault de Ste. Marie, and 
his fidelity and loyalty are widely known 
and commended. 

He was born in Northumberland county, 
Ontario, in Newcastle, on the 25th of March, 
1848, and is the son of Captain Daniel Ar- 
nott, who was commander of a government 
revenue cutter in the queen's dominion 
during the Mackenzie Rebellion in 1837. 
Captain Arnott was born in Campbellton, 
Scotland, and when a young man crossed the 
Atlantic to the New World. He was mar- 
ried in Toronto to Jane Fyfe, daughter of 
James Fyfe, who was a native of Scotland 
and a prominent contractor, having erected 
the market and other leading buildings in 
Toronto. Captain Arnott died in 1873 at 
the age of si.xty-three years. In his family 
were thirteen children, ten of whom are 
now living, namely: Catherine, wife of 
Charles Syer, of Chippewa county; Mary, 
wife of William Dickey, a resident of Gray 
county, Ontario; Daniel, William, and Mrs. 
Martha Allen, — all residing in Chippewa 
county; Andrew, who is engaged in car- 
pentering in Sault de Ste. Marie; Duncan 
and James, who are living in Gray county, 
Ontario; and Charlotte, wife of Edward 
Hinshire, of Ludington, Michigan. 

Mr. Arnott, whose name heads this 
record, was reared to manhood under the 



parental roof, and on leaving his old 
home in March, 1 869, removed to Sag- 
inaw, Michigan, where he entered the 
employ of Marks & Flint, lumber deal- 
ers. He superintended the erection of 
their dam on Chippewa creek, in Isabella 
county, and remained in that region four 
years. He was afterward employed in the 
lumber woods, getting out ties under con- 
tract, to be used in the construction of 
twenty-one miles of the Flint & Pere Mar- 
quette Railroad, and in other work of like 
character. His time was thus passed until 
the spring of 1 877, when he came to this city. 

On the 23d of December, 1875, Mr. Ar- 
nott was joined in wedlock, in Markdale, 
Ontario, with Miss Kate Tackaberry, daugh- 
ter of John and Eliza (Douglas) Tackaberr\-, 
farming people of Canada. Of their four 
children, three are yet living: Letitia, wife 
of John M. Davis, of Markdale; William, 
who is living in Duluth, Minnesota; and 
Mrs. Arnott. 

When our subject first arrived in Sault 
de Ste. Marie in April, 1877, it was a vil- 
lage containing about 400 inhabitants. He 
first secured employment at carpenter work 
on the new courthouse, and when the 
building was finished erected a planing-mill 
for H. W. Seymour on the site of the Sweatt 
mill, the first of the kind erected on this end 
of the peninsula. After operating the mill 
for two years he engaged in general con- 
tract work, to which he devoted his ener- 
gies until 1887, erecting some of the best 
buildings of the city. He was appointed by 
C. H. Call, of Marquette, and served, acting 
as Deputy Collector and Inspector of Cus- 
toms, and remained in the Government serv- 
ice four years, after which he went to Mar- 
quette county and took a contract on the 
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being constructed. After two years he re- 
turned to Sault de Ste. Marie, and on the 
1st of May, 1893, was elected Marshal by 
the City Council. In 1884-5 he had served 
as a member of the Village Council, was 
elected Justice of the Peace for one term, 
was Treasurer of the township of Sault Ste. 
Marie, then comprising nearly the entire 
county, two terms, and for two years was 
Deputy Sheriff under the popular officer, 
Donald M. McKenzie. His business life 
has been characterized by straightforward, 
honorable dealing, his official career by fidel- 
ity to duty and faithfulness to the trust re- 
posed in him. He is an esteemed member 
of Bethel Lodge, F. & A. M. ; Sault de Ste. 
Marie Chapter, R. A. M. ; and the Knights 
of Pythias, Independent Order of Odd Fel- 
lows and Knights of the Maccabees. Politi- 
cally he is allied with the Democratic party. 



,y^^ONALD M. Mckenzie.— The 

I I name of this gentleman is insepar- 
/"^^^ ably connected with the history of 
Sault de Ste. Marie. The business 
interests of the city have been greatly pro- 
moted through his efforts, and as an official of 
Chippewa county he has done much for its 
upbuilding and advancement. To-day he is 
numbered among her most valued and 
esteemed citizens, and the record of the city 
would be incomplete without a sketch of 
his life. 

As his name indicates, Donald McKenzie 
comes of a good old Scotch family. He 
was born in Ross-shire in the north of Scot- 
land, the natal day being in February, 1842. 
His father was a farmer and is still living, at 
the advanced age of eighty-four years. In 
the family were six children, four of whom 
still survive, two being residents of the 



United States, — Donald and John Murray, — 
the latter a resident of Detour, Chippewa 
county. 

At the age of sixteen Donald McKenzie 
entered upon an apprenticeship to the trade 
of ship carpenter, and when he had com- 
pleted his term of service went aboard one 
of the Allen line steamers, remaining in the 
service of that company for seven years. 
He then joined the old Morgan line, plying 
between Havana, Nassau and New York 
city. The vessel was used for carrying mail 
and made regular trips for a number of 
years. Mr. McKenzie remained on that 
vessel for eighteen months, and then worked 
at his trade on land at various points. He 
was in Toronto, Canada, building railroad 
cars for the firm of Hamilton & Son, and in 
Chicago was employed by the Chicago & 
Northwestern Railroad Company in the old 
Wells street yard. Before locating in the 
latter city he had passed through this local- 
ity while on a trip to Manitoba and the 
Canadian Northwest, and was much pleased 
with the country, so that when ready to 
locate he determined to secure a home in 
Sault de Ste. Marie. 

Mr. McKenzie went from Chicago to 
Toronto, where his promised bride was 
awaiting his coming, and in 1875 he led to 
the marriage altar Miss Elizabeth Pittman, 
a most estimable lady who has been to him 
a true helpmeet and faithful companion. 
They came at once to Sault de Ste. Marie, 
where they have since made their home and 
are now numbered among the most highly 
respected citizens. 

Mr. McKenzie possessed no capital at 
that time, but had a robust constitution and 
a strong determination to succeed, nnd 
entered upon work here with an energy and 
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entire life. During the first year of his 
residence he followed his trade in con- 
nection with Dumont & Stonehouse, and 
met with a good degree of success, so that 
the following season he was enabled to 
engage in business for himself. He pur- 
chased the Central House and for seven 
years did a prosperous hotel business, con- 
ducting a first-class house, which won favor 
with the traveling public and was therefore 
well patronized. As his financial resources 
have increased he has made judicious in- 
vestments in real estate, and now has some 
valuable realty from which he realizes a 
handsome income. He has erected some of 
the most substantial buildings of the city, 
which now stand as monuments to his thrift 
and enterprise. He erected the Arlington 
Hotel, at a cost of $20,000. He also owns 
the Milwaukee House and some residence 
property, and the rental from these various 
buildings adds materially to his income. 

It was while carrying on the hotel that 
Mr. McKenzie was first called to public 
office, thus beginning a career which has 
made him one of the prominent figures in 
the local political world of Chippewa county. 
While engaged in steamboating in New 
York he had taken out his first naturaliza- 
tion papers, and while working in Chicago 
he cast his first presidential vote for Horace 
Greeley, whose advice to young men to go 
"West" he had followed and found it 
profitable. During si.x years of the time he 
was in the hotel he acceptably and credita- 
bly filled the office of Marshal of Sault de 
Ste. Marie, and in the fall of 1886 was 
nominated by the Democracy of Chippewa 
county for the office of Sheriff. He won 
the election, and on the expiration of his 
first term of two years was re-elected. In 
1890 he was nominated for the office of 



County Treasurer, and as he gave up the 
keys to the jail, he was handed those of the 
county's money vault. So faithfully and 
conscientiously did he perform his duties 
that his fellow townsmen again honored him 
with an election, and thus for eight con- 
secutive years he was in the public service, 
one of the most efficient and trusted officials 
the county has ever known. His record is 
untarnished by even a shadow of wrong, and 
he won the commendation of even his polit- 
ical opponents. Mr. McKenzie was ap- 
pointed Superintendent of St. Mary's Canal 
by the administration of President Cleve- 
land before his term as County Treasurer 
expired, and to this position he is now 
giving his entire time. 

Mr. McKenzie takes quite an active in- 
terest in civic societies and is an honored 
member of the Odd Fellows society, and 
belongs to Sheboygan Chapter, Petoskey 
Commandery and Grand Rapids Consistory 
of the Masonic fraternity. In manner he is 
genial and affable; in disposition, warm- 
hearted and generous, of pleasing address, 
and wherever he goes wins friends, while 
his friendship is most prized by those who 
know him best. 



^■ ^ m* B. CADY, who holds conspicuous 
mm I preferment as Deputy Collector 
mjLJ of Customs for the port of Sault 
de Ste. Marie, is well known 
throughout the entire upper country and is 
regarded as one of its representative men. 
He has a marked individuality, has been a 
close student, and by his contact with the 
world has become thoroughly cosmopolitan 
in his views, which are directed along broad 
and charitable lines. 

Mr. Cady traces his lineage from that 



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branch of the pre-Revolutionary Cady fam- 
ily which settled New London, Connecticut, 
in 1670, and which now has representatives 
in nearly every State in the Union. He was 
born in Wayne county, Michigan, February 
10, 1 86 1, being the son of J. B. Cady, who 
was born in Monroe county. New York, 
whence he emigrated to Michigan in 1835, 
settling on and improving a farm near De- 
troit. He continued to till the soil as long 
as he was in active business and was a man 
of much prominence in the community where 
so many years of his life were passed. He 
served his township as Justice of the Peace 
for a long term of years and was also a 
long-time incumbent in the office of Super- 
visor. He is now living in peaceful retire- 
ment at Ann Arbor, Michigan, and in his 
declining years is blessed with the contin- 
ued companionship of his devoted wife, the 
mother of our subject. Her maiden name 
was Jane Tilden-Blount, and she was a 
niece of the great lawyer and statesman, the 
late Samuel J. Tilden, of New York. Will- 
iam B. Cady is the only child of this vener- 
able and honored couple. 

Our subject's boyhood days were passed 
on the parental farmstead, where he re- 
mained until he had attained the age of 
eighteen years, having received his prelim- 
inary educational training in the public 
schools. At the age noted he matriculated 
at the University of Michigan, completing a 
course of study in its literary department 
and graduating as a member of the class of 
1882. The next year he devoted to the 
study of law, taking a course of lectures in 
the law department of the university, and 
being admitted to the bar before Judge Jos- 
lyn at Ann Arbor, in June, 1883. He then 
went to Detroit, where he entered the office 
of Brennan & Donnelly, prominent legal 



practitioners of that city, with whom he re- 
mained one year. 

Now thoroughly coached in the theoret- 
ical branches of his profession, and having 
gained a valuable knowledge of the details 
of actual practice, he determined to begin 
operations on his own responsibility. Thus 
we find Mr. Cady installed in an office of his 
own at Sault Sainte Marie in the spring of 
the year 1885. His worth and professional 
ability soon gained to him recognition, for in 
1886 he received the appointment as City 
Attorney. The succeeding year he aban- 
doned the practice of law to accept the posi- 
tion as cashier of the Sault Sainte Marie 
National Bank, which had just been organ- 
ized and incorporated. This exacting posi- 
tion he filled with signal efficiency, and to 
the satisfaction of all concerned, until 1894, 
when he resigned the same to accept the 
office as Deputy Collector of Customs for 
the district. He still retains an association 
with the executive affairs of the " Soo " 
National Bank, being chairman of its dis- 
count board. In addition to the civic 
offices already noted he has been the in- 
cumbent as City Treasurer and as Deputy 
County Treasurer. 

Mr. Cady retains fraternal identification 
with the Masonic order, in which he has 
advanced to the Knights Templar degree; 
with the Knights of Pythias; the Ancient 
Order of United Workmen, and with the 
Greek college fraternity, the Beta Theta Pi. 
He enjoys a distinctive popularity by reason 
of his genial and sympathetic nature, and is 
a favorite in both social and business circles. 
He is at the present time president of the 
Sault Sainte Marie Club, representing an 
association of the representative business 
men of the city. 

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is recognized as a power in the counsels and 
operations of his party in the Upper Penin- 
sula. He is a member of the Democratic 
State Central Committee, and for ten years 
past he has taken a very active part in cam- 
paign work in this section of the State. 

A writer of the modern school has said 
that a man who can raise a beard and re- 
fuses to do so is a moral hero, and in this 
category of the valiant our subject must be 
placed, for he wears a clean-shaven face, — 
a fact which makes a strong individuality all 
the more marked. He is of medium stature, 
is lithe and active and has a bearing which 
is at once dignified and unostentatious. He 
is easily approachable and is never at loss 
for words to express himself, having a keen 
appreciation of the ridiculous and humorous, 
and the power of winning and retaining 
friends. The biographist could not resist 
the temptation of entering this very sketchy 
pen portrait of the man, and that it will be 
recognized from its more salient character- 
istics of fidelity there can be no doubt. 



Sp-rf ENRY H. TAYLOR, Deputy In- 
|rV spector of Customs for the District 
\^r of Superior, stationed at Sault de 
Ste. Marie, and for many years a 
leading contractor and builder of this city, 
was born in Ontario, Canada, on the 26th 
of January, 1852. In his early boyhood he 
lived upon the farm, becoming acquainted 
with all the features of rural life in that 
region. His father, Henry Taylor, was a 
native of Glasgow, Scotland, born in 181 8, 
and in that country married Jessie Johnson. 
In 1842 he emigrated to Canada and 
throughout his active business life he fol- 
lowed farming. He is now a resident of 
Brussels, Ontario, where he is living retired. 



In the family are four sons, — ^Henry H., of 
Sault Ste. Marie; William, Brussels; George, 
of Sault Ste. Marie; and Joseph, of Brussels. 

At the age of fourteen our subject left 
the old home farm and began learning the 
carpenter's trade, serving a regular three 
years' apprenticeship in Seaforth, Ontario, 
and when he had completed it he made his 
way to Pennsylvania, for the oil excitement 
was then at its height in that State. There 
he first engaged in business as a journey- 
man and later did contract work. For three 
years he remained in the Keystone State, 
making his home in Oil City and in Franklin. 
During the year 1873 he was located in 
Dallas, Texas, and as the city was then 
growing rapidly he found plenty of remu- 
nerative employment. In 1874 he returned 
to the Queen's domain and engaged in busi- 
ness in London, Ontario. There he re- 
mained for five years, and in his undertak- 
ing was successful. 

While in Clinton, Ontario, he was mar- 
ried, on the 2 1st of July, 1879, the lady of 
his choice being Miss Mary McKay, daughter 
of Angus McKay, whose family numbers five 
children — Christine, who is now Mrs. Frazier, 
of Portage, of the Northwest Territory; 
High, who is living in Washington; George, 
who resides near Kippen, Ontario; and 
Daniel, who makes his home in this State. 
To Mr. and Mrs. Taylor have been born the 
following children: Henry James, fourteen 
years of age; Olive Jessie, aged twelve; 
Florence, aged seven; Orin, who died in 
1890, at the age of six years; and Leora, who 
is now a maiden of five summers. 

Mr. Taylor came to the West on his 
wedding journey, and in July, 1879, arrived 
in Sault de Ste. Marie, stopping at the Mc- 
Avoy Hotel until he could make arrange- 
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built his first residence on property owned 
by Rev. T. R. Easterday and has since 
erected four dwellings. His present home 
is a commodious and comfortable one, one 
of the fine houses of the city. Mr. Taylor 
began business here as a contractor and 
builder, and has put up many of the best 
homes in the city; also he has been the 
architect and builder of the Gage-Wait 
Block, the first News office, the Episcopal 
church, and the Board of Trade building, 
the first three-story structure in the city. 
He afterward entered the real-estate busi- 
ness, buying and selling property on both 
sides of the river. He made some money 
in this way, for he judiciously invested his 
capital and exercised sagacity and wisdom in 
his purchases and sales. He now owns, be- 
sides his home, the Knights of the Macca- 
bees building on Ashmun street. 

Mr. Taylor holds membership in several 
civic societies, belonging to the Independent 
Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of 
Pythias and the Ancient Order of United 
Workmen. Since becoming a citizen of this 
country, he warmly advocates the principles 
of the Democracy, and has frequently been 
solicited to become a candidate for the 
Council, but as frequently declines. In 
December, 1893, he was appointed to this 
present position as Deputy Inspector of Cus- 
toms, and has a high reputation for effi- 
ciency. 



OTTO FOWLE needs not a special 
introduction to the readers of this 
volume, but the work would be in- 
complete without the record of his 
life. No man in Sault de Ste. Marie has 
been more prominently connected with the 
business and political history of the com- 



munity or has taken a more active part in 
its upbuilding and progress. He has ever 
cheerfully given his support to those enter- 
prises that tend to public development, and 
his name is synonj'mous with honorable 
business dealing. He is recognized as one 
of the invaluable citizens of this locality, 
and as president of the First National Bank 
of Sault de Ste. Marie he is prominently 
connected with its monetary affairs. 

Mr. Fowle is numbered among Mich- 
igan's native sons, his birth having occurred 
in Hillsdale on the 9th of January, 1852. 
He is of English descent, the family having 
been founded in America by the grandfather, 
who crossed the Atlantic from London in 
1780. The father, Charles Fowle, was born 
in Livingston county. New York, and having 
attained to years of maturity married Statira 
Kies, by whom he had six children. He 
became one of the pioneers of Hillsdale 
county, Michigan, emigrating westward at 
an early day, and built the first bridge across 
Raisin river. He was otherwise identified 
with the upbuilding of the county and with 
opening it up to civilization, and was recog- 
nized as one of the leading and influential 
citizens of the community. His death oc- 
curred in 1 889, at the ripe old age of seventy- 
nine years. 

In his early years Otto Fowle attended 
the district schools of the neighborhood, but 
most of his time was given to aiding his 
father in the labors of the home farm until 
sixteen years of age, when he determined to 
acquire a good education. Possessed of a 
worthy ambition to make the most of life, 
and realizing how essential is a good educa- 
tion, he took up more advanced studies than 
had hitherto claimed his attention, and com- 
pleted the literary course in the University 
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the class of 1875. During the summer 
months he still aided in the labors of the 
home farm, and thus received the physical 
training without which mental training can- 
not accomplish the desired result for the in- 
dividual. Immediately on leaving the uni- 
versity he began reading law in the office of 
E. L. & M. B. Koon, of Hillsdale, and was 
admitted to the bar in 1877, before Judge 
D. L. Pratt. Opening an office at Hillsdale, 
he was soon in command of a satisfactory 
and constantly increasing practice, from 
which he derived a good income; but his 
health at length failed him and he was forced 
to abandon his chosen profession. His tal- 
ents eminently fitted him for the law, and 
before judge and jury he was an able ad- 
vocate whose worth was widely recognized 
among his professional brethren. While 
living in Hillsdale, he was elected on the 
Republican ticket as Circuit Court Commis- 
sioner for Hillsdale county, in which capacity 
he served for two years. 

Mr. Fowle has been a resident of Sault 
de Sainte Marie since 1883. He reached 
the place in February, when on a prospect- 
ing tour, and while there arranged to open 
a bank, the city then having no institution 
of that character. There was no bank 
nearer than St. Ignace on one side and Mar- 
quette on the other, and no means of com- 
munication and exchange between them ex- 
cept by dog-cart in winter and livery or 
stage in summer. Mr. Fowle has made 
many of these trips with thousands of dollars 
in his possession. A partnership was formed 
with E. H. Mead, and on the i 5th of July, 
1883, on Water street, they opened the 
doors of the Chippewa County Bank to the 
public. The institution was capitalized for 
$10,000, and business prospects seemed 
bright. The new enterprise was success- 



fully managed and conducted, and in 1886 
was transformed into a national bank, but 
the day on which they received their charter 
the greater portion of the city was destroyed 
by fire, including their bank building; 
but, undaunted, with characteristic energy, 
they made arrangements for temporary 
quarters and began at once the erection of 
the First National Bank Building, which 
was completed in 1887, at a cost of $46,- 
000. The new institution was capitalized 
for $50,000, and has a surplus of $25,000 
and $200,000 in deposits. The following 
officers were elected: Otto Fowle, presi- 
dent; Edward H. Mead, cashier, and Henry 
W. Seymour, vice-president; and these gen- 
tlemen are still occupying those positions. 
Under the able administration of the officers 
the institution has become one of the lead- 
ing monetary concerns of this region, worthy 
of a liberal patronage; for a safe and con- 
servative method is followed, and the busi- 
ness affairs are conducted on the most hon- 
orable and approved business principles. 

June 30, 1880, ere coming to this city, 
Mr. Fowle was married, having led to the 
marriage altar in Hillsdale Miss Jennie E. 
Mead, daughter of P. Mead, and a sister of E. 
H. Mead, who is interested with our subject 
in the bank. This worthy couple have a 
large circle of friends and acquaintances in 
the community, and are highly esteemed by 
all who know them. 

Mr. Fowle has indeed been one of the 
leading factors in promoting the welfare of 
Sault de Ste. Marie, and her progress and 
upbuilding is due in no small degree to his 
earnest efforts in her behalf. He took an 
active interest in securing the water works 
and sewerage system, and was one of the 
first Water Commissioners of the city. He 
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Commerce in 1887, and was elected its 
first president, being again called to that 
office in 1889 and 1895. He was a moving 
spirit in the formation of the Building & 
Loan Association, in which he has served as 
director and treasurer ; was one of the origina- 
tors of the St. Mary's Falls Water Power 
Company, on which water power has been 
expended $400,000; and he aided in estab- 
iishing, and was one of the directors of, the 
Sault Savings Bank. 

He is known as a man who will uphold 
and support any enterprise or interest which 
he believes calculated to add to the pros- 
perity, growth and advancement of the city. 
Educational, moral and social interests are 
befriended by him, and while serving as 
Mayor of the city, to which office he was 
called in 1889 for a two-years term, he did 
much for public improvement. He is a 
man of keen discrimination, of foresight 
and excellent executive ability, with an un- 
tarnished private record and an unblemished 
public career, and upon the rolls of Sault 
Sainte de Marie's honored citizens his name 
deserves an honored place. 



@HARLES L. GIRARD, M. D., of 
the firm of Girard & Thibodeau, 
physicians and surgeons, Escanaba, 
Michigan, is ranked with the lead- 
ing members of the medical profession in 
this part of the State. 

Dr. Girard was born at Three Rivers, 
province of Quebec, Canada, July 14, 1857, 
son of Joseph and Rosalie (Biron) Girard, 
natives of that province and both now 
deceased. In their family were four sons 
and two daughters, the Doctor being the 
youngest. He received a classical educa- 
tion at Montreal College, and was educated 



for his profession at Victoria College of 
Medicine and Surgery, Montreal, where he 
graduated in 1881. Immediately after his 
graduation he located at Powers, Michigan, 
and entered upon his professional career, 
remaining there nearly six years. He then 
removed to Negaunee, Michigan, and a year 
later came from there to his present loca- 
tion, where he has since been engaged suc- 
cessfully in the practice of medicine. 

Dr. Girard was married in 1885 to Miss 
Elizabeth Gatherer, of Norway, Michigan, 
and they have three children, — Elizabeth, 
Charles and Josephine. He and his wife 
are members of St. Joseph Catholic Church 
in Escanaba. 



>T^OSEPH A. THIBODEAU, M. D., of 
m the firm of Girard & Thibodeau, prac- 
^ ■ ticing physicians of Escanaba, Michi- 
gan, is a native of the province of 
Quebec, Canada, born December 29, 1861. 
His parents, John O. and Odile (Pare) 
Thibodeau, also natives of Quebec, are de- 
ceased, the father having passed away in 
1889, at the age of sixty-seven years; the 
mother in 1892, at the age of sixty-nine. 
They had a family of fifteen children, ten 
of whom are living, the Doctor's brothers 
and sisters being as follows: Sister St. Am- 
brose, of the convent at Toledo, Ohio; Mrs. 
Emma Dion, Hartford, Connecticut ; Joseph 
A. and Rock, both of Montreal ; Amelia ^nd 
Albertina, married and living at Montreal ; 
Ida, now Mrs. F. X. Bienrenu, and Miss 
Octavia, both of Canada. 

Dr. Thibodeau received his education in 
the city of Montreal. After completing a 
classical course in the Montreal College, he 
entered Laval University, where he took a 
four years' course in medicine and surgery, 




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and where he graduated in 1883. He then 
came to Escanaba, Michigan, and entered 
upon the practice of his profession, prac- 
ticing alone until 1892, when the present 
partnership of Girard & Thibodeau was 
formed. Dr. Thibodeau is the oldest resi- 
dent physician in the city. He has built up 
a large and lucrative practice, especially 
among his own nationality, the population 
of Escanaba being largely composed of 
Canadians. 

Politically, the Doctor is independent in 
his views, but takes a commendable interest 
in local affairs. He is a member of St. 
Anne's Catholic Church. 



>t'OHN QUINCY ADAMS is one of the 
M most prominent members of the bar 
/§ 1 of the Upper Peninsula, and a lead- 
ing insurance man. His superior 
ability has won him a place among the able 
lawyers of the State, and he therefore has a 
liberal clientage. In the legal profession 
success depends upon the mental powers, a 
thorough knowledge of the subject in hand, 
close application and untiring energy. All 
these traits are possessed by Mr. Adams, 
who has steadily worked his way upward 
and now occupies a place in the foremost 
rank of his professional brethren. 

The life record of Mr. Adams is as follows: 
He was born in Cornwall, Connecticut, 
November 2, 1837, and is a son of Samuel 
Adams, who was born in Westerly, Rhode 
Island, just four days before the signing of 
the Declaration of Independence. The 
latter's father was a privateer during the war 
with England, and was killed June 28, 1776, 
in an engagement with a British man-of- 
war, by a shot from the enemy, which 
reached the magazine of the privateer and 



.sank the vessel. He was a brother of Dr. 
Henry Adams, of Revolutionary fame. 

At an early age the gentleman whose 
name heads this record entered the district 
schools, where he remained until nine years 
of age. During the succeeding eight years 
he assisted his father on the farm, but, 
desiring to follow same other pursuit than 
that of agriculture, he left home and became 
an employe in the drug-store of J. M. Gard- 
iner & Son, of West Cornwall, with whom 
he continued for about three years. On the 
expiration of that period Mr. Adams pur- 
chased the business, which he conducted 
under his own name for two years, when, 
owing to a severe illness, he was compelled 
to sell the store to Charles H. Gardiner, one 
of his old employers. After being confined 
to his bed for fifteen months, he underwent 
a surgical operation, and upon his recovery 
enlisted, in 1861, for service in the late war. 
With the blood of Revolutionary forefathers 
flowing in his vein's, and filled by a spirit 
of patriotism, he joined Company C, Thir- 
teenth Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, but 
could not pass muster. Wishing to be at 
the front, however, he went with the com- 
pany as cook and remained at the scene of 
action until June, 1862, when sickness 
obliged him to return to the North, and on 
the 3d of July he reached his home. 

When Mr. Adams had sufficiently recov- 
ered he began work as a farm hand, and 
shortly afterward entered a shear factory. 
He soon became quite proficient in the work 
and followed that occupation for about two 
years, during which time he formed the ac- 
quaintance of George Wheaton, a prominent 
lawyer, who took a deep interest in the 
young man and gave him the free use of his 
office during the evenings. It was thus that 
Mr. Adams began the study of law, working 



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in the factory during the day and poring over 
the commentaries at night. He also took 
up school-teaching, accepting a school about 
twelve miles from his home, to which he 
would walk each Monday morning, return- 
ing home on Friday. The school numbered 
si.xty-five pupils. He continued teaching 
until admitted to the bar at Litchfield, 
Connecticut, in April, 1867, when he formed 
a partnership with Mr. Wheaton, of West 
Cornwall, Connecticut; but the latter died 
about six months afterward. 

Mr. Adams was then alone in business in 
his native State until 1872, in which year he 
came to Negaunee, Michigan, and opened 
an office. It was not long before he had 
succeeded in establishing a good business, 
and in 1876 he was elected to the position 
of Prosecuting Attorney, in which capacity 
he acceptably and creditably served until the 
1st of January, 1883, having been re-elected 
in 1878 and again in 1880. In November, 
1882, he was elected to the Legislature, de- 
clining a renomination as Prosecuting At- 
torney, and served as a member of the 
House for two years. For a number of 
years he has also been the City Attorney of 
Negaunee, and in 1892 he was a delegate 
from his district to the national convention. 
Besides the practice of law, other business 
interests have claimed the time and attention 
of Mr. Adams. He is one of the directors 
of the First National Bank of Hurley, Wis- 
consin, and in September, 1879, in company 
with James F. Foley, he took an option on 
some iron-mining lands, and, having dis- 
covered ore, named the property the Mil- 
waukee mine, and in February, 1881, sold 
the same to Richard S. Fay, of Boston, 
Massachusetts, for $100,000. Mr. Adams 
negotiated the sales of the Buffalo, South 
Buffalo, Prince of Wales and the Queen 



mines to Frederick Schlesinger, of Milwau- 
kee, for $750,000, in 1889. He also nego- 
tiated the sale of the Palmer, now known as 
the Volunteer mine, for $800,000, and as- 
sisted in negotiating the sale of the Iron 
Cliff Company's mine for a little over 
$1,400,000, in 1890. 

Mr. Adams is a self-made man in the 
best sense of that term. Since eighteen 
years of age he has been dependent entirely 
upon his own resources, and has worked his 
way steadily upward to a position of afflu- 
ence. In the early days he would often 
take his cradle upon his shoulder, walk 
three miles to the harvest-field, and after 
cradling five acres of oats walk back home. 
For his service, lasting ten hours, he would 
receive only $1.25 per day. He also dug 
potatoes for seventy-five cents per day, tak- 
ing his pay in trade, and in fact did every- 
thing he could to earn an honest living. 
His industry and energy, however, soon 
brought to him better things, and to-day he 
is one of the wealthy men of the Upper 
Peninsula. A seeming trifle led him to take 
up the study of law. He was induced to be- 
come a member of a debating society, of 
which George Wheaton was president, and 
the latter, after hearing Mr. Adams in a 
debate and noting his e.xcellent use of lan- 
guage and readiness of thought, persuaded 
him to prepare for the legal profession. 

Mr. Adams married Sophronia A. Owen, 
a daughter of Rufus Owen, of Sharon, Con- 
necticut, and they have one son, — Eugene 
W. , aged twenty-seven years. He is now 
engaged in the insurance business with his 
father. In his social relations, Mr. Adams is 
a thirty-second-degree Scottish-rite Mason, 
and is Illustrious Potentate of Ahmed Tem- 
ple, A. A. O. N. Mystic Shrine, of Mar- 
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lican, and has been a most active and effect- 
ive worker in the interest of his party, being 
considered one of the leading politicians of 
the Upper Peninsula. 



'^Y'OSEPHT. WIXSON.— Among Esca- 
m naba's prominent citizens, well de- 
A 1 serving of mention in this volume, is 
the gentleman whose name heads 
this record, and who has been identified 
with the city's business and official interests 
since 1881. The Empire state numbers him 
among its sons, his birth having occurred in 
Steuben county. New York, on the 29th of 
May, 1840. His parents were Jesse and 
Rebecca (Sorter) Wixson. The father was 
born in Ontario county, Canada, in 1808, 
and the mother was one year his junior. 
For the long period of sixty-seven years 
they have traveled life's journey together, 
sharing with each other in the joy and sor- 
row, adversity and prosperity which check- 
er the pathways of all. They now reside in 
Croswell, Sanilac county, Michigan, and 
both are in the enjoyment of good health, 
although the father has been blind for 
almost sixty years and never saw his seven 
youngest children! This worthy couple 
were the parents of a family of twelve chil- 
dren, nine of whom are yet living. Henry, 
the oldest, served through the late war. was 
a member of the First Wisconsin Cavalry, 
and now follows farming in Clear Lake, 
Wisconsin; Sophronia became Mrs. Sheldon 
and is now living in Lexington township, 
Sanilac county, Michigan. Alonzo enlisted 
in the Seventh ^fichigan Infantrj', was made 
First Lieutenant of his company and was 
killed at the battle of Fredericksburg, 
Virginia, while leading his troops. Willrad 



carries on agricultural pursuits in Sanilac 
county. Mary became the wife of Mr. Mabe, 
and after his death wedded Mr. Teller, a 
resident of Sanilac county. Loretta became 
the wife of Phillip Vincent, a farmer, and 
died in 1863; Joseph T. is the next younger. 
Jesse, Jr., served in the First Wisconsin 
Cavalry, was captured at" the battle of 
Chickamauga, and died in Libby Prison. 
George, an artist by profession, resides on 
the old homestead and cares for his parents. 
Stillman is engaged in mercantile pursuits 
in Petoskey, Emmett county, Michigan. 
Mrs. Emma Ferris is living in Harrisville, 
Michigan, where her husband is engaged in 
the lumber business. Elsie married Mr. Hart 
and they reside in Marinette, Wisconsin. 

Joseph T. Wixson was a child of six 
summers when brought by his parents to 
Michigan and in this State has since made 
his home save in the year 1871, which he 
passed in northeastern Iowa. He was reared 
upon a farm and acquired his education in 
the public schools of southern Michigan, 
and during much of his business career he 
has either followed farming or lumbering; 
but of late years, in connection with his son, 
he has been somewhat engaged in the real- 
estate business. He is well informed on 
land values and thus able to buy and sell 
advantageously. They are also engaged in 
business as a photographer, having two well 
appointed and well equipped galleries, one 
in Escanaba and the other in Gladstone, 
Michigan. Their gallery in this city was 
erected under his personal supervision and 
is a very handsome affair. Externally the 
building is an architectural beauty, while 
the interior is handsomely finished and 
adorned and supplied with ever3thing that 
enables him to turn out first-class work. 
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and both branches of business yield to Wix- 
son & Son a good income. 

His wife's maiden name was Julia Van 
Camp, and she was a native of Sanilac 
county, Michigan. Their eldest child, Ches- 
ter A., is associated in business with his 
father and carries on the art gallery in Glad- 
stone; one daughter died in infancy; Jessie 
is the wife of Frank Barnes, an employee of 
the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad; and 
Lillie and Maudie complete the family. The 
children have been provided with good edu- 
cational privileges, fitting them for the prac- 
tical and responsible duties of life. The two 
youngest children are now students in the 
city high school, and Chester for a time at- 
tended the Lawrence University of Apple- 
ton, Wisconsin, but did not complete the 
course. 

The only society with which Mr. Wixson 
has ever been connected was an organiza- 
tion known as the Union League, which 
existed during the civil war and was formed 
in opposition to the rebel society known as 
the Knights of the Golden Circle. While 
not physically able to join the army he was 
truly loyal to his country and his services at 
home greatly aided the Union cause. When 
the Republican party was formed to prevent 
the further extension of slavery, he joined 
its ranks and has since been one of its stal- 
wart supporters. He has voted at every 
election each spring and fall since attaining 
his majority, and the ballot deposited has 
always been a straight Republican ticket. 
Neither fear nor favor can make him swerve 
in his allegiance to the party whose princi- 
ples he believes are best calculated to pro- 
mote the country's interests. He is not 
connected with any church organization, 
but his wife and children are members of 
the Methodist Episcopal Church. He gives 



his means, however, in support of church 
and benevolent work, and the poor and 
needy likewise find in him a friend. He is 
now serving his fourth year as a member of 
the Board of Education, and does all in his 
power to promote the cause of the schools 
and advance their standard of excellence. 
He is a public-spirited and progressive citi- 
zen and his devotion to the welfare of the 
community is manifested by his labors and 
efforts to promote all enterprises which will 
aid in the upbuilding of the city and county. 
His home is a beautiful and commodious 
residence adjoining the art gallery, and he 
and the other members of the household 
occupy an enviable position in social circles. 



Vt^AMES C. to LAN, Chief of the Fire 
4 Department, Escanaba, Michigan, 
A 1 has been a resident of this city for 
fifteen years and is thoroughly identi- 
fied with its interests. A sketch of his life 
will be of interest to many, and, briefly, is 
as follows: 

James C. Tolan was born in Lowell, Wis- 
consin, December lo, 1853, a son of John 
C. and Mary (Lennan) Tolan, the former of 
Scotch-Irish parentage, and the latter of 
Irish, and both born in Europe. John C. 
Tolan came to America in 1846, and was a 
soldier in the Mexican war; and it was soon 
after his arrival in this country that Miss 
Mary Lennan came, and they were subse- 
quently married at Watertown, Wisconsin. 
James C. was the second born in their 
family of four children. The eldest. Rose 
Ann, now deceased, was the wife of Nicho- 
las Barth, of Waupun, Wisconsin. Of 
the other two, we record that Margaret 
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that John J. is a member of the Escanaba 
Fire Department. 

Early in Hfe the subject of our sketch 
learned the trade of cigar-maker, at which 
he worked for several years in Waupun, 
Wisconsin. From there he moved to Fond 
da Lac, that State, where he was a member 
of a volunteer fire company for four years, 
also working at his trade during that time. 
After that he traveled, working at his trade 
for a time, then located for a few years at 
Mauston, Wisconsin, and in 1880 came from 
there to Escanaba, Michigan. Here he at 
once became connected with the fire depart- 
ment. He served four years as a member 
of the Hook and Ladder department, two 
years of that time as foreman. For the 
past eight years he has occupied his present 
position, that of chief. On his election to 
this office he reorganized the department to 
meet the conveniences afforded by the intro- 
duction of the city water-works. The old 
ward hose-houses were discarded and a cen- 
tral building erected. In the eight years 
Mr. Tolan has been chief of the fire depart- 
ment he has given intelligent and effective 
service, and during all this time only two 
fires in the city have gotten beyond the 
buildings in which they originated. In 
recognition of the efificiency of the Escanaba 
Fire Department, Chief Tolan has received 
many very complimentary letters from in- 
surance companies, praising him and his 
men for their prompt and noble work. The 
fire company is composed of athletic young 
men who thoroughly understand their busi- 
ness and who are as courageous as they are 
strong and active. It is needless to say 
that their chief is proud of these young men, 
and that the "boys" esteem him highly is 
evidenced by the fact that they presented 
him on one occasion with a handsome gold 



badge, worth $100, on one side of which 
were the names of the donors and on the 
other side was inscribed Mr. Tolan's name 
and the words, "Chief of Escanaba Fire 
Department. " Mr. Tolan attended the 
National Association of Fire Engineers at 
Milwaukee in 1893, and at Montreal, Canada, 
in 1894. 

He was married at Mauston, Wisconsin, 
March 11, 1880, to Miss Augusta Bartells, 
a native of that place, and they have three 
sons, — Carl, Frank and Gerald. 

Mr. Tolan is a lover of music and has 
attained more than local notoriety as a 
singer. At this writing he is drilling a 
troupe for a St. Patrick's Day entertain- 
ment. In church entertainments of a social 
order he takes an active and leading part, 
no entertainment of this kind being con- 
sidered complete without Mr. Tolan's fin- 
ishing touches. He is a member of St. 
Joseph's Church, Roman Catholic, and is 
identified with the Catholic Order of For- 
esters and the K. O. T. M. 



,>^^ICHOLAS RILEY, who is the 
I A proprietor and manager of the 
\ p popular resort known as "Riley's 
Retreat," in Escanaba, is a man 
whose generous nature and honest char- 
acter have won him respect and confidence 
in the community, and the care which he 
gives to operating his business enterprise in 
accordance with the provision of law and 
order justifies the popularity of his place 
and secures to him only the better class of 
patrons. His policy is shown in the acts of 
his every-day life, and that is a strict ob- 
servance of the rule which signifies freedom 
of belief and charity and good will for all. 
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quiet and attractive, it is not strange that 
the estabHshment of our subject has a repu- 
tation second to none in the thriving little 
city. 

A native of the Emerald Isle, Mr. Riley 
was born in county Mayo, November 15, 
1856, being the son of Patrick and Mary 
Riley. The mother died when our subject 
was but a child of three years, and before 
he had attained the age of nine his father 
also passed away. Patrick Riley had been 
twice married, Nicholas being a child of the 
second union. After the death of the father 
our subject and his sister, Anna, came to 
America and became inmates of the homes 
of their half brothers, Thomas and William, 
who have been for nearly forty years suc- 
cessful farmers in Kankakee county, Illinois. 
The two children, Nicholas and Anna, ar- 
rived on American soil in 1866, landing at 
New York. 

Our subject worked on his brother's 
farm until he had attained man's estate, 
when he went to Chicago and engaged in 
teaming for some five years, after which he 
rented a farm and gave his attention to its 
cultivation for four years. In his life there 
have been few dramatic episodes, but he has 
ever been ready to do the work which has 
come to his hand, has been faithful and has 
ever been ready to extend a helping hand to 
those less fortunate than himself. The suc- 
cess he has gained has been by his own efforts, 
and none can begrudge it to him. After 
leaving the farm Mr. Riley visited northern 
Michigan, yet did not then decide upon 
locating here, but made a trip to Minnesota 
and Dakota, where he was variously occu- 
pied for about one year. After this he re- 
turned to the Upper Peninsula country, 
and was thereafter employed in the lumber 
woods about five years. In 1883 he opened 



a liquor establishment in Escanaba and has 
been engaged in that line of business here 
ever since. Previous to this he had been 
employed for a time in the store of John K. 
Stack. The sister Anna married Michael 
Sheridan, now deceased, and she is a resi- 
dent of Scranton, Pennsylvania. The other 
sister. Mar}', is the widow of John Forbes 
and resides in Cleveland, Ohio. 

In politics our subject maintains an in- 
dependent attitude, but lends his influence 
toward the furtherance of good government, 
being thoroughly in sympathy with the inter- 
ests of the country in which nearly his en- 
tire life has been passed. 

November 6, 1883, Mr. Riley was 
united in marriage at Escanaba to Miss 
Annie Mack, who was born in Wisconsin 
on the 2 1st of April, i860. Three sons 
bless this union, namely: Thomas, born 
January 30, 1885; John, born January 21, 
1886; and Willie, born January 27, 1889. 
The family are members of St. Joseph's 
Roman Catholic Church. 



HUGUSTUS E. BACON, M. D., 
has been identified with the history 
of Sault de Ste. Marie almost from 
the establishment of the city, not 
only in his professional capacity but also 
officially. He has been instrumental in pro- 
moting many of its leading interests, and in 
all possible ways has aided in the develop- 
ment and advancement of this locality. 

The Doctor is a native of Ohio, his birth 
having occurred in Medina on the 7th of 
May, 1841. When nine years old he came 
with his parents to Michigan, who located 
in Kay, Macomb county, where he was 
reared. His father. Royal Bacon, was born 
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and by trade was a carder and redresser of 
cloth. He married Miss Sarah Wheelock, 
daughter of Captain Wheelock, who was 
a soldier in the war of 181 2. The Wheel- 
ocks are a family of physicians, and Dr. 
Kent K. Wheelock, an eminent professor of 
Fort Wayne, Indiana, is a cousin of our sub- 
ject. The parents of the Doctor had a family 
of five children, of whom he is the eldest. 
The others are Elliott, who died in the army; 
Rosanna, who is the wife of Edward Merrill 
and resides in West Pullman, Illinois; Olive, 
wife of Fremont Haines, of Utica, Michigan; 
and John C, who makes his home in Bay 
City. 

Under the parental roof Dr. Bacon spent 
the days of his boyhood and youth, and in 
the schools of his native town acquired his 
literary education. After the breaking out 
of the Civil war, when he was twenty-one 
years of age, he offered his services to the 
Government, enlisting in the Union army 
as a member of Company F, Twenty-second 
Regiment of Michigan Volunteers at Ma- 
comb, this State. The company was com- 
manded by Captain Ashley, the regiment by 
Colonel Moses Wisner. Our subject was 
mustered in at Pontiac, and the command 
was ordered to Covington, Kentucky, to aid 
in preventing General Bragg from getting 
far enough north to ' ' water his horse in the 
Ohio river," as he had boasted he would do, 
it being the Rebel leader's plan to advance 
upon Ohio and capture Cincinnati. This 
was prevented, however, by the troops 
sent to Covington. Later the command to 
which the Doctor was attached was ordered 
through Kentucky to Nashville, Tennessee, 
where they remained during the winter of 
1862-3. The following spring they went 
to Chattanooga and participated in the 
hard-fought battle of Chickamauga, where 



the Twenty-second Michigan lost all their 
men, in killed or captured, save about 
one hundred. When Company F re- 
sponded to roll call after the battle, only 
ten members responded to their names! 
The Doctor was also in the Atlanta cam- 
paign, and when that city was captured 
returned to Chattanooga with "Pap" 
Thomas. He was honorably discharged 
there on the 26th of June, 1865. He was 
always found at his post of duty, faithfully 
defending the old flag and the cause it rep- 
resented, and though he participated in a 
number of very hotly contested battles he 
received no wound, nor was he ever cap- 
tured. 

Upon his return from the war Dr. Bacon 
took up the study of medicine under Dr. 
Harris and finished his professional train- 
ing in the Philadelphia Medical College. 
He opened his first office in Disco, Mich- 
igan, and on the 6th of January, 18S2, came 
to Sault de Ste. Marie. Here he opened an 
office in the drug store of Charles Endres- 
son on Water street, and some years after- 
ward, on acquiring an interest in the drug 
business of James Wirt & Company, he 
moved his office to the National Bank build- 
ing, thence to his present location. He is 
now the oldest physician in years of contin- 
uous practice in this city, and from the pub- 
lic he receives a most liberal and well-de- 
served patronage. He has a most enviable 
reputation for skill and ability and keeps 
fully abreast with the times on everything 
connected with his chosen life-work. 

On the 17th of March, 1868, Dr. Bacon 
was united in marriage, in Disco, Michigan, 
with Miss Josephine A. Moe, daughter of 
William Moe. They have but one child, a 
son, William R. , who in March, 1893, mar- 
ried Miss Amanda King. The family is one 



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of prominence in this community, having 
many friends who hold them in high regard. 
The Doctor is a Royal Arch Mason, a 
member of the Grand Army of the Republic, 
and one of the grand officers in the Inde- 
pendent Order of Odd Fellows, serving as 
District Deputy Grand Master of this juris- 
diction. In politics he is an infle.xible ad- 
herent of the principles of Republicanism, 
unwavering in support of his party. He was 
a member of the first City Council of Sault 
de Ste. Marie and aided in putting the ma- 
chinery of the city government in motion 
and in laying the foundation for all the good 
work that has since been done by succeed- 
ing councils. For many years he has served 
as Coroner of Chippewa county and is the 
present incumbent. 



HNDREW BLANK is one of the 
most familiar figures of Sault de 
Ste. Marie, having made his home 
in this city since its pioneer days. 
He was born in Mainstokheim, Bavaria, 
October 20, 1831, and is a son of George 
Blank, a cooper. In the family were twelve 
children, but only two are now living, — An- 
drew and Mrs. Newcomb, both of this city. 
At the age of twenty-two the former left the 
fatherland and came to the United States, 
embarking at Liverpool on a sailing vessel, 
which after forty-two days dropped anchor 
in the harbor of New York, on the 6th of 
July, 1853. On the 12th of that month he 
reached Cleveland, Ohio, and secured em- 
ployment in a brick-yard, where were seven- 
teen rough Irishmen, who abused and bul- 
lied him in their usual style for two and a 
half months. He then secured a situation 
in a brewery among his own countrymen, 
and there was associated with Charles Geh- 



ring and Leonard Schlathler, now widely 
known as millionaire brewers in that city. 

After remaining in Cleveland for a few 
months, Mr. Blank started by boat for the 
copper mines of the Upper Peninsula on 
Lake Superior, and reached Sault de Ste. 
Marie about ten o'clock on the morning of 
May 28, 1854. He obtained his dinner in a 
house which he now owns, and in the after- 
noon secured work on the canal then build- 
ing, where he was employed until its com- 
pletion in 1855. With the savings of these 
years of toil he purchased five cows and 
began selling milk and butter, extending his 
business as the trade and income warranted, 
until it yielded him a most handsome profit. 
He carried on the business for a number of 
years with excellent success, and as time 
passed invested his surplus capital in sub- 
urban real-estate and city property. Dur- 
ing the great activity in the real-estate 
market in 1888 he sold his suburban prop- 
erty at a profit of nearly $50,000, which he 
at once put into the bank. Thus was he 
enabled to retire from active business life 
and enjoy the rest which he has truly earned 
and richly deserves. After thirty-three 
years' connection with the milk business he 
sold out, in 1888. 

August 2, 1855, Mr. Blank married 
Miss Margaret, daughter of Paul Likum, of 
Saginaw, Michigan, who has proved to him 
a faithful companion and helpmeet, and 
their married life has been a happy and 
prosperous one. Their union was blessed 
with the following children: Sophia, wife 
of Charles Eaton, of this city; Jennie, wife 
of John Donaldson, of Winnipeg, Manitoba; 
George, who is living in Sault de Ste. Marie; 
Katie, wife of Charles Thompson, of the 
same place; Minnie, wife of Joseph Wirt ; 
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Mr. Blank's home was the first brick 
residence erected in Chippewa county. 
From an early day he has been identified 
with the best interests of this communitj', 
taking an active part in all that pertains to 
its advancement and progress, and giving 
his support to all worthy enterprises. As 
an official he has done effective service for 
the city. He served as a member of the 
City Council, was Treasurer of the Board of 
Education, and for fifteen years was Road 
Commissioner. In politics he is a stalwart 
Republican, having supported that party 
since casting his first presidential vote for 
Fremont. Socially he is an Odd Fellow 
and a K. of P. He was one of the founders 
of the Soo National Bank, of which he is 
still a director. 



@EORGE BLANI-:, one of the most 
popular and upright business men 
in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, a 
man whose private and public life 
is spotless and without tarnish, was born in 
this city, June 24, 1861. He is the eldest 
son of that esteemed townsman and pioneer, 
Andrew Blank, who, aided by his noble 
wife, brought up their children in the path 
of rectitude and with a love for industr}-. 

George was given a liberal amount of 
schooling and at the proper age assisted his 
father in his large milk and ice business. 
When this business was disposed of in 1888, 
George engaged in the ice business on his 
own account. This he maintained until 
1891, at which date he purchased the in- 
terest of Mr. Williams in the insurance firm 
of Johnston & Williams, and the popular firm 
of Johnston & Blank was brought into ex- 
istence. 

Mr. Blank was elected to the first City 



Council, an important and historic body, and 
acquitted himself with credit. He was 
nominated unanimously by the Republicans 
in March, 1895, for Mayor of his city, and 
after the hardest-fought campaign in its his- 
tory — a campaign into which local matters 
were interjected to the utter submersion of 
party fealty or individual merit of the heads 
of the two tickets — he was defeated. 

Mr. Blank was married in Sault Sainte 
Marie, December 8, 1886, to Lottie G. Fer- 
ris, and they have two children, George 
Early and Mary Margaret, aged five and 
three years respectively. Mrs. Blank is a 
daughter of John G. Ferris, deceased, who 
came to this city from Meaford, Canada, and 
was engaged in the butcher business; was a 
successful and prominent man and died in 
February, 1893, aged sixty-three years. His 
wife's maiden name was Jane Boucher, and 
their children are: William, Willett, Wal- 
lace H., Charles, Mrs. David Bell, Mrs. 
William Kuehle, and Mrs. Gerard Warrick. 

Fraternally, Mr. Blank is identified with 
the Masonic order. He is Past Master of 
the blue lodge and High Priest of the chap- 
ter at Sault Ste. Marie. He was made a 
Mason in Bethel Lodge, No. 358, Sault Ste. 
Marie, in 1883, was made Master of the 
lodge in 1 891-2, and he is a member of the 
Sault Ste. Marie Commandery, No. 45. 



>T^OHN R. GREEN, the leading plumb- 
M er of Gladstone, Delta county, and a 
A 1 dealer in stoves, hardware and house 
fittings, is a man of energy and 
means, and although a recent comer he is 
none the less enthusiastic as to the future of 
the little city which is the coming metropolis 
of Little Bay de Noquet, and as evidence of 
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point to the substantial brick block which 
he has erected on Central avenue, the same 
having been the first brick structure erected 
in Gladstone. 

Mr. Green has been somewhat of a 
nomad in his half century of earthly exist- 
ence. He was born in New York city, on 
the loth of March, 1845, and came West 
with his father to Cleveland, Ohio, where 
the latter conducted a successful plumbing 
business for a period of fifteen years. Our 
subject was then taken to Burlington, Iowa, 
where the father had contracts for and con- 
structed the city's gas works. Later on the 
family removed to the South, locating in 
Athens, Alabama, and in these three men- 
tioned localities John R. Green passed his 
boyhood and received a fair English educa- 
tion. His association in business with a suc- 
cessful father developed the practical side 
of his nature and gave a decided advantage 
in the world. He not only learned and 
mastered a trade, but acquired a knowledge 
of contracting in general, so that no part of 
construction in his line of work was foreign 
or unknown to him. 

Mr. Green was coerced into leaving the 
South in 1 86 1, and was drawn into the 
Union army by patriotic motives. He en- 
listed at Erie, Pennsylvania, in the United 
States Navy, and was assigned to a position 
as seaman on board the steamer Adirondack, 
in which connection he was promoted with- 
in a few months to engineer. He served 
along the coast, engaging the Confederates 
at Charleston and other points, and after the 
sinking of the Adirondack was transferred to 
the Powhatan. From this boat he received 
his discharge, in Philadelphia, at the close of 
the war. 

On resuming a civilian's garb Mr. Green 
resumed work at his trade, in Louisville, 



Kentucky, and some few years later went 
West and located in Stillwater, Minnesota, 
where, in company with his father, he en- 
gaged in the line of business with which both 
had been long associated, — tinning, hard- 
ware and plumbing. He remained there 
until 1889, when, by reason of a physical 
affliction, he decided that it was expedient 
for him to seek a warmer climate, and ac- 
cordingly he located at Rome, Georgia, 
where he remained for three years. He 
then returned to the North, and having 
learned of Gladstone, cast his fortunes here 
with the firm intention of making it his 
permanent home, — a decision which he has 
found no reason to regret. 

Mr. Green is a chapter Mason, as is also 
his father, who is his living and working 
companion and counselor. The latter, John 
Green, was born in Kings county. New 

York, February 28, 1818, his father, 

Green, having been born in the same county 
in 1776, and having died about the age of 
seventy years. He was a manufacturer of 
cotton and linen goods and was a successful 
business man, — a characteristic that se^is 
to have been duly transmitted to his 
descendants. He married Susan Girven, 
who was of Scotch parentage and who be- 
came the mother of ten children, only three 
of whom are still living, namely: John, 
father of our subject; Alexander, a resident 
of Toronto, Canada; and Amelia, wife of 
Simon Scully, who is an expert machinist, 
being a resident of Alexandria, Egypt, 
whither he went at the invitation of the 
viceroy, upon his being recommended as 
proficient in his trade, to assume charge of 
the manufacture of machinery in that 
ancient nation. 

John Green came West in 1843, pro- 
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and thence by the old steamer Fair- 
mount to Cleveland, where he established 
himself in business, meeting with notable 
success in this enterprise. During the time 
of his residence in the South and at Still- 
water, Minnesota, he was engaged in general 
contracting. He erected a large school 
building at Tallahassee, Florida, and the 
fine Government hospital at Saint Augustine. 
The maiden name of our subject's mother 
was Mary Jane Pinkerton, and he was her 
oldest child. She died at Stillwater, Minne- 
sota, in 1889. 



£'>^AMUEL H. TALBOT, the business 
•^^^k* manager of the Peninsular News- 

Ys,^_J paper Company of Escanaba, is a 
native of East Machias, Maine, a 
point of historical interest along the Atlantic 
shore, for it was there that the first naval 
battle of the Revolutionary war was fought, 
between the Federal land forces on the one 
side and the crew of the English frigate 
Margaretta on the other. The Talbot family 
was extensively represented in the engage- 
ment. They were among the first settlers 
of Machias, and during the struggle for in- 
dependence members of the family aided in 
that struggle, valiantly following the lead of 
the "Father of his country." Honored in- 
deed is the ancestry of our subject, for along 
various lines, in the pursuits of peace as 
well as the pursuits of war, they won 
prominence. 

The birth of Samuel H. Talbot occurred 
on the 2d of April, 1846, and he was the 
eighth in order of birth in a family of ten 
children, seven of whom are yet living. 
The father, Samuel H. Talbot, Sr. , was 
born in East Machias, Maine, in 18 10, and 
after arriving at years of maturity he 



wedded Mary Scott, who was born in New 
Brunswick in 18 17. He was a ship-builder 
and extensive lumber dealer in Maine and 
New Brunswick, and his well-managed busi- 
ness affairs brought him a handsome income 
and made him a wealthy man. He was the 
senior member of the firm of P. S. J. Talbot 
& Company, which is still engaged in busi- 
ness as shipbuilders and is widely known. 
The children of the family we here mention: 
Lucy Hammond, the eldest, is the wife of 
Andrew A. Kimball, formerly a wealthy 
merchant, now living retired in Providence, 
Rhode Island. Stephen Peter is a retired 
merchant of New York city. During the 
Civil war he was a Lieutenant Colonel 
of the Thirty-first Maine Regiment and 
continued in the service until after hostilities 
had ceased. He enlisted as Adjutant of the 
First Maine Heavy Artillery, but was later 
promoted and transferred. Mary Helen 
became the wife of Edward R. Eager, of 
Canton, Massachusetts, a partner in the 
noted Kinsley Iron & Machine Company of 
that place, of which Oakes Ames is the 
prominent partner. Edward Jerome was 
Captain of a vessel engaged in the merchant 
service on the Atlantic and lost his life at 
sea in 1865. Lowell is a commission mer- 
chant on South street in New York city and 
was also formerly a Captain in the merchant 
marine service. Clara Scott died in Brook- 
lyn, New York, in 1870. Frederick O. is 
general manager of the Alma Lumber & 
Ship Building Company, of Alma, New 
Brunswick. He entered the United States 
Army, when a youth of seventeen, as a 
member of the First Maine Heavy Artillery, 
enlisting as a private, but winning promotion 
to the rank of Second Lieutenant. Samuel 
H., whose name heads this record, is the 
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Luke's Hospital in New York city, in Janu- 
ary, 1889. He had been quite an extensive 
traveler and had served as general manager 
of the Alma Lumber & Ship Building Com- 
pany, — the position now held by his brother. 
Almira Scott is the wife of Rev. Edgar 
F. Davis, an Episcopal minister of Littleton, 
New Hampshire. 

Turning our attention to the personal 
history of Samuel H. Talbot we first note 
that his education was acquired in Washing- 
ton Academy of his native town, and in 1866 
he went to Boston, Massachusetts, to act as 
bookkeeper for a firm of cotton brokers. In 
1872 he returned to East Machias and two 
years later was married there. The lady of 
his ohoice. Miss Alice Brown, is a native of 
East Machias, twelve years her husband's 
junior^ and she, too, was educated in Wash- 
ington Academy. Her father. Captain 
Joseph G. Brown, was a seafaring man, and 
while her parents were at sea she was left 
with relatives in Florida, so that she grew 
to womanhood in the South, becoming 
familiar with Southern customs and habits 
and imbued with Southern ideas and views. 
She is a lady of high culture, and in the 
community in which she now resides has 
won many warm friends. Mr. and Mrs. 
Talbot now have three children, — Stephen 
Peter, Catherine Burdin and Joseph Brown. 

After his marriage Mr. Talbot engaged 
in merchandising, shipbuilding and lumber- 
ing, having purchased an interest in his 
father's business. To those pursuits he 
devoted his energies until 1888, when he re- 
solved to make a home in Michigan. Here 
he first engaged in the life-insurance busi- 
ness, in Detroit and Saginaw, and after a 
year came to Escanaba, where he secured a 
position as freight and passenger agent for 
the Burns Transportation Company, with 



which he continued for two years. He 
was then made general agent for the Sault 
Sainte Marie Railroad Company, the two 
positions being combined, and in January, 
1895, he purchased an interest in the Pen- 
insular Newspaper Company, becoming its 
business manager. He possesses excellent 
business and executive ability and under his 
able administration we predict great success 
for the company. He has succeeded in plac- 
ing that popular daily. The Mirror, upon a 
paying basis, and its patronage is constantly 
increasing. It is now one of the principal 
papers in the " Iron Port of the World," 
and under the management of Mr. Talbot and 
the editorship of P. J. Mclvenna, a facile 
writer, the paper will undoubtedly be a 
source of pleasure and entertainment and a 
medium of revenue. Mr. Talbot possesses 
several strong characteristics, among which 
is the habit of carrying forward to successful 
completion whatever he undertakes, and 
therefore his connection with any enterprise 
cannot fail to be of benefit. 

The father and brothers of Mr. Talbot 
were all prominent members of the Masonic 
fraternity, but he is connected with no 
fraternities. In politics he is a conservative 
Democrat, and has never sought or desired 
political preferment. He is a man of pleas- 
ing address, a genial, companionable gentle- 
man, having a host of friends, and his well- 
spent life has brought no disgrace to the 
name he bears, a name honored in this coun- 
try's history. 



<>^ EV. J. RIEN, pastor of the Ger- 
I ^r man Lutheran Church of Escan- 
\ . P aba, Michigan, is a native of Ger- 
many, born in the province of 

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Julius and Albertina (Fenner) Rien, are 
both natives of Germany and are still living 
there. In their family were seven children, 
one of whom is deceased. The subject of 
our sketch is the only representative of the 
family in America, and of the five in Ger- 
many we record that Julius is assistant post- 
master at Coeslin ; Edward is a farmer ; 
Emil is a teacher, employed in the public 
schools ; Athelia is now Mrs. Harters ; and 
Bertha is a member of the home circle. 

Mr. Rien spent the first twenty-two years 
of his life in his native land, and there ac- 
quired his elementary education. Then he 
emigrated to America. Soon afterward he 
entered Concordia College at Springfield, 
Illinois, where he completed the theological 
work required by his church and graduated 
in 1888. Previous to his entering college, 
and while employed in a sash and door fac- 
tory at Manitowoc, Wisconsin, he met with 
a serious accident which cost him the fingers 
of his right hand, except the inde.x finger, 
which is also seriously crippled. This acci- 
dent indirectly led to his selection of a pro- 
fession. Upon completing his college course, 
Mr. Rien received an appointment as pastor 
of the church at Van Dyne, Wisconsin, 
where he labored about three years and a 
half, and from there came to his present 
charge at Escanaba, in 1892. This congre- 
gation is composed of about twent3'-five 
families ; owns a comfortable, though not 
pretentious church and minister's house, 
and also a school building to accommodate 
the children of those desiring their instruc- 
tion in the German language. The par- 
ochial school now has about twenty pupils, 
and is taught by the pastor. Besides his 
work at Escanaba, where he holds two serv- 
ices on three Sundays in the month, he fills 
five other appointments, namely: Ford 



River, Gladstone, Rapid River, Manistique 
and Indian Town, meeting with each of 
these congregations once a month. 

Mr. Rien is a man of family. He was 
married at Morrisonville, Illinois, in 1888, 
to Miss S. Rowe, a native of America, and 
they have one daughter, Erna, aged five 
years. 

Mr. Rien has a well-selected, professional 
library, and is a close and careful student. 
In his work for the Master he is earnest and 
persistent, and his efficient efforts in the 
various charges which he serves are highly 
appreciated by his parishioners. 



,V^ EV. J. F. BORG, pastor of the 
I ^Z Swedish Lutheran Church of Ish- 
\ . P peming, Michigan, was born in the 
province of Oster Gotland, Sweden, 
on the 13th of December, 1849, and is a 
son of Anders Gustaf Borg and his wife 
Margareta (Johnson) Borg, who were also 
natives of the same province. The father 
served for twenty-two years as a soldier in 
the Swedish army and died in 1864. In the 
family were four children, — Carl Alfred; 
Johan Frithiof, Gustaf Theodore and Emily 
Charlotte. The eldest son crossed the At- 
lantic to America in 1868, the second son in 
1869, the third son in 1878, and the mother 
and daughter arrived in America in 1882. 
The former is still living and now makes 
her home in Galva, Illinois. 

We now take up the personal history of 
Rev. Mr. Borg, one of the most highly es- 
teemed citizens of Ishpeming. He acquired 
his early education in the common schools 
of Sweden, and after his emigration to the 
United States entered the Augustana College 
and Seminary (Swedish) at Paxton, Illinois. 
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college was removed to Rock Island, Illinois. 
He completed the course in that institution 
and was ordained for the work of the minis- 
try in Princeton, Illinois, in 1878, for he 
felt that his duty was toward his fellow men. 
The soldier is inspired by the noise, the 
music and the blare of trumpets which at- 
tend war, the man in professional life looks 
forward to the honor he may gain, the mer- 
chant to what he may acquire financially, 
but the preacher sacrifices all earthly con- 
sideration to that higher and holier calling 
and enters the nobler walk of life, striving 
to make better his fellow men and to bring 
to them the means of eternal life. 

Mr. Borg's first pastorate was at Knox- 
ville, Illinois, where he remained for two 
years. In March, 1880, he came to Ish- 
peming and assumed the pastorate of the 
Swedish Lutheran Church in this city, where 
he continued until December, 1882, when 
ill health forced him to retire temporarily 
from his chosen field. During the succeed- 
ing years he was mostly engaged in transient 
work and was then for eight months pastor 
of the church in Sanders county, Nebraska. 
He then accepted a call from the church 
in Galva, Illinois, and removed to that place 
in the later part of 1883, remaining there 
until the autumn of T889, when he took 
charge of the Swede Valley Church, Swed- 
ish Evangelical Lutheran, in Boone county, 
Iowa, serving as its pastor for two years. 
In 1 89 1 he was again called to the church in 
Ishpeming, and has since remained at this 
place. 

The Bethany Swedish Lutheran Church 
was organized in 1870, and a house of wor- 
ship was erected and owned by this congre- 
gation and the Norwegian Lutheran Church. 
Later they bought out the interest of the 
latter in the property and in 1883 the pres- 



ent substantial edifice was erected. The 
pastor at that time was Rev. C. A. Back- 
man, who afterward died in Galesburg, Illi- 
nois. The present value of the church 
property, including the house of worship, 
the parsonage and the young people's hall 
is $21,000. The seating capacity of the 
church is 800, and the congregation now 
numbers 592 communicants and 925 attend- 
ants. Its board of trustees is composed of 
the following named gentlemen: John 
Lindbom, chairman, John Johnson, Claes 
Magnuson, A. G. Bergstrom, C. A. Brandt 
and August F. Bjorling. The deacons are 
C. G. Bengtson, C. A. Forgsberg, George 
Skogberg, P. A. Holmgren, E. A. Soderman, 
August Peterson and J. A. Johnson. This 
congregation also supports a school which 
was organized about five years ago. Dur- 
ing the past year there were about 122 
pupils enrolled, who were instructed mainly 
in religion and in the Swedish language. 
The church and school are both now pros- 
pering, and under the able management and 
guidance of Mr. Borg are destined to do a 
good work in this locality. 

On the 28th of June, 1878, Mr. Borg 
was united in marriage with Miss Clara 
Charlotta Anderson, a native of Galesburg, 
Illinois, who was born of Swedish parentage. 
She afterward lived in Galva, Illinois, and 
was educated both in the common branches 
of learning and in music. Three children 
have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Borg, — 
Annette Rosalia, born in Kno.xville, Illinois, 
June 10, 1879: Carl Reuben Valdermar, 
born in Ishpeming, February 7, 1893; and 
Sven Elmer Ambrosius, born in Ishpeming, 
December 17, 1894. 

Mr. Borg votes with the Republican 
party, takes an active interest in everything 
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and is a strong advocate of temperance 
principles. He is vice-president of the Illi- 
nois Conference of his church, in which body 
he is ranked as one of the leading ministers. 
The high regard in which he is held in Ishpem- 
ing is shown by the fact that he had a second 
time been called to the Bethany Church, 
and not only among the people of his own 
dnomination, but among those of other 
churches as well, he is honored and es- 
teemed. 



aHARLES E. MASON, attorney-at- 
law and editor and publisher of the 
Gladstone Delta, at the thriving 
and beautiful little city of Glad- 
stone, Delta county, Michigan, is a brother 
of Senator Richard Mason, who is recog- 
nized as the founder of the town. That 
both these gentlemen have wielded a potent 
influence in the progress and substantial up- 
building of Gladstone is an accredited fact, 
and both are held in the highest estimation 
by the people of the community. 

Our subject is a native of the county in 
which he now retains a residence, having 
been born at Masonville in the year 1854. 
He was reared to young manhood in the 
Upper Peninsula, receiving his preliminary 
educational discipline in the city of Chicago, 
and completing his studies at the University 
of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, where he took 
the course in the law department. He was 
admitted to the bar before Judge Goodwin 
in 1 88 1, and just before the retirement of 
said judge, — in fact this was probably the 
latter's last official act in open court. 

Mr. Mason located, soon after his grad- 
uation, at Escanaba, where he opened an 
office and prepared to enter upon the active 
practice of his profession. But he was 



soon attracted to the newspaper field, and has 
since given his time and attention principally 
to his journalistic enterprises. He founded 
the Delta in Escanaba in 1886, and there 
continued it successfully until the new town 
of Gladstone was founded, when he removed 
the business and plant to this point, where 
he has since continued the publication of 
the paper, which is recognized as one of the 
best weekly papers in the Upper Peninsula, 
both as to subject matter and letter press. 
The Delta is a stanch supporter of the 
Republican party and its principles, and its 
local policy is one of marked devotion to 
the interests of Delta county and the little 
city which represents its point of publication. 
The enterprise is one which is not made sub- 
servient to the control of any political coterie, 
but is conducted as a specific business under- 
taking. Mr. Mason does not permit himself 
or his paper to be drawn into the political 
battles and strifes attendant upon each suc- 
cessive campaign, but he has aimed to make, 
and has succeeded in making, the utility of 
the paper as a medium of communication so 
obvious as to encourage its most liberal pat- 
ronage by advertisers and the reading public. 
The marriage of our subject occurred in 
1886, when he was united to Miss Sarah C. 
Hutchinson, a daughter of John C. Hutch- 
inson, of Necedah, Wisconsin. They are 
the parents of three children, namely: 
Carl P., Maud I. and Dorothy. He was 
elected Mayor of Gladstone in 1895, his 
name appearing on both the opposing tickets. 



>T^OHN A. STEINLEIN, of the firm of 

M Holden & Steinlein, prominent at- 

A 1 torneys of Sault de Ste. Marie, and 

ex-City Comptroller, was born in 

Pontiac, Oakland county, Michigan, Novem- 



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ber 23, 1858. His father, now a resident 
of Sault de Ste. Marie, is John A. Steinlein, 
who during twenty years of his active busi- 
ness Hfe was a manufacturer of boots and 
shoes. He began operations in that Hne in 
Monroe, Michigan, and afterward removed 
to Pontiac. He was born in the Province 
of Bavaria, about sixty-two years ago, and 
learned his trade with his father, Andrew 
Steinlein, who in 1847 emigrated to Amer- 
ica with his family, and established himself 
in the manufacture of boots and shoes in 
Monroe, Michigan, conducting the business 
until his death, which occurred in 1870. 
His children were John A., father of our 
subject; Mrs. Gustave Schultz; and Mrs. 
John Seib. 

The mother of our subject bore the 
maiden name of Alice Kelley, and was born 
in county Roscommon, Ireland, a daughter 
of Daniel Kelley, who was a tanner. At the 
age of fifteen she left the Emerald Isle and 
came to Detroit, Michigan, to visit a brother. 
It was there that she met and married Mr. 
Steinlein. The children of this union are 
Jennie; Mary, wife of Burt Waterbury, of 
Sault de Ste. Marie; and John A. 

The latter was educated in the public 
schools of Saginaw, Michigan, and began 
preparation for his chosen profession as a 
student in the law office of Gillette & 
Holden. In February, 1884, he was ad- 
mitted to the bar, before C. H. Gage, being 
then twenty-two years of age. His first case 
was a civil one, the contestants being Morse 
& Dwilley versus E. J. Wright, and Mr. 
Steinlein acted as the plaintiff's counsel. He 
left Saginaw in 1882 and located at Grand 
Marais, then in Schoolcraft county, but now 
in Alger county. He had in charge the 
lumbering and conveyancing business of 
W. R. Burt, and at the same time was 



supervisor and legal advisor of the township, 
and Circuit Court Commissioner of School- 
craft county. 

Mr. Steinlein was instrumental in the 
organization of Alger county, and by elec- 
tion became the first County Clerk and Reg- 
ister of Deeds. He was awarded the con- 
tract for transcribing the records of the de- 
tached portions of the county. In 1887 
he was elected Prosecuting Attorney of Alger 
county, serving in that capacity one term. 
He was elected City Comptroller of Sault de 
Ste. Marie in 1892, holding the office for 
two years, and was ex officio member of the 
City Council. He has discharged his duties 
with a promptness and fidelity that has won 
him the highest commendation, and his 
loyalty as a citizen and his honor as a man 
are above question. 



>^OHNSON VIVIAN, Jr., a merchant 
m of Opechee, was born in Keweenaw 
A 1 county, Michigan, at the Phoenix 
mine, March 22, 1859, a son of 
Johnson \'ivian, Sr. , one of the early pio- 
neers and most prominent business men of 
the copper country, and he now resides in 
East Houghton. Our subject attended 
several schools in the copper country, also 
the high school at Calumet, and took a 
special course of one year at the high-school 
of Ann Arbor. At the age of nineteen years 
he was employed as clerk for J. H. Seager 
& Company for one year, having also 
worked for that firm a year and a half be- 
fore he went to Ann Arbor. Mr. Vivian 
was next made surface captain of the Pewa- 
bic mine, and two years afterward came to 
Opechee and embarked in the general mer- 
cantile business at the Osceola mine, under 
the firm name of Vivian & Hann. Mr. 






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Vivian's father also was interested in the 
business. Four years afterward our subject 
and his father purchased the partner's in- 
terest in the store, and the business was 
then conducted under the firm name of J. 
Vivian, Jr., & Company. They now carry 
a stock amounting to $30,000. They also 
have a store at Lawriun, formerly known as 
Calumet village, where they carry a $40,000 
stock of goods. 

Mr. Vivian has served as Treasurer and 
Clerk of Osceola township. For the last 
nine years he has been the Postmaster of 
Opechee. In his social relations he is a 
member of Calumet Lodge, No. 27, F. 
& A. M.; of Chapter No. 35, R. A. M., 
of Hancock, Michigan; of Montrose Com- 
mandery, No. 38, of Calumet, Michigan; of 
the Mystic Shrine, Saladin Temple, A. A. 
O. N. M. S., Grand Rapids, Michigan, and 
of the Modern Woodmen of America. 

He was united in marriage with Miss 
Anna Lichty, of Waterloo, Iowa, and they 
have two daughters and a son. 



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'ILLIAM HOLMES, of Menomi- 
nee, one of the men who have 
made the Northwest famous for 
its lumber interests, is a native 
of New Brunswick, born April 16, 1830. 
His father, James Holmes, was a native of 
Scotland, who in his younger years crossed 
the Atlantic to New Brunswick, where his 
death occurred, in 1858. In the family 
were eight children, who are still living at 
the time of this writing. 

The gentleman whose name introduces 
this review left home at the age of seventeen 
years and made his way to Maine, where he 
began life for himself in the lumber regions. 
He remained there until ICS54, when he 



came to the West, settling first in Green 
Bay, Wisconsin, removing thence to Esca- 
naba, Michigan, where he entered the em- 
ploy of the N. Ludington Lumber Company. 
In the fall of 1858 he arrived in Menominee 
and did a jobbing business in lands for 
A. Kirby. A year later the firm of A. Kirby 
& Company was formed, and after three 
years' existence was merged into the Kirby 
Carpenter Company. With all of these Mr. 
Holmes has been closely identified, and for 
thirty-three years has continued his connec- 
tion without the loss of a single day! He 
has charge of the lumber woods and also 
does a jobbing business in lumber besides. 
In connection with his son he owns a logging 
railroad which extends forty miles from 
Muscauana island, northwesterly and deliv- 
ers logs to the Menominee river. The lum- 
ber interests are familiar to him in every 
detail, and the success of the company with 
which he is associated is due in no small 
measure to him. The development of the 
lumber resources of the Northwest have 
been the means of largely advancing the 
material prosperity and progress of Michigan, 
and in this labor Mr. Holmes has borne an 
important part. 

In connection with his other interests 
Mr. Holmes owns stock in a paper mill, and 
is also a stockholder in the Lumberman's 
National Bank. Though his business en- 
grossed the greater part of his attention, Mr. 
Holmes has found time to devote to public 
service, and has been both side Supervisor 
and chairman of the Town Board. He is a 
public-spirited and progressive citizen and 
withholds his support from no enterprise 
which he believes is intended to promote 
the general welfare. He exercises his right 
of franchise in support of the Republican 
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prominent. He belongs to the blue lodge, 
chapter and comniandery, also the Mystic 
Shrine of Grand Rapids. Both he and his 
wife hold membership in the First Presby- 
terian Church of Menominee. 

On the 1 2th of June, 1859, Mr. Holmes 
was united in marriage with Miss Augusta 
J. Chandler, a native of Maine and daughter 
of Alden Chandler, who emigrated from 
Maine to Escanaba in 1849. There he 
opened a sawmill, which he operated for a 
long period, and for thirty years he was a 
prominent and conspicuous figure in that 
community. He has now been called to 
his final rest. Mrs. Holmes was born Novem- 
ber 6, 1837, and during her early girlhood 
accompanied her parents to the West, living 
at home until her marriage. Five children 
ha"ve been born to Mr. and Mrs. Holmes, 
who are still living: W. A., who resides in 
Crystal Falls, Michigan; Guy W. , who 
makes his home in Marinette, Wisconsin; 
Arthur K. , at home; Ray W. , who is located 
in Daggett, Michigan; and Charlotte L. , 
now a student in Gambler, Ohio. They 
also lost one child, Jean. 



HG. LOUKS, Sheriff of Luce coun- 
ty, Michigan, is a gentleman who 
is eminently qualified for the po- 
sition he occupies, having by his 
long and faithful service proved the truth of 
this statement. As one of the county 
officials and representative men of the north- 
ern peninsula of Michigan, it is fitting that 
more than a passing notice be made of him 
in this volume. 

A. G. Louks was born at Lyndoch, 
Norfolk county, Ontario, July 7, 1852. 
His father, William H. Louks, a native of 
Vermont and a farmer by occupation, lived 



to the age of fifty-nine years, dying in 1887. 
In his youth he was taken to Norfolk coun- 
ty, Canada, in the province of Ontario. 
In 1856 he located on a farm near Pontiac, 
Illinois, where he made his home nine 
years, at the end of that time returning to 
Canada. He married Agnes, daughter of 
George Gray, a merchant of Lyndoch, and 
the issue of the marriage was as follows: 
William, Lapeer, Michigan; A. G., whose 
name heads this article; Mrs. Charles Rood, 
Lapeer; Mrs. Dr. Gilbert and Mrs. Walter 
Watt, both of Bay City, Michigan. 

In 1874 the subject of our sketch came 
to the United States, and during the seven- 
teen years which followed gave his attention 
to lumbering. In the interval between 1873 
and 1890 he had become a citizen of Mc- 
Millan township, and was Supervisor for 
that township one term before Luce county 
was organized. When the county was 
formed, in 1887, he was elected its first 
Sheriff, and he was elected to the same po- 
sition the following year. As the law pre- 
vented his holding the office the ne.xt two 
years he was not a candidate for a third 
election at that time, but in 1892 he was 
elected and in 1894 again received the same 
honor. In the meantime he served as Vil- 
lage Trustee one term. Mr. Louks has al- 
ways made himself a careful and conscien- 
tious official, and attends to the duties of his 
office in such a manner that he has made 
friends with all with whom he has had trans- 
actions in an official way, and outside of his 
office he is of a genial and social disposition 
and a gentleman with whom it is a pleasure 
to converse. He is a terror to all evil do- 
ers, and when a warrant is placed in his 
hands for the arrest of a criminal he will 
bring him to justice if it is in the power of 
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quainted with Luce county as any other 
man who has resided here for the same 
length of time, and he thinks there is no 
place like the upper peninsula for health, 
wealth and general prosperity. Mr. Louks 
has a beautiful home in the city and a happy 
family to enjoy it. 

May 7, 1874, he married in Lyndoch, 
Ontario, Miss Agnes, daughter of Thomas 
and Mary (Moore) Webb, and they have 
one child, Miss Mamie, aged nineteen years. 
Mrs. Louks is one of a family of four 
daughters, her sisters being as follows: Mrs. 
Ann Moore, Gregory, Michigan; Mrs. 
Alonzo Louks, Normandal, Ontario; and 
Mrs. William H. Griffin, Lyndoch. 



Vj'OHN WILLIAM KING, who occu- 
m pies the position of diver for the Es- 
A J canaba Towing and Wrecking Com- 
pany, and makes his home in Esca- 
naba, is a native of England. He was born 
in Ludboro, Lincolnshire, February 22, 
1843, and is the youngest son and sixth 
child of William and Jane (Forman) King, 
who also were natives of the same county. 
The father was an engineer and mechanic 
throughout his active life. He died in the 
fifty-third year of his age, and his wife, who 
survived him until February, 1893, passed 
away at the age of eighty-three. The mem- 
bers of the family are: Joseph, who is still 
living in England; Elizabeth, wife of George 
Thorndike, of England; Jane, wife of James 
Burton, of Chicago; Thomas, who was a 
bricklayer, and was accidentally killed while 
following his trade; John William, of this 
sketch; Mary, a widow; and William Harry, 
who died in infancy. 

The youth of our subject was spent at- 
tending the public schools until thirteen 



years of age, when he ran away from home 
and shipped on the schooner, Alena, bound 
for St. Michaels for a cargo of oranges; 
three months were consumed in making the 
outgoing and incoming voyages. From the 
time he left home, Mr. King saw none of 
his family until 1882, when he met his 
sister, Mrs. Burton, who had come to this 
country. After his return to London, he 
went on a ship to Panama, on a voyage of 
six months and nine days, and while thus 
engaged he met a rogue who succeeded in 
swindling him out of two months' wages. 
Returning he landed at Cardiff, Wales, 
where he took passage on an American ves- 
sel bound for Havana, and thence went to 
Mobile, Alabama. Leaving the ship at that 
place he continued up the Mississippi river 
to St. Louis, and to Alton, Illinois, where 
he worked in a machine shop owned by a 
Mr. Preston until the breaking out of the 
late war. 

At that time Mr. King enlisted in the 
United States Navy and remained in the 
navy-yard at Brooklyn, on the receiving 
ship, for fifteen weeks, when he was drafted 
for service on the Lancaster Cricket, now 
the school ship at San Francisco, where he 
served for two years and nine months. In 
company with fourteen others he then de- 
serted that vessel at Panama, and walked 
across the isthmus to Aspinwall and thence 
to Nicaragua. Their only food during this 
journey was the tropical fruit which they 
could secure along the way. After three 
months, Mr. King boarded a fishing schooner 
and went to Key West. By this time the 
war was nearly over, but he joined the 
engineers' department and continued to 
serve until the close of the struggle. While 
in the South he passed through a siege of 
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At Havana, he shipped aboard a schooner 
for Mystic, Connecticut, and thence came to 
Buffalo, in April, 1866, where he took pas- 
sage on a lake schooner bound for Chicago, 
which was wrecked behind the south pier at 
the latter city. 

Mr. King continued his travels and now 
went to Alton, Illinois, and three months 
later to Bunker Hill, where he engaged in 
running an engine in a gristmill. His next 
place of residence was in Caseville, where 
he was employed as an engineer in a coal 
mine. It was while there, in 1868, that he 
met and married Miss Mary J. Pope, a native 
of Kentucky and a daughter of George Pope. 
Her death occurred about two years later, 
and she left one son, William, who is now a 
farmer of Collinsville, Illinois. 

After the death of his wife, Mr. King 
removed to Jacksonville, Illinois, where he 
was employed as engineer until securing a 
position in the lead mines of Grundy, Mis- 
souri, where he remained until the Chicago 
fire of 1 87 1. About that time he was em- 
ployed by Hon. Richard Mason, of Chicago, 
to put up a boiler and smokestack at Mason- 
ville, Michigan, and to serve as engineer, 
which he did for two years. He then en- 
gaged with C. S. Bath to erect a planing- 
mill at Escanaba, and with that gentleman 
continued for two years. 

On the 20th of January, 1873, Mr. King 
was united in marriage with Miss Charlotte 
Wilson, a native of Canada, who was 
brought to the Upper Peninsula by her par- 
ents when two years of age. Her father, 
Joshua Wilson, died at the home of our 
subject in 1892. Mr. and Mrs. King now 
have six children, — William, Arthur, Mary, 
Edith, Sarah and Elsie. 

After his second marriage Mr. King 
opened a market, which he carried on until 



1884, when he sold out and for two sum- 
mers engaged in fishing. He worked for the 
Jackson Iron Company as engineer in Fay- 
ette for three years, after which he engaged 
in contracting for the company, making 
charcoal. This he followed in connection 
with farming until 1888, when he came to 
Escanaba, and built a planing mill for the 
firm of Butts & Company. He did his first 
diving when the Alpena went down, and in 
1892 engaged with the Escanaba Towing & 
Wrecking Company in his present capacity, 
since which time he has frequently been 
down to the bottom of the lake. 

Mr. King is a member of the Odd Fel- 
lows Society, which he joined in Escanaba 
in 1887, and is a charter member of Fay- 
ette Lodge, and is also a Knight of the Mac- 
cabees. In his political views he is inde- 
pendent, and is now serving his third term 
as Alderman of Escanaba from the Seventh 
ward. His life has been an eventful and 
varied one, filled with many thrilling and in- 
teresting experiences, and whatever success 
he has achieved is due entirely to his own 
efforts, for he has been dependent upon his 
own resources since the age of thirteen. 



»-|-» EWIS WHITEHEAD, proprietor 

I I of the first hotel on the Menominee 

^1^^ range, at Vulcan, was born in Hurd 

Town, Morris county. New Jersey, 

April 6, 1833. His father, Silas Whitehead, 

was a native of the same county and was a 

farmer and contractor of wood and charcoal. 

Lewis Whitehead attended the public 

schools until twelve years old. At the death 

of his father he engaged in mining winters 

and boating summers, became captain of a 

canal-boat on the Morris canal at the age of 

sixteen, and foreman in the Hurd Town 



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mine at nineteen years of age. In 1853 he 
emigrated to Chicago and spent some time 
in grading the Illinois Central Railway; 
1853 and '54 was spent in lumbering at 
Traverse Bay, — Hannah, Lay & Company's 
mills; 1855 and a portion of 1856 were 
spent in southern Illinois farming and ped- 
dling. On May 15, 1856, he came to 
Menominee, Michigan, and entered the 
employ of the New York Lumber Company, 
spending the summers as a circular sawyer 
and winters logging up the Menominee. 
From i860 to 1862 he engaged in the char- 
coal business in Marquette county, Michi- 
gan, and in the latter year was employed by 
the St. Mary's Canal and Mineral Land 
Company as explorer for iron and copper, 
also in the examination of timber on sub- 
division of lands, at times taking charge of 
work about the copper mines, — Houghton, 
Michigan, being headquarters; Capt. Henry 
Y. T. Delany, agent. In 1865 he engaged 
with the Iron Cliffs Company of Negaunee, 
Michigan, as their chief explorer, and did 
much work on the topographical and geo- 
logical map of Marquette Iron range, under 
Major T. B. Brooks. In 1868 he took 
charge of building a furnace in Lawton, 
lower Michigan, as assistant superintendent 
and manager of charcoal and outside work 
of the furnace up to 1871. In 1872 he 
took charge as chief explorer on the 
Menominee Range, in the employe of the 
Milwaukee Exploring Company. In 1875-6 
he ran a set of charcoal kilns for the Iron 
Cliffs Company, Negaunee. In 1877 he 
opened the Breen mine, West Vulcan, and 
acted as superintendent of other openings 
on the Menominee range. In 1879 he 
opened the first hotel on the Menominee 
range, which is kept as a boarding-house 
(1895) by Mr. Whitehead. At the same 



time in the past ten years he has worked a 
homestead farm and attended to some town- 
ship office work. 

In 1868 Mr. Whitehead was united in 
marriage with Miss Jennie Rice, a native of 
Michigan. They have had nine children, 
four now deceased. In his social relations, 
Mr. Whitehead is a Master Mason. 



>nr*OSEPH E. SUESS, of the firm of 
M Winter & Suess, wholesale and re- 
/• 1 tail dealers in fresh and salted 
meats, flour, feed, hay, grain and 
produce, is a son of Daniel Suess, of Mil- 
waukee, Wisconsin. Mr. Suess had charge 
of his father's commission business in Mil- 
waukee until nineteen years of age, after 
which he came to Negaunee and worked for 
his father and Mr. Winter in their store in 
this city for six years and then purchased 
his father's interest in the business. The 
firm conduct a branch store at Michigamme, 
this State. 



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ILLIAM McARTHUR, one of the 
best known lumbermen in the 
Upper Peninsula, residing in 
Germfask, Schoofcraft county, 
and the senior member of the popular firm 
of McArthur & Barber, was born in Haldi- 
mand county, Ontario, on the 31st of Jan- 
uary, 1853, and is a son of John McArthur, 
a carpenter and joiner, whose birthplace 
was Argyleshire, Scotland. He was born 
there in 1809, and died in 1893. In 1842 
he crossed the Atlantic and spent the first 
few years of his residence in the New World 
in Toronto, Canada. He then removed to 
the county where occurred the birth of our 
subject, and his last days were passed in 



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Huron county, Ontario. He married Isa- 
bella Gray, a native of Dunoon, Scotland, 
whose father was captain of an Indian 
trader and was lost at sea. William Mc- 
Arthur is the youngest of a family of eight 
children, five of whom are living: Janet, 
wife of Joseph Tetrean, of Indianhead, 
Northwest Territory; Isabella, wife of Rob- 
ert Cowie, of Fernhill, Ontario; Margaret 
D. ; Robert, of Sarnia, Ontario; and Will- 
iam. The mother of this family died in 
1885, at the age of seventy-two years. 

Mr. McArthur, of this sketch, began his 
connection with the lumber business in 
Huron county, Ontario, twenty years ago as a 
millman for G. B. Holtzman & Company, 
which firm he served for some time, hav- 
ing general supervision of their entire busi- 
ness for two years. He then left that place 
and went to Petrolia, where he engaged 
in building for J. B. Crosby, and on com- 
pleting his work there he came to Michigan 
in the fall of 1880. He secured a position 
on the Michigan Central Railroad, which 
was then building into Mackinaw City, be- 
ing employed in the capacity of bridge car- 
penter. In the spring of 1881 he went to 
Naubinway and erected a mill and store for 
S. C. Hall. This and other work occupied 
his time for eighteen months, after which 
he accepted a position with the Dollarville 
Lumber Company, by which he was em- 
ployed in erecting buildings and in placing 
machinery in position for use. When this 
work was completed he acted as tallyman 
and inspector, and for the last six years of 
his connection with the company was 
yard foreman. He left that firm in June, 
1894, preparatory to engaging in business 
for himself, as a partner of the firm of Mc- 
Arthur & Barber, of Germfask. He is now 
successfully engaged in the manufacture of 



lumber and has succeeded in building up a 
good trade, which yields to him a fair in- 
come. 

Mr. McArthur was married in Thedford, 
Ontario, on the 26th of March, 1890, the 
lady of his choice being Miss Mary Lennox, 
who was born in St. Mary's, Ontario, and is 
a daughter of Thomas Lennox, a farmer 
and merchant, who married Margaret Del- 
ziel and reared six children, namely: Will- 
iam, Bell, Nellie, Elizabeth, Margaret and 
Mary, wife of our subject. All are residents 
of Ontario except Mrs. McArthur. By her 
marriage she has two children: Kenneth H., 
now four years of age, and Elsie Gray, aged 
two. Mr. McArthur is a Master Mason, af- 
filiating with the lodge at Newberry and also 
belongs to the local lodge and encampment 
of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. 



>^OSEPH MIRON.— Classed with the 
, M respected and influential farmers and 
A ¥ occupying the position of Treasurer 
of Munising township, Alger county, 
Michigan, is found the subject of this sketch, 
who came to this county some thirteen years 
ago as a lumberman, running camps at Mun- 
ising for J. B. Weller, of Ontario, and con- 
tinued thus occupied for a period of five years, 
after which he ceased the business altogether 
and engaged in farming at Munising. He is 
now the owner of a hundred acres of land 
near this place, twenty acres of which he 
has under a high system of cultivation, pro- 
ducing luxuriant crops of hay, oats, peas, 
wheat, potatoes and strawberries, for all of 
which there is a splendid market at his 
door. 

Mr. Miron dates his birth in Montreal, 
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1834. He remained a member of the home 
circle until he attained his majority, and in 
that time had the advantage of about seven 
years of schooling. On arriving at the age 
of twenty-one he began working in the 
lumber woods of Ontario, and was thus em- 
ployed there until, as above stated, he 
became a resident of Michigan. His father, 
who was a native of Lower Canada and who 
was by trade a saddler and harness-maker, 
died some eighteen years ago, at the age of 
sixty-four. The mother of our subject was 
before her marriage Miss Hattie Remon, 
and the names of her children are as fol- 
lows: Joseph, whose name appears at the 
head of this article; Charles, a lumberman 
of Ontario; Hattie, widow of Oliver Couture, 
of Upper Canada; Napoleon, a lime burner, 
of Trenton, Ontario; Aurelia; Sophia, who 
died in 1873; and Alphonso, in 1876. 

Mr. Miron is a Democrat with strong in- 
clination to a change to policy of protection. 
He has filled many municipal offices, and 
always to the entire satisfaction of all con- 
cerned; was Highway Commissioner two 
years, School Inspector three years. School 
Director two years, a member of the School 
Board three years. Justice of the Peace some 
length of time, and is now serving his second 
term as Township Treasurer. 

In Trenton, Ontario, in the year 1855, 
was consummated Mr. Miron's marriage to 
Miss Selina Gagnon. Her untimely death 
occurred after only two brief years of happy 
married life, and she left a little daughter 
that bore her name and that died at the age 
of nineteen when just blooming into woman- 
hood. In 1859 Mr. Miron wedded Basilise 
Des Jardin, his present companion, and the 
children of their union are: Basilise, wife 
of Charles Swenor, of Munising; Joseph, 
Jr., who married Louise Lancour; Louisa, 



now the wife of John McNabb; and Julian, 
Hattie, Alphonso, Adolphus, Louis and 
Annie. 



KON. E. SHERWOOD.— We now 
have the satisfaction of directing 
attention to the more salient points 
in the life history of one who en- 
joys a most distinctive popularity as one of 
the representative citizens of Saint Ignace, 
Mackinac county, and one who has attained 
to distinguished preferments. He is the 
capable Representative to the Lower House 
of the Michigan Legislature from the Chip- 
pewa district. He has the distinction of 
being the first man of Republican faith in 
politics to be elected to this office from said 
district, which embraces Mackinac, Chip- 
pewa and Luce counties, and which had 
previously been strongly, and it was thought 
hopelessly, Democratic in its political com- 
plexion. If many another man of the dis- 
trict had been standard-bearer the result 
might have been very different. Indeed, we 
are amply justified in concluding that it 
would have been, — judging from the fate of 
good Republicans who have stood as candi- 
dates in former years. The fact that Mr. 
Sherwood won such a signal victory in the 
late contest, combined with the further fact 
that he is the first Republican Mayor of 
Saint Ignace ever winnig in two contests on 
a straight ticket, stamps him unmistakably as 
the political wizard of the upper peninsula. 
He is beyond question the one man in his 
district who can get nearest the people and 
and who has their confidence. His won- 
derful ability as a winner of votes in the 
mayoralty contest in his city made him, al- 
most by common consent, the candidate of 
his party for Representative in the Legisla- 



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ture. He had no opposition, and all that 
remained for the convention at Newberry to 
do was to record its unanimous vote in his 
favor. His majority over the fusion candi- 
date was 936, in a total of 4,400 votes. In 
his official capacity he is working quietly in 
the interest of a few matters the cities of 
Saint Ignace and Sault de Sainte Marie, and 
to secure an appropriation for the comple- 
tion of the State asylum at Newberry. 

Mr. Sherwood has been a citizen of the 
United States about a decade. He comes 
naturally by his political beliefs: he is a 
Canadian by birth and education and was 
identified with the protectionist party there, 
so when, on coming to his new home, he 
found political conditions almost identical, 
■ — the one great party advocating protection 
and the other opposing it, — he was at once 
and already a Republican. 

Mr. Sherwood was born in Halton county, 
province of Ontario, Canada, December i, 
1843. His early life was passed on the 
farm, where he remained until he had 
attained the age of twenty-four years, and 
his educational advantages were of distinc- 
tively rural order. In the year 1867 he 
engaged in merchandising at Mount Forest, 
Wellington county, Ontario, and continued 
the enterprise, with varying degrees of suc- 
cess, until coming to St. Ignace in 1882. 
Here he engaged in the hotel business as 
proprietor of the Bay View House, which 
he conducted successfully until seven years 
ago (1888), when he erected the Sherwood, 
a fine four-story frame structure of modern 
architecture, which embodies his ideas of 
the hotel accommodations demanded by the 
thriving city in whose welfare he is ever 
concerned. The erection and furnishing of 
the hotel represented a financial outlay of 
$26,000, and the appointments of the house 



and the service accorded are of the sort that 
the traveling public hold in high favor. 
Mr. Sherwood is a typical Boniface and 
is a host who never fails to welcome the 
coming and speed the parting guest, being 
genial and sympathetic in nature and gain- 
ing the friendship of all with whom he 
comes in contact. The atmosphere of the 
hotel is made the more grateful and in- 
viting by the presence and courtesy of Mrs. 
Sherwood, who is an able coadjutor to her 
husband. 

Our subject's father, John Sherwood, 
was born in Yorkshire, England, and he 
wedded Hannah Thompson, who bore him 
ten children, five of whom are living, our 
subject being the youngest of the family. 
One sister, Rebecca C, is a resident of 
Washington, District of Columbia, the other 
members of the family being still residents 
of Canada. 

Mr. Sherwood has been twice married, 
— first to Miss Elizabeth Bridgeman, who 
died in 1868; and second to Mrs. Margaret 
Jones, to whom he was united in 1872, she 
being the daughter of Charles Beecham, the 
family being Canadians of Scotch descent. 
By the first marriage there was one child, 
Edith, who is now the wife of Reuben 
R. Foley, proprietor of the Park Hotel at 
Sault de Sainte Marie, Michigan. By the 
second marriage there are two children, — 
Myrtle and Ella. 

In his fraternal relations Mr. Sherwood 
is identified with the Independent Order of 
Odd Fellows. His political proclivities 
have already been referred to at sufficient 
length. He first became actively interested 
in political affairs about si.x years ago, and 
that he has proved a power in party ranks is 
evident from even the brief outline of his 
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the Republican County Central Committee, 
and was a member of the District Com- 
mittee until 1894. His election to the City 
Council, from the Second ward of Saint 
Ignace, occurred in 1S91, and he served 
in that capacity two years. He was elected 
Mayor of the city in 1893 and was re- 
elected the succeeding year, retaining the 
chief executive office at the time of the 
present writing. 

A man who is strongly individual, who 
is true to his convictions and whose honesty 
of purpose is bejond questioning, it is not 
surprising that he has gained the confidence 
and the good will of the people of his 
section, while his vigor and stalwart man- 
hood are but the outward semblances of 
the earnest spirit which animates him in 
thought, word and deed. All in all, he 
is such a man as the public may well 
delisfht to honor. 




• HOMAS SIMS, of Detour, Michi- 
gan, is one of the prominent land- 
marks of this locality. He came 
here in 1856, a young Englishman, 
and the first winter he was here there was 
no other white man in Detour. He was at- 
tracted to this country by the purchase, some 
months previous, at Toronto, of a tract of 
100 acres of land on St. Joseph's island. 
He dropped down to Detour after discover- 
ing that he had no use for his purchase just 
then. The business of fishing seemed to 
offer better returns than any other line, and 
in that Mr. Sims engaged. His success has 
been such as to warrant his remaining at 
the business all these past thirty-five years 
and more. He now has invested in fishing 
nets and other paraphernalia over $5,000, 



and his yearly catch will reach from $10,000 
to $16,000 gross. 

Mr. Sims' profits have been invested in 
real estate en Drummond island and the 
mainland near Detour, he having acquired 
altogether no less than 500 acres. During 
his residence here he has taken an active 
interest in public affairs and has from time 
to time filled various positions of prominence 
and trust, and he has ever done his part 
toward furthering all meritorious enterprises 
of a public nature. He has served as Super- 
visor, Township Treasurer and School 
Director, filling the last named office for a 
period of over twenty years. 

Reverting to Mr. Sims' birth and early 
life, we find that he was born in Norfolk 
county, England, April 27, 1827. His 
father, Thomas Sims, died when Thomas 
was an infant, and thus he grew up without 
being given the school advantages he might 
otherwise have had. At sixteen he began 
sailing on salt water and for several months 
was on a trading and coasting vessel. At 
the age of twenty-three he went to Australia. 
There he was engaged in prospecting and 
mining nearly four years, and in that time 
got together a few hundred dollars, after 
which he returned to England. He ex- 
pected to be taken into the English army 
to fight Russia on the Crimea, but a truce 
was patched up between the two countries, 
and instead of going there he came to Amer- 
ica. He took the Devonshire at London, 
made a successful ocean voyage and landed 
in due time at New York city. Going from 
there to London, Ontario, he found work 
in a car factory owned and operated by a 
Mr. Leonard. On leaving this factory, Mr. 
Sims came to Detour, Michigan, as above 
recorded. 

He was married in England, in 1850, to 



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Miss Eliza Gee, a native of Knapton, Eng- 
land, who died some years later, leaving 
him with the following named children: 
Jane, now the wife of John Giddings, of 
Iowa; Thomas, who married a Miss King; 
Edwin, who married a Miss Mathewson; 
Walter, who married a Miss McLeod; Harry, 
who married a Miss Ryan; and Eliza, un- 
married. The two eldest children were 
born in England and the others at Detour. 
For his second wife Mr. Sims wedded Miss 
Emma Gee, a sister of his first wife, their 
marriage being consummated in 1870. The 
children of this union are Lillie, wife of 
Chas. Fountain; Violet, wife of C. A. Wat- 
son; Maud and Mabel, twins; and Emma. 
Mr. Sims is well preserved for a man of 
his years. He has a wide acquaintance here 
and is as popular as he is well known. More 
might be said of his active and useful life, 
but enough has been given to serve as an 
index to his character, and place him where 
he belongs among the representative men of 
the community in which he resides. 



aHARLES McCALL, who is ably 
serving as United States Consul at 
Sault de Ste. Marie, Canada, was 
born on the 22d of June, 1863, in 
Victoria county, Canada, and is a son of 
Richard McCall, a carpenter, now of Balti- 
more, Maryland, who descended from an- 
cestors who came to this country from the 
north of Ireland. He married Sarah Mc- 
Call, and in their family were eight chil- 
dren, of whom our subject is the fourth in 
order of birth, the others being Samuel, a 
resident of Negaunee, Michigan ; William ; 
Annie, wife of Clarence Ryan, of Grand 
Rapids, Michigan ; Richard, a resident of 
Sault de Ste. Marie ; Sidney, who is located 



in Baltimore, Maryland ; Isabella, who is 
married and resides in Grand Rapids ; and 
Mary, also of Baltimore. 

Mr. McCall, whose name heads this rec- 
ord, acquired his education in the common 
schools of Bruce county, Ontario, and when 
seventeen years of age took up his resi- 
dence in Sault de Ste. Marie, Michigan, 
where in 1879 he began reading law under 
the direction of George W. Brown. He 
was admitted to the bar, November 10, 
1 886, before Judge Steere, and in that city 
began practice, where he continued until re- 
ceiving his appointment as Consul on the 
27th of October, 1893. He has also served 
as Circuit Court Commissioner, of Chip- 
pewa county, for one term, and was Con- 
sular agent at the Canadian ' ' Soo " during 
President Cleveland's first administration. 
He is faithful to his duty, and is a man of 
sterling worth. 

On the 4th of August, 1892, in Sault de 
Ste. Marie, Michigan, Mr. McCall was 
united in marriage with Miss Catherine M. 
Shawano, daughter of an Indian chief of 
the Chippewa tribe. Their children are 
Hazel, born August 4, 1S93, and Gottchein, 
born in February, 1895. 



a A. WATSON, superintendent for 
the Detour Lumber and Cedar 
Company, who are successors to 
the Island Cedar Company, is one 
of the guiding spirits in the conduct of 
the immense business of this concern, and 
also figures prominently as one of the leading 
citizens of Detour. He became connected 
with the Island Cedar Company in 1876, 
when the plant was located on Drummond 
island, at Scammon Cove. After exhaust- 
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mill it was decided to remove it to Detour, 
whither they came in 1892. They handle 
great quantities of telegraph poles and 
posts, and manufacture lumber, shingles, 
and railroad ties. It was in 1894 that the 
Detour Lumber and Cedar Companj' suc- 
ceeded the Island Cedar Company. It is 
capitalized at $125,000, and Mr. Watson is 
one of the heavy stockholders. From this 
brief reference to one of the important en- 
terprises of Detour, we turn for a personal 
history of its efficient superintendent. 

C. A. Watson dates his birth in Durham 
county, Ontario, Canada, August 15, 1855, 
and was reared in Kent county, tliat prov- 
ince, his parents being David R. and Sarah 
(Scarf) Watson. David R. Watson, also a 
native of Durham county, Canada, is a son 
of English parents, and is now sixty-five 
years of age. His occupation is that of 
farming, and in connection with this occu- 
pation he also carries on merchandising on 
his farm, keeping his store partly as a com- 
munity convenience. Of his wife, Sarah, 
we further record that she is a daugh- 
ter of Joseph Scarf, and that she, too, is of 
English descent. His father, a farmer, 
Mr. C. A. Watson, familiarly known as 
Clark, was brought up to know something 
of farm work. He is an only child. At 
the age of sixteen he left home and entered 
the employ of the American Express Com- 
pany in Chatham, Canada, and remained 
thus occupied for a time. Next he went 
down to Georgian Bay and bought and 
shipped lumber for three years, and fol- 
lowing that came his connection with the 
Island Cedar Company. 

Mr. Watson has been a figure in politics 
ever since he came to be a citizen, 
allying himself with the Democratic party. 
He was Supervisor from Drummond island 



for six years, a portion of that time being 
chairman of the Board. He is now serving 
his first term as Supervisor of Detour town- 
ship, and is the newly elected chairman of 
the Board of Supervisors; was Postmaster 
of Scammon Cove six years, and is Post- 
moster of Detour at this writing, having re- 
ceived his appointment as such in the fall of 
1893. Fraternally, Mr. Watson is identi- 
fied with the F. & A. M. 

He has been twice married. In May, 
1880, in Chatham, Ontario, he wedded 
Louise Newberry, daughter of William New- 
berry, and her untimely death occurred in 
1892. She left three children, Edna, Mabel 
and Harvey. Mr. Watson's second mar- 
riage occurred in Detour, June 18, 1894, the 
lady of his choice being Miss Violet Sims, 
daughter of the well-known and highly re- 
spected pioneer, Thomas Sims. They have 
a little daughter, Maud, born April, 1895. 



,y^ R. C. O. BOYCE is a skilled and 
I I popular young physician and sur- 
J^^J geon of Marquette, Michigan. He 
belongs to a family of physicians, 
his father, brother, sister and brother-in-law 
all being members of the profession and oc- 
cupying prominent positions therein; and 
and as he early showed a preference for the 
study of medicine his whole training and 
education was directed along this line. We 
here present a brief sketch of his life. 

C. O. Boyce was born in Auburn, New 
York, July 20, 1864, son of Dr. C. W. and 
Mary L. (Osborne) Boyce, the former a 
native of Vermont and the latter of New 
York. Dr. C. W. Boyce is a graduate of 
Hahnemann College of Philadelphia, and 
previous to his graduation at that institu- 
tion he was a licensed practitioner in the 



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Onondaga County Medical Society of New 
York. For twenty years he was Health 
Officer of Auburn, for thirty-five years has 
been physician at the county poor-house, is 
still in active practice at Auburn, and at 
this writing is the oldest member of the pro- 
fession there. He and his wife became the 
parents of four children, who grew to ma- 
turity, namely: Dr. Mary L. , wife of Dr. 
R. C. Markham, of Marquette, Michigan ; 
Miss Isabel ; Dr. C. O., the subject of our 
sketch ; and Dr. Adolphe L. , of St. Louis, 
Missouri. 

Dr. C. O. Boyce grew up in his native 
town. He is a graduate of the Auburn high 
school, in which he also took a post-gradu- 
ate course in German, botany and rhetoric. 
In the meantime he began the study of medi- 
cine, continuing it all the while he was doing 
his advanced high-school work. Subse- 
quently he was a student in the medical de- 
partment of the Michigan State University 
at Ann Arbor. From there he went to St. 
Louis, where he took a special course in 
materia viedica, and attended clinics one 
summer. He graduated there March 4, 
1886. Returning to his old home in the 
Empire State, he at once engaged in the 
practice of his profession and remained 
there eighteen months, during this time 
being assistant physician at the Auburn 
prison. After this he came back to Michi- 
gan and resumed his studies at Ann Arbor. 
He graduated in the department of medi- 
cine and surgery here June 27, 1889. Fol- 
lowing his graduation he located at Ishpeni- 
ing, where he followed his profession one 
year, after which he practiced a year at 
Negaunee. In 1891 he took up his abode 
at Marquette, where he has built up an ex- 
cellent practice and established for himself 
a reputation as a skilled physician. During 



the past eighteen months he has been the 
attending physician at the county jail. 

Of a genial and social nature and in 
every respect a perfect gentleman. Dr. Boyce 
has made many friends, both professionally 
and otherwise. He is identified with a 
number of secret organizations, among 
which we note those of Nu Sigma Nu, 
Alpha Chapter, at Ann Arbor ; Masonic 
order, K. of P., A. O. U. W., National 
Union and K. O, T. M. 



aHAUNCEY E. MORSE, senior 
member of the firm of Morse & 
Schneider, leading merchants of 
Seney and Grand Marais, Michi- 
gan, is a gentleman who has by dint of his 
own energy and enterprise risen from the 
position of a common day laborer to be the 
head of a prominent and influential firm, 
and has demonstrated the truth of the say- 
ing that success is not the result of genius or 
luck, but the outcome of a clear judgment 
and experience. The biographer is here 
permitted to touch upon his life history and 
has secured the following for publication in 
this work, which is devoted to a portrayal 
of the lives of the representative men of the 
Northern Peninsula of Michigan. 

Chauncey E. Morse was born at Car- 
thage, New York, March 4, 1853. In 1S54 
his father, George G. Morse, emigrated from 
the Empire State to Wisconsin, locating at 
Fond du Lac, and there our subject grew 
up and received a fair education in the com- 
mon schools. In 1873 he came to Michi- 
gan, and at Greenville, this State, was em- 
ployed in making and packing shingles, for 
a time working for Fuller & Gowen and 
later for various other firms in the Lower 
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employed he was laying by his earnings, and 
as soon as he accumulated a little capital he 
engaged in business on his own account. He 
built and operated several small mills at 
different places on the Lower Peninsula. In 
1889 he came north and located at Seney in 
close proximity to large pine districts, and 
herein 1891 he began manufacturing shingles 
for the Manistique Lumber Company. See- 
ing that there was an opening for a general 
merchandise business here, he also invested 
in this line of trade, establishing a general 
store in partnership with Mr. Mansfield and 
others and conducting the same under the 
firm name of Morse, Mansfield & Company. 
Mr. Mansfield subsequently returned to the 
southern peninsula and Mr. Schneider took 
his place in the firm. Morse & Schneider 
now rank with the most substantial and pro- 
gressive firms to be found in this portion of 
the State. Their store building recently 
completed at Grand Marais is the largest in 
Schoolcraft or adjoining counties, and the 
stocking of it alone will require a snug for- 
tune. They are carrying on a system of 
banking also at both points, which is in 
itself a fair business. Their shingle mill at 
Seney has a capacity of 50,000 shingles 
daily and furnishes employment to a dozen 
or more men. 

Mr. Morse is a stanch Republican in pol- 
itics and has been a delegate to the State 
conventions of his party. He wields an in- 
fluence for political, social and moral good 
in his town, is ranked with its leading and 
most public-spirited men, and as such is held 
in high esteem by his fellow citizens. Of 
a social nature, he has identified himself 
with the Newberry Lodge, F. & A. M., 
and the Marquette Commandery of the same 
order. 

Turning for a glimpse of the ancestry of 



Mr. Morse, we find that his forefathers or- 
iginated in England and some members of 
the family emigrated from the British isles 
to America during the Colonial period. 
Hiram Morse, his grandfather, was a veteran 
of the American Revolution, in which 
war he took an active part, and he was for 
years engaged in agricultural pursuits in the 
State of New York. George G. Morse, our 
subject's father, was born in the Empire 
State, was a farmer during his early years 
and later gave his attention to mercantile 
life. He died in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, 
in 1872, at the age of fifty-seven years. His 
wife was before her marriage Miss Wealthy 
B. Root. Of their ten children, six are now 
living, namel}': Mrs. T. A. Brown, of East 
Lake, Michigan; Mrs. Anna Van Dusen, 
Petosia, Iowa; Chauncey E., whose name 
appears at the head of this article; Mrs. Will- 
iam Bessex, Remus, Mecosta county, Mich- 
igan; Eddie, a farmer near Staunton, Mich- 
igan; Fred, Mecosta county, Michigan, and 
Mrs. Delos Service, Remus, Michigan. 

October 26, 1874, Mr. Morse was united 
in marriage, in Greenville, Montcalm coun- 
ty, this State, to Miss Clara Collins. Mr. 
and Mrs. Morse have two children: Weal- 
thy R., born August 20, 1875; and Clara B., 
born March 14, 1880. 



"^ i* J. GAGNER, who is largely inter- 
■ ested in real-estate dealing, may 
A J properly be numbered among Glad- 
stone's pioneers. In the spring of 
1887 he learned that a scheme had been 
promulgated for the establishment of a town 
on the present site and that a lake port was 
to be established on the shore of the little 
Bay de Nocque. He was then in Michigan, 
considering where to locate, and decided to 



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investigate the embyronic town, and if con- 
ditions were favorable to locate here. In 
April he reached his destination, and, at- 
tracted by the beauty and promise of the 
place, he identified himself with its interests. 
With a foresight that looked intently into 
the future he saw the town grow and ex- 
pand, and his vision is being fulfilled. He 
has an abiding faith in the future of Glad- 
stone, its prosperity and progress, and ac- 
cordingly has made quite extensive invest- 
ments in real estate. 

A native of Canada, Mr. Gagner was 
born in the old historic province of Quebec, 
on the 2d of August, 1858, and is a son of 
Louis Gagner, a manufacturer of brick, who 
still resides in Canada, having attained the 
ripe old age of seventy-four years. Three 
of his four children reside in Gladstone, — 
J. J., John and Oferrel, — while Mrs. Perusse 
is yet living in Canada. 

The gentleman whose name heads this 
record learned the trade of brick manufac- 
turing with his father and continued in that 
enterprise for a number of years, but about 
the time he attained his majority the busi- 
ness became quite dull in that locality and 
he resolved to try his fortune elsewhere. 
He started westward and came to the upper 
peninsula of Michigan, locating near Me- 
nominee, where he was engaged in various 
lines of business which would yield him an 
honest living. He was not then a wealthy 
man, and knew that whatever prosperity 
came to him must be the reward of his own 
labors. He finally secured a clerkship in a 
hotel at Stephenson, remaining there for 
three years, when he came to Gladstone. 
Here he began in the real-estate business 
and has made judicious investments which 
are bringing to him good returns. He has 
made himself very familiar with realty values 



in this locality and has so successfully man- 
aged his affairs that he is now the possessor 
of a comfortable competence. His business 
ability is not limited to one line of work, and 
for fifteen years he has been extensively in- 
terested also in one of Michigan's important 
industries, — that of iron mining. He is 
president of the Paint River Iron Company, 
operating on the Menominee range. The 
development of the mining interests of this 
State have largely added to its prosperity, 
and Mr. Gagner's connection therewith has 
by no means lessened this. He is imbued 
with the spirit of the West, — its enterprise, 
push and progress, — and whatever he under- 
takes he now carries forward to successful 
completion. In business and social circles 
he holds a very enviable position. 



"^rj* ULIUS GOGARN, of Munising, Al- 
m ger county, Michigan, is entitled to 
A 1 distinction as the leading farmer o' 
this count}', and is regarded as a 
most influential and public-spirited citizen. 
While thoroughly an American and a 
veteran of our late Civil war, Mr. Gogarn is 
not a native of this country. His birth oc- 
curred on the river Rhine in Prussia, Febru- 
ary 5, 1834, son of William Gogarn, a 
farmer and miller of that place. Julius was 
reared in his native land and received a fair 
education there. In November, 1853, he 
emigrated to America, making the Atlantic 
voyage on the steamer Hansa and landing 
at New York harbor. From New York he 
went to Pittsburg, where he was for a time 
employed in a tannery. Next he went to 
Columbiana, Ohio, and shortly afterward on 
to Chicago, St. Louis and Milwaukee and 
other points in the Northwest, in search of 
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shoveling on the railroad at Pecatonica, 
Illinois. Soon, however, he continued his 
journey northward and reached the copper 
regions in the spring of 1854. He worked 
in the mines till the following spring, when 
he went West to what is now West Supe- 
rior and took up Government land as a 
squatter in Minnesota. Just then Senator 
Rice was building a military road from 
Superior City, Wisconsin, to St. Paul, Min- 
nesota, and Mr. Gogarn obtained a job there 
which furnished him employment the rest 
of that year. About the beginning of the 
next year provisions became so scarce as to 
cause almost a famine. The regular supply 
boat was wrecked and her cargo lost, and 
what flour there was in the country went up 
to an enormous price. This stringency was 
relieved by the arrival of Captain Spalding, 
of the Manhattan, and matters resumed 
their natural status. 

Mr. Gogarn's next move was to his claim 
in Minnesota, where he remained four years, 
the panic of 1857 forcing him to suspend 
operations on it in 1859. He practically 
gave away his produce, and after this he 
again became a copper miner. Later, hav- 
ing saved a little money, he bought a pack 
of dry goods and peddled them through the 
country. Next we find him employed as 
clerk for Raley & Shapley at Eagle Harbor. 

The great Civil war was then in progress 
and Mr. Gogarn determined to enlist in the 
Federal army. He went to Detroit intend- 
ing to join the Fifth Regiment, but was 
assigned to the Twenty-third instead, in 
Captain Slosson's company. He was sent 
to Saginaw with five recruits and was there 
transferred to Carlos D. Sheldon's company 
because of Captain Slosson's neglect to 
muster in at Saginaw. His regiment moved 
to the front to aid in the protection of Louis- 



ville, Kentucky. In the fall of that same 
year he landed in Bowling Green, and there 
did provost duty till March, 1863. In the 
fall of that year he went with General 
Burnside across the Cumbeland mountains, 
and remained with the Army of the Ohio 
through all the campaigns leading up to 
some of the most important battles of the 
war, in all of which Mr. Gogarn participated 
wherever the regiment was engaged. To 
give a detailed account of his army life in 
the South would be to write a history of the 
Twenty-third Michigan Infantry. Suffice it 
to say that in all his army service he showed 
himself to be a true and brave soldier, ever 
ready to face the enemy and willing to fight 
to the end. From the rank of private he 
was promoted by degrees to that of Second 
Lieutenant. He carried the colors from 
May until November, 1864, was promoted 
at the battle of Franklin, Tennessee, to Or- 
derly Sergeant, and was commissioned Sec- 
ond Lieutenant July II, 1865, being honor- 
ably discharged at the close of the war with 
this last named rank. 

The war over, Mr. Gogarn returned to 
Houghton, Michigan, and was married Au- 
gust 4, 1865, to the young lady who had 
promised to be his wife before he entered 
the service, — Miss Mary Ann Dilger. He 
then engaged in trading and soon accumu- 
lated enough capital with which to engage 
in merchandising. In this business he suc- 
ceeded well enough, but was injured finan- 
cially by the failure of the Huron Copper 
Company. He, however, managed to pay 
all his debts and then sold his remaining 
property for a song and came to Munising. 
On locating here he purchased a part of his 
present farm and to his original holdings has 
added by subsequent purchase until he is 
now the owner of 355 acres, the most of 



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which is well-improved land in a high state 
of cultivation. The first year of his resi- 
dence here the failure of the Munising Fur- 
nace Company damaged his market to a con- 
siderable extent, but since then he has pros- 
pered and now raises immense crops, which 
find a ready market and at good prices. 

Mr. Gogarn's political views are those 
advocated by the Republican party, of 
which body he has ever been an ardent 
member. He is a friend to education, and 
has figured prominently as a local official, 
filling various township and county offices, 
being at this time Poor Commissioner of 
Alger county. 

The marriage of Mr. Gogarn has already 
been recorded, but there remains yet refer 
ence to be made to his children. His eld- 
est child, Minnie, was accidentally killed five 
years ago, at the age of twenty-two years. 
The next, Julius W. , is at this writing com- 
pleting a law course at Ann Arbor. The 
others, all at home, are John R. , Anthony 
N., Annie M., Charles A., Justina and 
Robert. 



,>^ E T E R C. CARPENTER, the 

li W efficient Sheriff of Alger county, 
J and a resident of Grand Marais, 

was born in Ontario, on the 2ist 
of December, 1848, and in the public 
schools acquired his education. When six- 
teen years of age he enlisted in the United 
States Army at Flint, Michigan, in 1864, as 
a member of Company E, Twenty-third 
Michigan Infantry, under Captain John 
Hamilton, and Colonel O. L. Spaulding. 
He joined his regiment at Johnsville, Ten- 
nessee, and was with General Thomas on his 
retreat from Pulaski. He participated in the 
battles of Franklin, Nashville and Fort An- 



derson, and was with General Schofield's 
army in front of Raleigh, North Carolina, 
when General Lee surrendered. He re- 
ceived an honorable discharge at Salisbury, 
North Carolina, in November, 1865, and 
returned to the North. He was very for- 
tunate in that he was never wounded or 
taken prisoner, and was never absent from 
duty for a single day! 

During much of his life, Mr. Carpenter 
has engaged in the lumber business. In the 
fall of 1869 he embarked in that undertak- 
ing, in connection with his brother, A. C. 
Carpenter, contractor, and the business re- 
lations between them existed for a number 
of years. He carried on operations in this 
line on the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, 
being located on Flint river, for McFarland 
& Flint, and Chippewa, Salt and Rifle 
rivers, for Alonzo Chesbrough, and also for 
Christy Brothers on the Harrison branch of 
the Flint & Pere Marquette Railroads. He 
kept hotel at Fostoria, Michigan, two years; 
next bought stock for two years, and then 
went to work for the Chicago Lumber Com- 
pany. He held that position for the last 
four years of his connection with the busi- 
ness. He came to the Upper Peninsula 
about six years ago and resided in Seney 
until his removal to Alger count}'. In 1893 
he came to Grand Marais, where he em- 
barked in the hotel business. 

Mr. Carpenter was married in Decem- 
ber, 1868, to Miss Hannah Leach, daughter 
of N. Leach, a farmer who came originally 
from Canada and had a family of six chil- 
dren. Mr. and Mrs Carpenter are the par- 
ents of the following children: Clarence, a 
railroad employe living in W^ayne, Mich- 
igan; Henry E., who is in business with his 
father; Leila, wife of Captain John H. 
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Oscar F. ; Mercy L. ; Mary Elizabeth; and 
Nellie Gertrude. 

In politics, Mr. Carpenter is a Democrat, 
and in the fall of 1894 was elected to the 
office of County Sheriff of Alger county by a 
majority of ninety-four, leading his ticket by 
seventy votes. He is a loyal and public- 
spirited citizen, as true to his country in 
days of peace as when he followed the old 
f^ag on Southern battle-fields. Socially, he 
is connected with the Odd Fellows society 
and encampment. 



vV^^R. JOSEPH D. CRAWFORD, 

I I the oldest dentist in Menominee, 

/^^_^ Michigan, has been identified with 

the interests of this place since 

April, 1873. 

He was born in Herrick township, Brad- 
ford county, Pennsylvania, June 12, 1848, 
a son of John S. and Clarissa (Camp) Craw- 
ford, the former a native of Ireland and 
the latter of Pennsylvania. His parents 
were married in Pennsylvania and spent the 
greater part of their lives there. Both died 
in April, 1893, at the home of their son, the 
subject of this article. They were mem- 
bers of the Presbyterian Church, were de- 
voted christians, and were honored and re- 
spected by all who knew them. In their 
family were eight children, six of whom are 
living, namely: James C, assistant actuary 
of the Northwestern Life Insurance Com- 
pany, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Dr. John M., 
Cincinnati, Ohio, e.x-Consul General at St. 
Petersburg, Russia, under President Harri- 
son's administration ; Dr. Joseph D. , the sub- 
ject of this sketch; Isaac S., a teacher in 
California for eight or nine years, is now a 
resident of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; Charles 
H., Menominee, Michigan; and Henry W. , 



Cincinnati, Ohio. The deceased are Mary- 
ette, wife of Ira W. Caswell, of Penn- 
sylvania; and Addie, who died in 1863, at 
the age of five years. 

Dr. Joseph D. Crawford was reared in 
his native State, was educated at the home 
schools, and when he was eighteen began 
teaching. He studied dentistry in Le Rays- 
ville, Pennsylvania, and after completing 
his course entered upon the practice of his 
profession at Athens, that State, where he 
remained two years. In April, 1873, he 
came from Athens to Menominee, Michigan, 
where, as already stated, he has since re- 
sided, conducting a successful practice. 

In 1883 the Crawford Manufacturing 
Company was started in Menominee by 
Dr. Crawford for the manufacture of 
knock-down boxes or box-shooks, of which 
concern Dr. Crawford has always owned 
a controlling interest. It was organized as 
a stock company and was officered as fol- 
lows: James C. Crawford, president; N. 
W. Sizer, vice-president; and Joseph D. 
Crawford, secretary and treasurer. The fac- 
tory is located on Martha avenue. C. H. 
Crawford is its general manager, and the 
Doctor looks after its financial affairs. Dr. 
Crawford is also interested in the Menomi- 
nee Gas Light & Fuel Company, of which 
he is secretary and treasurer, the other 
officers of this company being W. H. Phil- 
lips, president, and John Joiner, vice-presi- 
dent. The Menominee Gas Light & Fuel 
Company was organized in March, 1893. 
Another company of which the Doctor is 
secretary, treasurer and a stockholder, is the 
Menominee Agricultural Society. He owns 
some city property, which he rents; also 
140 acres of wild land in the city limits. 

Dr. Crawford was married August, 1877, 
to Miss Myra Sizer, a native of Massachu- 



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setts. Her parents are deceased. The Doc- 
tor and his wife have an only child, Erna 
Belle. Mrs. Crawford is a member of the 
Presbyterian Church. 

Politically, Dr. Crawford is a stanch Re- 
publican, and while he takes a lively inter- 
est in public affairs he has never sought 
office. Fraternally, he is identified with the 
Masonic order, being Past Master of the 
blue lodge, now serving his third year as 
High Priest of the chapter, and being King 
of the commandery. At Grand Rapids he 
has a membership in the Mystic Shrine. 



'^j'AMES R. RYAN, the popular and 
■ efficient Postmaster of Sault Sainte 
A 1 Marie, is a man whose ambition, en- 
ergy and industry have been lavishly 
given toward insuring the growth and devel- 
opment of this, his native place, and whose 
desire is to see the city become the com- 
mercial metropolis of the Upper Peninsula. 
He was born within sight of Saint Mary's 
Falls on the 25th day of May, 1858. His 
education was obtained here and in Sand- 
wich College of the Basilian fathers, in 
Canada, at which institution he graduated 
in 1876. He has been associated with his 
father in many lines of business, among 
which may be mentioned merchandising, 
real-estate dealing and the building of the 
Sault Sainte Marie street railway line. Of 
the company building and operating this 
line, which is an improvement of great im- 
portance, our subject is secretary and treas- 
urer, his father being its president. 

Mr. Ryan was elected to the City Coun- 
cil in 1889, from the First ward, and was 
chosen President of that body — a position 
which he resigned to become Postmaster. 
In his fraternal relations he is prominently 



identified with the Ancient Order of Hibern- 
ians, in which he served for six years as 
county delegate, and brought about the local 
organizations of this order at Sault Sainte 
Marie, Saint Ignace and Cheboygan. He is 
Deputy High Chief Ranger of the Catholic 
Order of Foresters. He is also President of 
the Catholic Mutual Benefit Association of 
the " Soo." 

Our subject is the son of Hon. Thomas 
Ryan, one of the best-known men in upper 
Michigan, and one who figures as a pioneer 
of Sault Sainte Marie. His birth occurred 
in county Tipperary, Ireland, sixty-six years 
ago, his natal day having been December 
21, 1829. He emigrated to the United 
States in 1852, and visited various sections 
of the Union before finally locating at Sault 
Sainte Marie. He stopped for brief periods 
in Buffalo, Saint Louis and Chicago, reach- 
ing the "Soo" in the month of July, 1854, 
since which time he has retained his resi- 
dence here. 

He was a blacksmith by trade, and in 
this line of work was given employment by 
the contractors on the Government canal. 
Later on he became clerk in the St. Mary's 
Hotel, of which popular hostelry he prac- 
tically had the entire management. On 
leaving the hotel he engaged in general 
merchandising, in which line of enterprise 
he continued successfully until 1880, when 
he was compelled to retire by reason of 
rheumatic disorders, which rendered it im- 
possible for him to give the necessary atten- 
tion to the details of the business. He 
thereafter gave his attention principally to 
his real-estate interests, having acquired 
many thousand dollars' worth of property in 
this section of the State. He disposed of 
much of this prior to 1890, realizing a large 
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but he still owns lots, subdivisions and sub- 
urban property, on which a fair-sized citj' 
could be built. 

Thomas Ryan has been an active worker 
in politics in Chippewa county ever since 
the time when he was enabled to cast his 
first vote. He is a stalwart Democrat, and 
his leadership has been most remarkable and 
successful. He has filled almost if not 
quite every office in the county, having 
served as Sheriff, County Clerk, Register of 
Deeds and Supervisor. On one occasion, 
as a practical joke, he was elected Prose- 
cuting Attorney of the county, but for this 
office he never qualified. He served as 
Justice of the Peace for a long term of 
years, was a member of the City Council 
several terms, and as School Director aided 
materially in giving the county an effective 
school system and in maintaining the high 
standard of the same. He has been identi- 
fied with many movements calculated to 
prove of material benefit to the city, and has 
ever manifested a public-spirited interest in 
its affairs. He was Postmaster of Sault 
Sainte Marie during President Cleveland's 
first administration. 

The marriage of Thomas Ryan and 
Elizabeth A. Warrington was celebrated in 
1856 at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, and 
they became the parents of three children, 
namely: James R. , the immediate subject 
of this review; Mary E., the wife of Law- 
rence E. O'Mara, of this city; and Maggie 
M. , wife of W. S. Royce, of Chicago. The 
cherished wife and mother entered into the 
life eternal in 1890, shortly after her return 
from Ireland, whither she had been taken 
by her devoted husband in the hope of 
securing to her relief from a complication of 
disorders which were the sequelae of a 
severe attack of la grippe. 



The marriage of our subject, James R. 
R3an, was solemnized in this city January 
16, 1S82, when he was united to Miss 
Elizabeth .A. Cody, a daughter of John A 
Cody, of Toronto, Canada. Their children 
are: Tom J., John C. and Annie E. 



>Y'0HN T. JONES, of Iron Mountain, 
■ Michigan, is superintendent of the 
A ■ Ludington & Hamilton mine, and is 
one of the most prominent men of the 
Menominee Range. We take pleasure in 
presenting a sketch of his life to the readers 
of this work. 

John T. Jones was born in Pittsburg, 
Pennsylvania, September 14, 1847. His 
father, Thomas J. Jones, a native of Wales, 
came to this country with his parents and 
settled at Pittsburg when he was thirteen 
years of age. Both Thomas J. and his 
father, John, were iron workers, as was also 
our subject's maternal grandfather, Mr. 
Williams. Grandfather Williams emigrated 
from Wales to this country and located at 
Pittsburg when his daughter, Margaret, the 
mother of John T. Jones, was four years 
old. In that city the parents of our subject 
grew up and were married, and as the years 
passed by sons and daughters came to 
brighten their home, eleven in all, nine of 
whom reached maturitj', John T. being the 
third born and eldest son. The father died 
in Sharon, Pennsylvania, in June, 1894, at 
the age of seventy-seven years. At the 
time of his death he was the oldest mechanic 
in that city. 

John T. Jones spent the first twenty- 
three years of his life in Pittsburg. He 
attended school until he was twelve years 
old and then commenced work in the roll- 
ing mills as an apprentice to the trade of 



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millwright and engineer. His father being a 
master mechanic, young Jones came nat- 
urally to this work and ere long became an 
expert. In 1869 he went to Sharon, Penn- 
sylvania, where he had charge of the 
machinery and furnaces of the Keel Ridge 
Furnace of Sharon. He remained there 
until June, 1881, when he came to the 
Menominee Range and located at Keel 
Ridge, as superintendent of mines, having 
under his supervision the Emitt, Keel 
Ridge, Iron River, and Ludington & Ham- 
ilton mines. He was the first to prospect 
for the last named mine. He has also been 
connected with various other mines, and has 
done much to advance the mining interests 
of this section of the country, and is well 
and favorably known as an authority in his 
line of work. 

Mr. Jones and his family occupy one of 
the finest and most elegantly equipped homes 
in Iron Mountain. This residence was built 
by him in 1891, at a cost of $7,000. He 
was married, in 1 871, to Miss Rachel A. 
Milligan, a native of Pittsburg and a daugh- 
ter of John Milligan, of that city, the Mil- 
ligans being a prominent Quaker family. 
They have had eight children, six of whom 
are living, viz. : i\lbert, Elmer, Carrie, 
Rachel, Ruth and Arthur. Harry and Mar- 
garet are deceased. 

Politically, Mr. Jones is in harmony with 
the Republican party, and has served as a 
member of the City Council. He is identi- 
fied with Iron Mountain Lodge, F. &. A. M. 



e MANUEL M. St. JACQUES.— For 
many years this gentleman has been 
prominently identified with Escan- 
aba and has been a leading factor 
in its progress. Educational, church, social 



and business interests owe their promotion 
in a considerable degree to him, and as an 
official he has greatly promoted the general 
welfare. In addition to his extensive mer- 
cantile interests on the corner of Georgia 
and Hale streets, he is also City Treasurer, 
which position he has held for four suc- 
cessive terms, being re-elected each time 
with a good majority. The history of this 
community would be incomplete without 
mention of him, and it is with pleasure that 
we present to our readers this review of 
his life. 

A native of Canada, he was born in St. 
Benoit, December 25, 1854, and is a son of 
Joichain and Julienne St. Jacques, who are 
also natives of the same locality and still 
make their home there. They had a family 
of six sons and six daughters, but one daugh- 
ter is now deceased, — Rosalyn. The others 
are Joseph, Philomanne Octavi, Isedore, 
Michalle, Olivene Emanuel, Odile, Xavier 
Vitaline and Leonard. 

In the country schools of Canada, Eman- 
uel M. St. Jacques was educated, but be- 
came familiar with the English language 
mostly by private study. He has always 
made the most of his opportunities and is a 
man of progress who takes advantage of 
every opportunity for raising himself to the 
level of the high standard which he has ever 
kept before him. In 1872 he came to Es- 
canaba and was employed around the lum- 
ber mills at Ford River and Flat Rock, 
working in that business for about eight 
years. When he abandoned that pursuit he 
obtained a position in a blacksmith shop of 
the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad, where 
he continued for five years, thorougly master- 
ing the business and becoming an expert 
workman. He was industrious and frugal, 
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save during these thirteen years of 
close application to his labors he pur- 
chased an interest in a stock of groceries 
in company with P. Robinson. The part- 
nership between these gentlemen continued 
for eighteen months, when Mr. Robinson re- 
tired, since which time Mr. St. Jacques has 
been alone, — sole proprietor of one of the 
leading grocery stores in Escanaba. He 
carries a large and well-selected stock of 
staple and fancy groceries, provisions, etc., 
and also handles crockery, glassware, gents' 
furnishing goods and notions. Careful at- 
tention to all details and perfect familiarity 
with the business in all its departments have 
brought to him success, while perseverance 
and indomitable energy have also been im- 
portant factors in his prosperity. 

On the 4th of July, 1877, in Escanaba, 
Mr. St. Jacques married Miss Marceline 
Beauchamp, a native of Canada, who came 
to Michigan with her parents when a 
little maiden of three summers. For 
ten years they lived in Marquette county, 
and then came to Escanaba, where the par- 
ents later died. Antime and Marceline 
Beauchamp had a large family of children, 
of whom Mrs. St. Jacques was the second 
in order of birth. 

In his political connections the subject 
of this sketch is a Republican, unswerving 
in his allegiance to the party principles, 
which he warmly and ably advocates. He 
has served for four years as a member of 
the County Board of Supervisors, has also 
been City Assessor, and, as before stated, is 
now tilling the position of City Treasurer, 
lie makes no great pretensions, but is never 
found remiss in his duties, which are always 
faithfully performed. He is charitable and 
benevolent, a man in whom the poor and 
needy find a friend, — and in connection with 



various beneficent crders he has done much 
good to those in need of assistance. He 
holds membership in St. Anne's Catholic 
Church, and is a member of the Ancient 
Order of United Workmen, the Knights of 
the Maccabees and the I. T. J. C. He is 
the present Treasurer of the first named, 
and for three years was Treasurer of the 
last named, of which he is now serving as 
President. This is a strong benevolent or- 
ganization, which pays to its sick or disabled 
members a liberal weekly allowance during 
their disability. He is President of the U. 
S. C. F. C. S., having held the office for 
two years, is Treasurer of the Delta County 
Agricultural Association, and is also Secre- 
tary of St. Joseph's Church Society, having 
acted in this capacity for five years. He acted 
as Church Trustee for several years, within 
which time the church and school-house 
were erected, and he was the principal ex- 
ecutive officer on the building committee. 
Mr. St. Jacques is recognized as a prominent 
citizen, a capable business man, a loyal 
officer and a stanch friend, and Escanaba 
has reason to be proud of him and to num- 
ber him among the most valuable acquisi- 
tions to the town. 



V-y^ILLIAM W. OSBAND.— In the 

mm I gentleman whose name graces 
^J^JI this article the biographer is 
pleased to find and present to the 
readers of this work a young man of signal 
business qualifications, and one who, during 
the five years of his residence in Marquette, 
has attained a prominence in its business 
circles. 

William W. Osband was born on a farm 
in Wayne county, Michigan, May 14, 1861, 
son of Edgar E. and Sarah E. (Ferguson) 



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Osband, both natives of Wayne county. 
Edgar E. Osband was for a number of years 
engaged in contracting and building, but the 
greater part of his life has been spent in 
agricultural pursuits. He is now living re- 
tired in a pleasant home at Ypsilanti, Michi- 
gan. He and his wife have two children, 
William W. and Meda L. The Osbands 
have long been residents of America, and 
the great-grandfather of William W. was an 
active participant in the Revolutionary war. 
His son William, the grandfather of our 
subject, was born in the Empire State and 
was one of the early pioneers of Michigan, 
he having landed here as early as 1830, and 
here on the frontier he engaged in farming, 
or, rather, in the work of clearing and de- 
veloping a farm, for the tract on which he 
settled was then a dense forest. As the 
years passed by the forest gave place to well 
cultivated fields, and his farm took rank 
with the best in the vicinity. Here he 
passed the residue of his life and died. 

Turning now to the life of our immediate 
subject, we find that he was reared on his 
father's farm, and, like the majority o^ 
farmer boys, received his early training in 
the district schools. He then spent one year 
in the Agricultural College at Lansing, and 
graduated in the Michigan State Normal 
School, in the scientific course, with the 
class of 1885. Following his graduation, 
he took up the profession of teaching. He 
taught one year in Midland county and for 
four years had charge of the schools in On- 
tonagon. Since 1890 he has been identified 
with the interests of Marquette. On com- 
ing here at that time he was employed in 
the office of the Marquette Building & Loan 
Association, working under Mr. M. E. Asire, 
who was then secretary of the company. 
Mr. Asire resigned his position in 1893 in 



favor of Mr. Osband and the latter has since 
filled the office most efficiently. Mr. Osband 
is also secretary of the Marquette County 
Agricultural Society and of the Odd Fellows' 
Building Association. 

His standing as a bright young business 
man at Marquette is indeed an enviable one, 
and as his advancement thus far has been 
through his own merits it is reasonable to 
e.xpect that he will continue in the line of 
success. The fraternal organizations with 
which he is connected are those of the 
Masons and Knights of Pythias, and his 
political views are those of the Republican 
party. 

Mr. Osband has an attractive home and 
a charming wife. He was married Decem- 
ber 27, 1893, to Miss O. Adele Filkins, of 
Coldwater, Michigan. 




HE LAKE SHORE IRON 
WORKS, of Marquette, Michigan, 
is an enterprise that was organized 
in December, 1890, with a capital 
stock of $100,000, and with the following 
named officers: J. M. Longyear, president; 
Peter White, secretary and treasurer; S. H. 
Holley, general manager; directors — J. M. 
Longyear, Peter White, C. D. Sheldon, 
Alfred Kidder, and W. J. Mathers. They 
manufacture all kinds of mining machinery, 
stone-quarry hoisters, derricks, channelers, 
etc., all of which are their own designs and 
patterns. They also do sawmill work, re- 
pair locomotives, cars and steamboats, and 
at present are making a specialty of manu- 
facturing machinery for keeping the Hazard 
patent saw-tooth in shape. Another im- 
portant feature of their work is the manu- 
facture of castings, some of which weigh no 
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being used in the iron mines for crushing 
ore. An average of more than fifty men 
are employed in the Lake Shore Iron Works. 

Having thus briefly referred to this im- 
portant enterprise of Marquette we now 
turn for a ghmpse of the hfe history of its 
general manager, a skilled workman in 
every sense of the word and a man of re- 
markable business enterprise and push, — 
S. H. Holley. 

This gentleman is a native of Winne- 
bago county, Wisconsin, born November 
22, 1849, son of Albert and Josephine 
(Douglass) Holley, both natives of the Green 
Mountain State. The Holleys were early 
comers to this country. The grandfather 
of our subject, Robert Holley, was a soldier 
in the Revolutionary war. He settled at 
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, while old "Black 
Foot " was still there. Albert Holly was a 
mechanic. To him belongs the distinction 
of having built the first stamp mill on 
Lake Superior, at Houghton, known as 
the Grand Portage Stamp Mill, or, rather, 
he superintended the construction of this 
mill. Here he received an injury from 
the effects of which he never recovered and 
which caused his death in 1855. He had 
two sons, the subject of our sketch being 
the only survivor of the family. At the time 
of his father's death he was six years old, 
and, thus early in life deprived of a father's 
care, his advantages for an education were 
meager, being limited to the public schools. 
At the age of seventeen he entered upon an 
apprenticship to the machinist's trade in the 
Portage Lake Foundry and Machine Shops 
at Houghton, where he served four years. 
Then he did journeyman work for two years 
there and in the meantime was promoted to 
the position of foreman of the shop. After 
this he sailed as a marine engineer on Lake 



Superior for five seasons, doing shop work 
in the winters. In the winter of i879-'8o 
we find him at the Black Hills, where he 
was engaged in prospecting and selling 
mining machinery. After two years of ab- 
sence he returned to Michigan and accepted 
the position of master mechanic of the Vul- 
can Iron mines, which he filled for some 
time. Then he was master mechanic of the 
Copper Falls mines and superintendent of 
the stamp mill for four years. In 1887 he 
sailed for Australia, spent two years there 
employed in putting in mining machinery 
for the Broken Hill Proprietory silver mines 
and returned to this country via China and 
Japan. On coming back to Michigan this 
time he located at Marquette, where he has 
since resided. It was through his efforts 
that the Lake Shore Iron Works were or- 
ganized, and as the efficient general man- 
ager of the establishment he has been at its 
head ever since. He is also a director in 
the Hazard Manufacturing Company. As 
a business man of marked ability and as a 
public-spirited citizen he is fully appreciated 
in Marquette. This fact was attested by his 
recent election as Alderman of the Sixth 
ward. Fraternally he is identified with the 
Masonic order. 

Mr. Holley has a pleasant home and in- 
teresting family. He was married in De- 
cember, 1875, to Miss Emma Mayer, a na- 
tive of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, and their 
four children are Albert, Carlos, Clarence 
and Mary. 



>Y»OHN McNAUGHTON, the efficient 

M Sheriff of Chippewa county and one 

/% 1 of the highly respected citizens of the 

Upper Peninsula, is a son of Captain 

W. W. McNaughton, an esteemed towns- 



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man and pioneer of the " Soo. " The son 
was born in Buffalo, New York, October 5, 
1852, and the days of his childhood were 
largely passed in Houghton county. At the 
early age of thirteen he went aboard a ves- 
sel as cook at Portage Lake. To become a 
sailor was a matter of second nature with 
him, for his father had spent his entire life 
as a voyager. John was very faithful to his 
duty, and his steadfastness and close appli- 
cation to his work won him constant pro- 
motion until he too had risen to the rank of 
captain. He also possesses pilot's papers 
for St. Mary's river, on which he was an en- 
gineer before becoming pilot. His last con- 
nection with navigation as a boatman was 
with the Louis P. Trempe Tug Company. 

In 1872 Mr. McNaughton entered the 
service of the United States Government as 
cement expert, was later engineer on the 
locks and subsequently was made a foreman 
of two watches, thus remaining until 1887. 
In the latter year he left the Upper Penin- 
sula, going to Muncie, Indiana, where he 
carried on business as a dealer in furniture 
and house-furnishing goods for two years. 
In 1888, however, he returned to Sault de 
Ste. Marie and was appointed by United 
States Marshal James R. Clark, as Deputy. 
While acting in that capacity, he detected 
and captured two Chinamen, who had 
smuggled themselves in contrary to the pro- 
visions of the Chinese exclusion act, and 
was deputized to deliver the captives to the 
custom officers of San Francisco, California, 
for deportation. 

His next business was as time-keeper 
and buyer for the firm of Hughes Brothers 
& Bangs, with whom he continued until 
January i, 1895, when he was installed as 
Sheriff of Chippewa county. He is the first 
Republican Sheriff that has served in this 



county for ten years, and his personal popu- 
larity is shown by the fact that he defeated 
his Democratic opponent by a majority of 
800, when the usual Democratic majority 
was from 1 50 to 300. Mr. McNaughton 
was defeated for Alderman in the First ward 
by Mr. Short, whom he defeated for Sheriff. 
Mr. McNaughton has adopted and inaugu- 
rated a policy in the regulation of saloons in 
Chippewa county that seems to meet with 
the approval of all the citizens. The peo- 
ple repose the utmost confidence in him, for 
his long residence in their midst has made 
him widely known, while his upright life has 
gained their regard. 

In Mackinac, Michigan, in 1889, Mr. 
McNaughton was united in marriage with 
Miss Agatha Biddle, of Mackinac island. 
Her father, John Biddle, was a prominent 
citizen of Mackinac county and was the 
honored County Clerk for twenty-eight 
years, serving in that office at the time of 
his death, which occurred March 3, 1886. 
He married Miss Lucy Chapman, a daughter 
of Bela J. Chapman, who for many years 
lived on Mackinac island. He removed from 
Champlain county, New York, to Fond du 
Lac county, Wisconsin, whence he came to 
the island. Mrs. Biddle died in 1879, at 
the age of forty-eight years. In her family 

were four children, namely: ; 

Nicholas, who was County Clerk in Mackin- 
ac county, and died in 1885, leaving a family 
in St. Ignace; Grace R. , wife of Angus 
Rankin, of St. Ignace; and Mrs. McNaugh- 
ton. The children of our subject and his 
wife are: Leroy, who was born April 4, 
1880; and Otto Biddle, born March 10, 
1884. 

When real-estate transactions were very 
active in Sault de Ste. Marie, Mr. Mc- 
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business and laid out the first addition to the 
town. His business interests have been 
well managed and his pohcy has ever been 
that of an honorable, straightforward man. 
Social!)-, he is connected with the Masonic 
fraternity, belonging to the blue lodge, 
chapter and commandery of Sault de Ste. 
Marie and the consistory of Indianapolis. 
He is also connected with the Knights of 
Pythias. 



*w— ^ OX. W. S. L.^ING, Iron Mountain, 

I^^V Michigan, came to this place when 

\ ^ P it was in its infancy and has ever 

since been prominently identified 

with its interests. A sketch of his life will 

be of interest to many, and is as follows: 

\\\ S. Laing was born in Aberdeen, 
Scotland. Early in life he came with his 
parents to America, their location being in 
Canada. In Canada and the United States 
he received his education in the common 
schools, and he also took a business course 
in a commercial college at Fond du Lac, 
Wisconsin. Since 1865 he has been a resi- 
dent of Michigan. He came to Iron Moun- 
tain when this prosperous town was in its 
infancy, he has in many ways contributed 
toward its growth and development, and he 
is to-day ranked with its leading and influ- 
ential citizens. For ten years he followed 
the butcher business here, and for some 
years past he has conducted a wholesale 
meat market. He also deals largely in lum- 
ber, doing a jobbing business in this line. 
In the meantime, in 1888, he helped to start 
the town of Sagola, building a mill there, 
and for two years was engaged in the lumber 
business at that place. He also at one time 
operated a mill at Wilson, Menominee 
county. He has, however, disposed of his 



property at both of these places, and his in- 
terests are now centered at Iron Mountain. 
He is a director of the First National Bank 
of this city; is the owner of four store build- 
ings, three in one block on Ludington street 
and one on Stephenson avenue; and is sec- 
retary and treasurer of the Building and 
Loan Association here. 

Mr. Laing has for several years been 
prominent and active in fraternal circles. 
He is a member of the I. O. O. F., A. O. 
U. W., and K. of P. Si.\ years ago, when 
the Odd Fellows erected their building in 
Iron Mountain, at a cost of $7,000, he was 
chairman of the building committee, and as 
such proved himself of great value to the 
organization. 

Politically, Mr. Laing is a stanch Repub- 
lican. He was President of the village of 
Iron Mountain at the time of its organiza- 
tion, and has since served as Mayor of the 
town. He was elected a member of the 
Michigan State Senate for 1887-8, being the 
only successful Republican in the county at 
that election; and while a member of the 
Senate served as chairman of the labor com- 
mittee, the committee on the State prison at 
Marquette, and the committee on immigra- 
tion; and in whatever position he has been 
called to fill, his services has been charac- 
terized by the strictest fidelity. He is a man 
of many excellent traits of character and 
has many warm friends. 



>^OSIAH BROAD, Sheriff of Marquette 
m county, is a native of Devonshire, 
mj England, born in 1843, the son of 
^"^ Ath and Jennie (Davy) Broad, both 
of whom completed their early life in the 
old country. They were the parents of 
nine children, — eight sons and one daughter: 



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only five of these are now living, of whom 
the subject of this sketch is the youngest. 

Mr. Broad, whose name introduces this 
brief outline, was eighteen years of age 
when he sailed, in the autumn of 1862, for 
America, the land of greater opportunity, 
coming by way of Liverpool and Quebec. 
He came through Canada by rail to Detroit, 
thence by boat to Keweenaw, Michigan, 
landing October S, 1862. On arriving 
here he first engaged in copper mining, at 
the Cliff copper mine, and he followed the 
vocation to the time of his election to the 
office of Sheriff, Novembers, 1892; Novem- 
ber 6, 1894, he was re-elected to the office, 
and he is now holding his second term. For 
two years at one time he was Supervisor of 
Ishpeming township, 1882-3; •" 1884-5 was 
mining captain of the Calumet Iron Com- 
pany's mine; in 1886-7 he had charge of 
Lake Angeline timber-works in the mine; 
in 1888-9 was captain of the Jackson mine 
at Negaunee; and in 1 890-1 had charge of 
the U. S. Grant and the Blue mines. 

Mr. Broad was only a bo}' when he first 
arrived in this country, with no money, but 
with a determination to make his own way 
in the world; and in this he has nobly suc- 
ceeded, as can be seen. From his long and 
faithful service he has become one of the 
best known mining men on the peninsula. 
He is an efficient officer and has made many 
friends. He is a member of the Masonic 
fraternity, having taken the Knight Templar 
degree, and is also a member of the I. O. 
O. F. and of the A. O. U. W. 

He was married, in 1865, to Miss Ellen 
Bennallack, a native of Devonshire, Eng- 
land. They have seven sons and seven 
daughters, — Josiah, Anthony, Thomas, 
Henry C, Ralph, William, John, Elizabeth 
J., Nellie L. , Laura D., Martha L., Ger- 



trude, Bertha F. and Lettie M. The family 
are members of the Presbyterian Church, 
and in politics Mr. Broad coincides with 
the Republican party. 



@EORGE ARTHUR BROWN, a 
rising young attorney-at-law of 
Marquette, was born in the city 
which is still his home, on the i6th 
of August, 1869, and is the son of Samuel 
P. and Gertie (Wycoff) Brown, natives of 
New York and representatives of early 
families of the Empire State. About 1867 
the parents emigrated westward, taking up 
their residence in Marquette, where the 
father engaged in business as a con- 
tractor and builder and manufacturer of in- 
side wood finishings. He carried on opera- 
tions in that line until his death, which 
occurred in 1876. In 1893 his widow 
returned to her native State, where she is 
now living. In the family were four chil- 
dren, of whom our subject is the youngest. 
George Arthur Brown was educated in 
the common schools of Marquette and pur- 
sued his studies to some extent in the high 
school, but ere completing his course he 
was obliged to abandon the school- room. 
Beginning his business career, he worked in 
a lumber camp for two years, and in the 
meantime took up the study of law, desir- 
ing to make its practice his life work. He 
entered the Michigan University at Ann 
Arbor in the fall of 1888, and on the com- 
pletion of the prescribed course of three 
years was graduated, in the law department, 
in the class of 1891. 

Upon his return to Marquette Mr. Brown 
entered the office of W. S. Hill, where 
he remained for a few months, and then 
began practice alone. He has won a sue- 



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cess already that was beyond his best ex- 
pectations. The work of building up a 
good law business usually requires years of 
constant effort and unremitting toil, but 
alread}' Mr. Brown has gained an enviable 
position in the ranks of legal practitioners, 
and is accounted one of the able and rising 
young lawyers of the Upper Peninsula. He 
is painstaking and careful in the preparation 
of cases, is sure of his authorities and prec- 
edents, and his knowledge of the law is 
deep and thorough, to which he is rapidly 
adding useful experience. 

Mr. Brown is a member of the Masonic 
fraternity. He takes quite in active interest 
in political affairs and is an ardent advocate 
of the principles of the Republican party. 
He is a self-made man, whose success is due 
entirely to his own exertions, and his past 
career indicates a brilliant future. His 
friends are many, and in the community in 
which he has always made his home he is 
held in high regard. 



kY^ OBERT GEORGE JACKSON, pro- 

I ^r prietor of a saloon at Negaunee, 

\ _ p Michigan, is a native of Canada, 

born in the year 1853. 

His father, William Jackson, was born in 

Yorkshire, England, and in 1850 emigrated 

to Canada, where he engaged in the butcher 

business. The mother of our subject, whose 

maiden name was Martha Ribey, was born 

in Yorkshire, England, and died when he 

was an infant. His boyhood days were 

spent in Canada, where he attended school 

until his tenth year, and from that time 

until he was fifteen he assisted his father in 

the butcher business. At the age of fifteen 

he came to Marquette county, Michigan, 



where he was employed by Captain John P. 
Mitchell to drive an ore team. Thus he 
was occupied for two j'ears. Next we find 
him at Ishpeming, Michigan, driving team 
for the Lake Superior Mining Company. A 
year later he went to work as signal ringer 
at the Barnum mine, where he remained one 
year, and from there came to Negaunee. 
Here he accepted the position of baggage 
and yard-master for the Marquette, Hough- 
ton & Ontonagon Railroad, now the Duluth, 
South Shore & Atlantic, and in this capacity 
served for a period of fifteen years. Since 
severing his connection with the railroad 
company he has been engaged in express and 
teaming, and later in the saloon business. 

Mr. Jackson has in many ways been con- 
nected with the affairs of Negaunee ever 
since he took up his abode here. He was first 
Supervisor for four years, then Alderman 
four years, and for nine years has been a 
member of the School Board. In the spring 
of 1895, as a candidate for Mayor on the 
"Citizens'" ticket, he was defeated by J. 
F. Foley, on the Republican ticket. As an 
Odd Fellow he is well known, he having 
been identified with this order for twenty 
years; is now a member of Iron Mountain 
Lodge No. 122, I. O. O. F., in which he 
has filled all the chairs, and has been Repre- 
sentative to the Grand Lodge I. O. O. F. 
for five years. He is best known, however, 
as a member of the Sons of St. George, in 
which order he is known throughout the 
State, having served three times as delegate 
to the Grand Lodge of Michigan, and now 
being a candidate for the office of Grand 
Messenger. He has filled all the offices in 
the local lodge, and at this writing is its 
Recording Secretary. 

Mr. Jackson was married June 12, 1872, 
to Miss Elizabeth Boyd, a native of Mon- 



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treal, Canada, and a daughter of William 
and Mary Boyd. They lost two children in 
infancy and have six living. 



HLFRED H. HUNTING, boot and 
shoe merchant, Iron Mountain, 
Michigan, is one of the representa- 
tive business men of the town, and 
it is appropriate that some personal mention 
be made of him in this work. 

Alfred H. • Hunting was born in Chi- 
cago, Illinois, May 28, 1862, son of Andrew 
J. and Mary J. (Casson) Hunting, both na- 
tives of the Empire State, and the latter of 
English descent. Andrew J. Hunting came 
west from New York at an early day, first 
locating in Wisconsin and later at Chicago. 
He was for some time engaged in farming 
at Des Plaines, near Chicago. He and his 
wife are now residents of Iron Mountain, 
Michigan. They have had seven children, 
four of whom are living, the subject of our 
sketch being the second child and eldest son. 
When Alfred H. was quite small he re- 
moved with his parents to Columbia county, 
Wisconsin, and subsequently to Oshkosh, 
where he was reared and educated, his edu- 
cation being received in the common schools. 
He has earned his own living since he was 
fourteen. His first work was in the factories 
of Oshkosh. In 1881 became to Vulcan, 
Michigan, where he was engaged as an en- 
gineer in the mine, remaining at this place 
until 1884, when he accepted a like position 
at the Metropolitan. Since 1889 he has 
been a resident of Iron Mountain. On lo- 
cating here he engaged in the general mer- 
chandise business in partnership with a Mr. 
Perry, the firm name being Perry & Hunt- 
ing. In 1 89 1 they turned their attention 



more especially to the boot and shoe busi- 
ness, and that same year Mr. Hunting pur- 
chased the interest of his partner. Since 
then he has conducted the business alone 
and has met with signal success. 

Mr. Hunting was married in Iron Moun- 
tain, Michigan, September 6, 1893, to Let- 
tie Parmelee, daughter of N. B. and Anna 
Parmelee, of this place. She is a native of 
Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. They have one 
son, Alfred Clyde. 

Mr. Hunting supports the Republican 
party and takes a commendable interest in 
public affairs. He was a member of the 
Iron Mountain Council one year. Fra- 
ternally he is identified with the Knights of 
Pythias, Iron Mountain Lodge, No. 129, 
and Oak Leaf Camp, No. 2885, of Modern 
Woodmen of America, Iron Mountain. 



V^^EV. FRANK F. W. GREENE, 

I /^ rector of St. Stephen's Church, 

\ . F Episcopal, Escanaba, Michigan, is 

a native of Burlington, Ontario, 

Canada, born March 11, 1854. 

His parents were Rev. Thomas Greene, 
LL. D., and Kate J. E. ncc Killaly, both 
natives of Ireland. Dr. Greene was rector 
of the Episcopal Church in Burlington, 
Canada, for a period of about thirty years. 
He was a graduate of Trinity College, 
Dublin, with the degrees of M. A. and 
D. D. and LL. D., and was a polished 
scholar and eminent divine. His death 
occurred at Burlington, Canada, in 1878, 
at the age of seventy years. Mrs. Greene 
was a lady of culture and refinement. 
Her brothers were all civil engineers. The 
Hon. H. H. Killaly was employed by the 
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the finest works in the dominion, such as 
the Welland canal, and Richard was very 
highly spoken of by Baron von Humboldt. 
Dr. and Mrs. Greene had eight children, of 
whom Frank F. W. was the seventh born. 
Of the others we record that John resides on 
a farm at Holland Landing, in Canada; 
George is a farmer at Frankfort, Kansas; 
Thomas is engaged in the practice of law at 
Hamilton, Ontario; Richard is an Episcopal 
minister at Orillia, Canada; the daughters 
are Mrs. Dr. MacKelcan, Mrs. Thomas 
Mortimer and Mrs. Arthur O'Meara, the first 
a resident of Hamilton, Ontario, and the last 
two of Toronto. 

The subject of our sketch was educated 
at St. John's College, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 
taking the Associate of Arts course, includ- 
ing theology. The first charge over which 
he presided as pastor was Stonewall, Mani- 
toba, and he remained there five years. 
While here he was united in marriage to 
Miss Teresa Fielding, daughter of Dr. 
Fielding, of Woodbridge, Ontario. Her 
father was for many years a successful 
chemist and druggist in New York city, and 
upon his retirement removed to Wood- 
bridge, where he now resides. Mrs. Greene 
was educated in Canada. 

Mr. Greene's second charge was as rector 
of St. Luke's Church at Sault de Ste. Marie, 
where he labored efficiently for four years 
and a half, and from that place, in March, 
1890, came to St. Stephen's Church, in 
Escanaba, which was organized in 1877. 
From a very weak organization it has grown 
to be one of the principal Protestant 
churches in the city, now having a member- 
ship of about seventy communicants. They 
own a fine church edifice and rectory, the 
church being well furnished and having a 
valuable organ, and the organization is in a 



most prosperous condition. The best of 
feeling prevails and the rector and his family 
are happy and contented. 

He is prominently associated with frater- 
nal organizations, being a member of the F. 
& A. M., and at present Scribe of the chap- 
ter; and he is also a member of the K. of P. 
and the Equitable Aid Union. Mrs. Greene 
is a member of the O. E. S. 

The Rev. and Mrs. Greene have two 
sons and two daughters, — Ida, Catherine, 
Norman and Killaly. 



>^OHN SUMMERVILLE DYMOCK, 

m proprietor of an extensive meat mar- 
A 1 ket of Red Jacket, Michigan, is one 
of the worthy citizens that Scotland 
has furnished to the Upper Peninsula. He 
was born in that country in 1838 and was a 
son of Robert Dymock, a native of Scotland 
and by trade a wheelwright and joiner. He 
emigrated to Canada and there took up the 
occupation of farming, which he followed 
throughout his remaining days. His death 
occurred in 1876, when he had reached the 
ripe old age of seventy-five years. 

The subject of this sketch attended the 
public schools of his native land until four- 
teen years of age, and then left the school- 
room in order to assist his father on the 
farm. He devoted his energies to the labors 
of the field until seventeen years of age, 
after which he again spent a year in school 
and then emigrated to the New World. The 
year 1856 witnessed his removal to Canada. 
He bade adieu to home and friends and 
sailed across the Atlantic, then secured a 
position as coachman with Judge John Wil- 
son, with whom he remained for a year. 
His father followed him to Canada, bringing 
with him the other members of the family. 



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and, purchasing land, gave to each of his 
sons a farm. 

On leaving the employ of Judge Wilson, 
John Dymock began to operate the land 
which his father had bought for him and for 
some time followed agricultural pursuits. 
In the year 1861 he came to the United 
States, locating first in Whiteside county, 
Illinois, where he followed farming for a 
short time, but being stricken with fever and 
ague he was obliged to leave that locality 
and return to his Canadian home. Not 
long after this he started for the copper 
regions, settling in Hancock, Houghton 
county, in 1862. There he worked for the 
Quincy Mining Company for a year, after 
which he entered the employ of Henry Leo- 
pold, a butcher, with whom he remained for 
three years, when he began business for 
himself in the same line at the Franklin 
mine. After carrying on operations there 
for a year and a half he sold out to Baer 
Brothers, of Hancock, and then entered the 
employ of that firm in the old shop, where 
he had formerly worked for Mr. Leopold, 
who had sold out to Baer Brothers. His 
second period of labor in that shop con- 
tinued for a year, and he then entered into 
partnership with Baer Brothers under the 
firm name of Bapr & Dymock, opening a 
butcher shop in Red Jacket. This was in 
the spring of 1868. Mr. Dymock here 
built a store and established a business 
which has steadily grown until now it has 
assumed extensive proportions for a town of 
this size. He successfully manages the 
business here, and his courteous treatment 
of his customers and his fair and straight- 
forward dealing has won him the liberal 
patronage which he now enjoys. The firm 
also established a store at Isle Royal, 
which continued about a year, when, on 



account of the closing of the mine at that 
place, the business also was closed. The 
career of Mr. Dymock has been a successful 
one, and enterprise and industry have been 
the important factors in his prosperity. All 
that he has been acquired through his own 
efforts, and he certainly deserves great 
credit for his success, which well entitles 
him to be numbered among the honored 
class known as self-made men. In con- 
nection with the meat business he is vice- 
president of the First National Bank of 
Calumet. 

As a companion and helpmeet on life's 
journey, Mr. Dymock chose Miss Christina 
Brown, a native of Scotland, and they have 
four children, a son and three daughters. 
Their friends throughout the community are 
many, and all who know them esteem them 
highly. Mr. Dymock has been honored 
with a number of public offices. He has 
been Township Treasurer, and at the pres- 
ent time is a member of the Board of 
Review. He takes quite an active part in 
civic societies, is a prominent Mason, having 
risen to the thirty-second degree in that 
order. He is a charter member and one of 
the organizers of Hecia Lodge, No. 90, 
I. O. O. F. 



* » ^ ON. CHARLES BRIGGS.— The 
1^^^ man who makes .of life an emi- 
\ , " nent success, unaided by influential 
friends or inherited capital, must 
possess more than ordinary ability, for he 
must compete with those who have already 
secured patronage and are managing success- 
ful business interests. He must be wide- 
awake, energetic and progressive, and con- 
duct his business on sound principles and 
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confidence of the public. Such a course has 
Mr. Briggs followed, and to-day he is one of 
the leading merchants of the Upper Penin- 
sula. His course is worthy of all emulation 
and should serve to encourage others, show- 
ing what can be accomplished by merit and 
perseverance in a country unhampered by 
closely drawn lines of caste. 

Mr. Briggs is numbered among the sons 
of the Empire State. He was born in 
Tompkins county, New York, in 1837, de- 
scending from good old New England stock. 
His great-grandfather. Rev. Ephraim 
Briggs, was born at the North precinct of 
Norton, now Mansfield, Massachusetts, 
April 19, 1736. At the age of nineteen he 
served as Sergeant at Crown Point expedi- 
tion, graduated at Harvard College in 1764, 
and was settled in 1767 over the Congrega- 
tional Church at Halifa.x, Massachusetts. 
His grandfather. Rev. Ephraim Briggs, Jr., 
was born in Halifax, Massachusetts, March 
3, 1769, graduated at Harvard University 
in 1 79 1, and received a settlement at Chat- 
ham in 1796. The father of our subject, 
Dr. Isaac S. Briggs, was born in Plymouth, 
Massachusetts, on the ist day of July, 1807. 
The latter graduated at Harvard University 
in the class of 1829 and became one of the 
leading physicians of his State. He wedded 
Mary Smith, a daughter of N. R. Smith, 
who served as Sheriff of Homer, New York. 
She died September 24, 1842, leaving three 
children, two of whom died within a month 
after her death. The subject of this record 
is the eldest and only survivor. 

We would now call attention to the rec- 
ord of his career, for we feel assured that 
his many friends will be glad that it is 
accorded a place among the pioneers and 
prominent men of the Upper Peninsula. He 
attended Homer Academy prior to his 



fifteenth year, when he became identified 
with the West and the Mississippi valley, 
coming to Wisconsin to make his home with 
an uncle, who lived in Geneva. He received 
there a good business training in the store 
and counting-room of his uncle, with whom 
he spent ten years, during which time he 
became familiar with all the methods 
followed in mercantile life, gaining a valu- 
able experience. While in Wisconsin he also 
served for one year as cashier of a bank in 
Geneva. 

The year 1 864 witnessed the arrival of 
Mr. Briggs in the Lake Superior region. He 
located in Rockland, Ontonagon county, 
Michigan, and engaged with S. D. North, a 
merchant, as book-keeper, and after a year 
was admitted to a partnership in the busi- 
ness. In 1868 he came to Calumet as man- 
ager of a branch store established by the 
firm name of North & Briggs, and in 1882 a 
branch store was established at Lake Lin- 
den, also under his management. The 
partnership continued until 1876, when it 
was dissolved, and Mr. Briggs entered into 
partnership with H. K. Cole, under the firm 
style of Briggs & Cole. They opened a 
well-stocked double store supplied with 
everything found in their line, and their 
stock is now valued at $90,000. In April, 
1884, he bought out his partner, Mr. Cole, 
and has since been sole proprietor of the 
business in Calumet. He is president of 
the E. F. Sutton Company, dealers in gen- 
eral merchandise at Lake Linden, and these 
various establishments yield to him an ex- 
cellent income, which is constantly increas- 
ing owing to the fact that the confidence of 
the public has never been betrayed and to 
the courteous treatment which the owners 
and their assistants extend to the various 
patrons. It is not all people who can sue- 



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cessfully engage in merchandising. Though 
they may be enterprising and industrious, 
they may yet fail, for to those qualities must 
be added a peculiar tact which enables one to 
meet the various classes of consumers and 
please their varied tastes. This essential ele- 
ment is Mr. Briggs' in an eminent degree. He 
is a man of pleasing address, genial disposi- 
tion and gentlemanly deportment, and has a 
genuine interest in his fellow men. 

The banking interests of Calumet are 
also ably represented by Mr. Briggs, who is 
the efficient president of the Merchants & 
Miners' National Bank, having held that re- 
sponsible position since the organization of 
the bank in 1873, — an honorable record of 
which he may well be proud. 

In his political views Mr. Briggs is a 
stalwart Republican, unwavering in support 
of his party and its principles. He represent- 
ed his district in the State Legislature in 
1 879-80, but has usually been too busy to 
give much time and attention to public office. 
He makes an exception, however, in the cause 
of education, for which he is a warm friend. 
For fifteen years he has been a member of 
the school board and is now serving as its 
president. 



■^T^OSIAH HALL, mine inspector of 
m Houghton county, now living in Red 
A 1 Jacket, was born in Devonshire, Eng- 
land, on the 22d of June, 1826. and is 
a son of Richard and Mary (Eastman) Hall. 
The father was a native of Yorkshire and 
was a miner by occupation. In the family 
were five children, three sons and two 
daughters. Josiah received but meager ed- 
ucational privileges. He attended school 
only until twelve years of age and then be- 
gan to earn his own living by working in the 



mines, being thus employed until twenty- 
five years of age. Thus early thrown upon 
his own resources, whatever success he has 
achieved in life is due to his own efforts, and 
he may well be classed among the sterling 
self-made men who owe their fortunes to 
their own industry. 

When a young man of twenty-five Mr. 
Hall decided to come to America, hoping 
thereby to better his financial condition. He 
landed in America on his twenty-fifth birth- 
day, and then began a new epoch in his life. 
His capital was very limited, but he was 
ambitious and energetic and resolved to 
make the most of his opportunities. He re- 
mained in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for 
two weeks and then made his way to the 
copper regions of Lake Superior, locating at 
Eagle River. He is one of the few surviv- 
ing pioneers of this locality, where he has 
now made his home for almost forty-five 
years. On arriving at his destination he se- 
cured work in the Cliff mine in Keweenaw 
county, where he remained for the long pe- 
riod of si.xteen years, serving first as com- 
mon miner, then becoming timberman, later 
pitman, and subsequently winning promo- 
tion to the position of captain. He severed 
his connection with the Cliff mine to accept 
the position of local agent and mining cap- 
tain of the Northwestern mine, of which he 
had charge for eighteen months, when he 
was sent by the company to the State of 
New York to open the old Arnhold ore bed. 
The succeeding two years of his life were 
thus passed, after which he returned to 
Michigan and was again made mine captain 
of the old Cliff mine. 

On leaving that place Mr. Hall took up 
his residence in Grant county, Wisconsin, 
where he opened a lead mine for the Pitts- 
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ued his connection for two and a half years. 
Subsequently he engaged in prospecting in 
the Badger State for various parties, devot- 
ing his energies to that work for about three 
years, when he returned to Lake Superior 
and accepted the position of mining captain 
in the Pewabic mine. Two years and a 
half were passed in that manner, and he 
then served as agent of the Centennial mine, 
joining Calumet and Helca mine, for four 
years. In 1887 he was appointed mine in- 
spector and has held that office continuously 
since with credit to himself and satisfaction 
to all concerned, for his duties are discharged 
in a prompt and able manner. He is a 
director in the First National Bank of Calu- 
met and and is recognized as one of the wide- 
awake, progressive business men of Calumet. 
He has witnessed almost the entire growth 
and development of the Lake Superior 
region, has aided in its upbuilding and has 
been instrumental in its advancement. His 
long continuance here has made him widely 
known and he has a host of warm friends. 
Mr. Hall was united in marriage, in 1 849, 
with Miss Fannie Gross, a native of Eng- 
land, and to them were born eleven children. 
Socially Mr. Hall is connected with the Odd 
Fellows society and is a Knight Templar 
Mason. 



QICHAEL FOY McDONALD, the 
senior member of the law firm of 
McDonald & Chapman, and one 
of the strongest advocates of the 
bar of Sault de Ste. Marie, is a native of 
Vermont, born in Rutland, in 1858. His 
father was born in Scotland in 1830, and 
was brought to the United States by his 
father, Anthony McDonald, in his boyhood. 
After he had attained to years of maturity 



he married Catherine Foy, a native of Ire- 
land, and they became the parents of ten 
children, nine of whom are yet living, 
namely: Michael F. , of this sketch; Peter 
J., who is assistant superintendent of the 
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, of 
St. Louis, Missouri; Charles, of Brockport, 
New York; Francis T. , Deputy Recorder of 
Sault de Ste. Marie; and five sisters who 
are living in Brockport, New York. The 
father of this family was a marble cutter by 
trade and followed that business for twenty 
years, when he removed with his family to 
western New York, where he engaged in 
farming. 

Under the parental roof Michael F. Mc- 
Donald spent the days of his boyhood and 
youth, and his early educational privileges 
were those afforded by the common schools. 
He engaged in teaching in Brockport, and 
then entered the Normal School of that 
place, pursuing a thorough course and 
graduating in the class of 1876. He also 
studied music during his younger years, 
becoming proficient in that art. When still 
a boy, however, he made up his mind to 
enter the legal fraternity, and to that end 
became a law student in the office of Jeffer- 
son Thomas, of Brockport, New York, 
where he acquired a familiarity with the 
rudiments of his chosen calling. He after- 
ward pursued his studies in the University 
of Michigan, but left that institution ere he 
had completed his second term. 

In August, 1884, Mr. McDonald found 
himself in Sault de Ste. Marie, then a little 
town of about 1,000 inhabitants. He was 
generally well educated, but had really no 
profession or calling which he could turn to 
account to earn a livelihood, unless perhaps 
it was that of music. His first undertaking 
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Herald, with which he continued his con- 
nection for some time. Later his old desire 
of entering the legal profession again took 
possession of him and he resumed his stud- 
ies and was admitted to the bar on the 12th 
of February, 1891, at Lansing, Michigan, 
before Chief Justice Champlain of the 
Supreme Court. Soon he opened an office 
in Sault de Ste. Marie and has since been 
prominently interested in the work of the 
bar. He has received a liberal share of the 
public patronage, for he soon demonstrated 
his ability to successfully conduct a case. He 
was counsel for the defendant in the 
celebrated Furman case, in which he ob- 
tained a new trial on the ground that the 
jury was not legally drawn, and succeeded 
in acquitting his client, in the May term of 
court of 1894. The choice of a life work 
which he made during his youth proved a 
wise one, and his abilities, both natural and 
acquired, fit him for the law. He marshals 
all evidence, arranging it for the best and 
most effective use against his opponent, and 
his careful preparation of a case beforehand 
and his clear and convincing argument at 
the time of trial have won him a leading 
position among the members of the frater- 
nity in Chippewa county. 

In 1890 Mr. McDonald was nominated 
by the Democracy for the office of City 
Recorder, and was elected by a majority of 
200. When the time came to call again 
some one to that position, he was nominated 
and elected by 300 majority, and at his 
third election he received a majority of 216 
votes. By virtue of his office he is secretary 
of the Board of Public Works and a member 
of the Board of County Supervisors, of 
which he was recently elected chairman. 
He has thus been prominently identified 
with the upbuilding of the city, and, public- 



spirited and progressive, does all in his 
power for the public welfare. In connection 
with his profession he is attorney for the 
Detour Lumber & Cedar Company and for 
Gettleman's Brewing Company. Since 
April 9, 1895, he has been associated in 
practice with C. H. Chapman, founder of 
the News. 



^VOHN Q. LOOK, cashier of the 
m "Soo" Savings Bank, is a compe- 
A J tent officer of a popular financial in- 
stitution of Sault Ste. Marie. He 
has the honor of being a native of Michi- 
gan, for his birth occurred in Lapeer county, 
on the 22d of December, 1847, upon his 
father's farm. He is the youngest of a 
family of four children, whose parents were 
John and Charlotte (Hopkins) Look. Emi- 
grating westward from New York, the father 
located in Lapeer county, where he secured 
land and opened up a farm, continuing its 
cultivation until his retirement from active 
business life. He spent his last days in 
Lowell, Michigan. 

The gentleman whose name introduces 
this review received good school privileges, 
his early training, obtained in public schools 
of this State, being supplemented by study 
in Nashua, New Hampshire. He was reared 
upon the old homestead and aided in the 
labors of the farm from the age of thirteen 
to eighteen, becoming familiar with all the 
duties that devolve upon the agriculturist. 
He has carried on farming with crude im- 
plements and ox teams, and with the latest 
improved machinery. The early years of 
his life probably furnished just the physical 
training that was needed, but at the age of 
eighteen Mr. Look resolved no longer to 
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he secured a position in the drug store of 
Eaton & Hine, remaining there for twenty 
years. On the expiration of that extended 
period began his banking experience. 

In the meantime Mr. Look was married. 
On the 6th of September, 1873, in Romu- 
lus, New York, he led to the marriage altar 
Miss Amanda Blaine, a daughter of James 
Blaine, who has been to him a faithful com- 
panion and helpmeet. They have one child, 
Edward S., who was educated in Lowell 
and in the Grand Rapids Business College, 
and is now engaged in clerking in a shoe 
house in Grand Rapids. 

Mr. Look first became connected with 
the banking business with the Lowell Na- 
tional Bank, serving in the capacity of book 
keeper in that institution for a year and a 
half. He then accepted a position with the 
firm of Charles J. Church & Son, of Lowell, 
Michigan, with whom he remained until 
coming to Sault de Ste. Marie. On the ist of 
March, 1892, he became cashier of the 
"Soo" Savings Bank, which began business 
in November, 1886. It was organized under 
the laws of the State by William Chandler, 
George Kemp, Judge Joseph Steere, Otto 
Fowle and E. H. Mead, with a capital stock 
of $25,000. Its present officers are: George 
Kemp, president; Thomas C. Anthony, vice 
president; John Q. Look, cashier; and Edgar 
Stanley, assistant cashier. The bank stock 
is $50,000, its surplus is $10,000, and it 
has paid three semi-annual five per cent 
dividends in the last three years. The suc- 
cess of this institution within the last three 
years is largely due to Mr. Look, its efficient 
and popular cashier, who is a capable man- 
ager and an untiring worker. 

In his political views Mr. Look is a Re- 
publican, and while living in Lowell served 
for eight years as village Recorder. Socially 



he is a Knight-Templar Mason, and is Emi- 
nent Commander of Soo Commandery. He 
was also Master of Lowell Lodge for eight 
years. From the rank of Deacon he passed 
through all the offices in the Grand Lodge 
until 1 89 1, when he was elected Grand Mas- 
ter. He is a prominent and honored mem- 
ber of the Masonic fraternity, and embodies 
those principles of benevolence and charity 
on which the ancient order is founded. He 
has a wide circle of friends in this locality, 
and his friendship is prized most by those 
who know him best. 



^ J* P. HALLER is the leading dealer in 
m books and stationery in Sault de Ste. 
A 1 Marie, and his extensive business in- 
terests have made him an important 
factor in commercial circles. The record of 
the lives of our forefathers are of interest to 
the modern citizen not alone for their his- 
torical value but also for the inspiration and 
example they afford to the present generation. 
Surroundings may differ, yet the essential 
conditions of human existence are ever the 
same, and a man may learn from the suc- 
cess of others around him if he will heed the 
obvious lessons contained in their history. 
The life of Mr. Haller should serve as an 
encouraging example, for it demonstrates 
what can be accomplished by perseverance, 
energy and a strong determination to make 
the best of opportunities presented. 

A native of Rhenish-Prussia, he was born 
on the 2 1st of June, i860, and was a child 
of eight years when his father, Peter Haller, 
sailed with the family for New York. After 
landing in that city he at once continued his 
journey until reaching Mt. Clemens, Mich- 
igan, where he made a location. He still 
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the age of sixty-seven years. By trade he 
is a tanner. He married Catherine Weller 
and they became the perents of the follow- 
ing children: J. P., whose name heads this 
record; Adam Soo; and Mathias, Mt. Clem- 
ens. 

For ten years Mr. Haller resided in Mt. 
Clemens, and on the 20th of April, 1878, 
came to Sault de Ste. Marie, then a young 
man of eighteen years. Here he secured a 
position as salesman in the drug store of 
E. M. Lacy, with whom he continued for 
seven years, serving in the capacity of clerk 
for six years and then becoming a partner. 
On leaving the drug store he opened a book, 
stationery and news stand on Water street, 
being the first to carry on an exclusive busi- 
ness in that line in Sault de Ste. Marie. He 
applied himself diligently to the work in 
hand, and his enterprise, industry and per- 
severance soon brought to him good returns. 
He was forced to enlarge his stock to meet 
the growing demand, and at length was 
obliged to move to more commodious quar- 
ters. On the 24th of October, 1889, he 
rented a store in the Gage block, a three- 
story brick building, with basement, covering 
40x80 feet, and September, 1893, pur- 
chased the property. One large store-room 
and the basement are filled to their utmost 
capacity with a most complete assortment 
of everything to be found in his line for job- 
bing and the retail trade, and he how con- 
trols the great bulk of the book and station- 
ery trade of the city, — the immense volume 
of his business being the outgrowth of the 
small stand. He also has another store of 
this kind on Water street, and has about 
$12,000 invested in stock. He also owns a 
half interest in the business of Haller & 
Ryan, dealers in cigars and music. Mr. 
Haller is a man of most excellent business 



ability, sagacious and far-sighted, of keen 
discrimination and untiring perseverance. 
Thus he has steadily worked his way up- 
ward, rising from a humble clerkship until 
he has become one of the leading merchants 
of his adopted city, — a most important 
factor in the commercial world of Chippewa 
county. To him and to others of similar 
character the West owes much of her pres- 
ent prosperity and greatuess. 

On the loth of September, 1883, Mr. 
Haller was married in Sault de Ste. Marie 
to Miss Minnie A. Ryan, daughter of Dan- 
iel Ryan, a native of Ireland, now living in 
Borrisokane, county Tipperary. To Mr. 
and Mrs. Haller have been born three chil- 
dren, — John M., born in December, 1885; 
Eugene J., born in September, 1S87; Ann 
Lucile, born in September, 1892; and Ger- 
ald A., born May 2, 1895. In politics Mr. 
Haller is a Democrat, and during his early 
residence here served as Village Assessor 
one year. Village Treasurer two years, and 
was a member of the Village Council when 
the city charter was adopted. He is a mem- 
ber of the Catholic Mutual Benevolent As- 
sociation and the National Union. 



>^OHN F. MOLONEY, a member of 
A the City Council of Sault de Ste. 
A 1 Marie, and a retailer and jobber in 
wines and liquors, was born in Ire- 
land on the 4th of December, 1845, and is 
a son of J. L. and Ellen (O'Neil) Moloney, 
both of whom were natives of the Emerald 
Isle. On leaving that country they crossed 
the Atlantic to Amherstberg, Canada, and 
later the father carried on merchandising in 
Detroit, Michigan, and Sheboygan, Wis- 
consin, his death occurring in the latter city 
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five years. In the family were nine chil- 
dren: James, who is living in Sheboygan; 
John F. ; William, a brewer of Detroit; 
Mary and Patrick, who are residents of 
Sheboygan; Ellen, wife of Thomas Scham- 
adan, of Detroit; Margaret, wife of Dennis 
Lenahan, of St. Ignace, Michigan; Bridget, 
wife of William Allair, of Sheboygan; and 
David, who is located in the same city. 

Our subject was a child of twelve years 
when he accompanied his parents on their 
emigration to America. He attended school 
to some extent in Canada, and after the 
removal of the family to Detroit, he there 
engaged in the grocery business, establish- 
ing a store in 1868, which he conducted for 
thirteen years. He then opened a store in 
Sheboygan, which he carried on for three 
years. He has met with two disastrous 
reverses during his business career, — once 
when he was left practically penniless, and 
the other, in 1886, when his store and all 
its contents were destroyed by fire; but with 
characteristic energy he began anew. His 
credit was good, and now he is doing a good 
business as a dealer in wines and liquors, 
having a paying local jobbing trade. He 
is agent for both the Pabst and Sheboygan 
breweries. He also owns considerable real 
estate, which yields to him a good income. 
Mr. Moloney has been twice married. 

Mr. Moloney belongs to the Roman 
Catholic Church, is a member of the Catho- 
lic Mutual Benevolent Association, and is 
first vice-president of the Grand Council. 
He is also President of the Liquor Dealers' 
Association in this city. In politics he is 
an ardent Democrat, and in 1893 was 
elected to the City Council from a ward 
that had always gone Republican, receiving 
a majority of eleven. He served as chair- 
man of the committee on streets and side- 



walks, and during his term the Council laid 
8,000 feet of sewer pipes. He gives his 
support to everything that he believes will 
benefit the city, and in this community has 
many friends. His first wife was Bridget 
Schamadan, a native of Detroit, a daughter 
of Thomas Schamadan. By his first mar- 
riage were ten children, seven of whom still 
survive: Agnes, John, Joseph, Mary, George, 
Maggie and Leo. Mrs. Moloney departed 
this life December 9, 1888, and Mr. Moloney 
was again married in November, 1890, to 
Miss Mary Hanbering, of Coldwater, Mich- 
igan, and by this union there is one child, 
Catherline. 



*y» AURENCE F. BEDFORD, City 
I C Attorney of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich- 
^l^A igan, and ex-Prosecuting Attor- 
ney of Chippewa county, Michi- 
gan, and a conspicuous member of the bar 
of the Upper Peninsula. — The legal pro- 
fession embraces some of the most brilliant 
minds of the nation, and to win a name and 
a place of prominence within its ranks is 
no easy position, but must be obtained 
through earnest effort and close application, 
added to native skill and ability. The man 
in mercantile pursuits may enter upon a 
business already established, and the store 
may have previously secured a reputation 
which assures it success; but not so in the 
legal fraternity; a man must rise by his own 
merits or sink back into the ranks of hope- 
less mediocrity. That Mr. Bedford is so 
well known as a lawyer at once attests his 
ability. 

This gentleman was born in Kent county, 
Ontario, and is a son of William and Mary 
(Daly) Bedford, whose family embraced the 
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J., Kate H., Theresa G. and Clara E. Mr. 
L. F. Bedford acquired his education in 
Grantham Academy, of St. Catharines, On- 
tario, and on leaving that institution removed 
to Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he entered 
the law department of the University of 
Michigan, to fit himself for a profession 
which he had determined to make his life 
work. There, in addition to his law stud- 
ies, he made up the work in rhetoric, his- 
tory and political economy, and in June, 
1885, was graduated. On the 12th day of 
March previous he was admitted to the bar 
before Judge Joslyn, of Ann Arbor, and on 
leaving the University he went into the office 
of Brennan & Donnally, a leading law firm 
of Detroit, where he remained from July 5, 
1885, until the 27th of April, 1887, when he 
determined to take up his residence in Sault 
de Ste. Marie. 

Mr. Bedford's career before a jury in 
Chippewa county began in a criminal case 
as defendant's counsel on the re-trial of 
Timothy Coughlan, who was convicted of 
the murder of the Paro boys on Sugar 
island, and was under sentence of fifteen 
years' imprisonment. He was put to work 
on the case by Brennan & Donnally, obtained 
a new trial, and this time secured a verdict 
of manslaughter. Mr. Bedford's first client 
in Chippewa county was the late lamented 
John G. Ferris, one of the pioneers of this 
locality and an honored and esteemed citi- 
zen. In 1890 our subject was nominated 
by the Democratic party for the office of 
Prosecuting Attorney, and was elected by a 
majority of fifty-si.x in a county where the 
usual Republican majority is one hundred 
and fifty. His work was as effective as an 
official in behalf of the State as it is as a 
private citizen in the interests of his client. 
While the incumbent in that office he was 



connected with the Harcourt-Dunn murder 
case, in which he secured the former's con- 
viction; also the case of Mrs. Dalton, for 
the killing of James Wise, in which a ver- 
dict of guilty was secured and a sentence to 
the House of Correction, her death ultimate- 
ly occurring while in the insane asylum. 
In the case where Coulter was charged with 
the murder of his father, the accused man 
was at first acquitted, but was re-arrested on 
the cha.rge of perjury, pleaded guilty and 
was sent to Marquette for ten years. But 
probably the greatest service which Mr. 
Bedford rendered Chippewa county and the 
Upper Peninsula was in breaking up the band 
of crooks and train robbers who had a den at 
Trout Lake and operated on the Soo Rail- 
roads, making that point exceedingly hazard- 
ous for the unwary passenger and his valuable 
effects. The Prosecuting Attorney put an 
end to this highway robbery by sending a 
number of the band to Marquette for long 
terms and driving the remainder out of the 
county. He was the first Prosecting At- 
torney to succeed in suppressing houses of 
ill fame in the county and the enforcement 
of the " Breen act." His efforts as an at- 
torney for defense in the St. Peter and Will- 
iam Fuhrman cases, recently, was rewarded 
with a verdict of acquittal in both cases. 
He was also acting City Attorney for Sault 
de Ste. Marie from the ist of January to the 
adjournment of the Legislature in 1891, 
and was appointed City Attorney of Sault 
de Ste. Marie May 6, 1895. 

Mr. Bedford was one of the incorporat- 
ors of the first electric-light plant in this 
city, and was attorney for the first gas com- 
pany that obtained a franchise in this city. 

His success as a lawyer is certainly well 
deserved, and his high reputation is well 
merited, coming in consequence of a skill 



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and ability that has resulted from earnest 
labor, perseverance and masterly legal tal- 
ent. Before judge or jury he is an able ad- 
vocate, logical, clear and convincing, and a 
broad general information adds not a little 
to his power. 



BRANK I. PHILLIPS, M. D.— We 
now direct attention to the more 
salient points in the life history of 
one who stands prominently forth 
as one of the representative physicians of 
the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and as an 
honored citizen of Escanaba, where -he has 
maintained his residence since 1887. 

The Doctor is a native of the Wolver- 
ine State, where his entire life has been 
passed, though his place of nativity is far 
removed from that section with which 
he is now conspicuously identified. He was 
born in Macomb county, Michigan, May 24, 
1859, the son of George and Lj'dia (Ster- 
ling) Phillips, the former of whom was a 
native of central New York and the latter of 
Michigan. George Phillips was a son of 
Ira Phillips, who established the family name 
in the Peninsula State, the Christian name 
of his father having been John. The pa- 
ternal ancestry is of Welsh origin, the first 
representatives of the line in America locat- 
ing in Connecticut in 1651. George and 
Lydia Phillips became the parents of four 
sons and four daughters, of whom our sub- 
ject was the second in order of birth. 

Dr. Phillips received, in a more purely 
literary way, an academic education, while 
professionally he completed his course of 
studies in the well known Detroit College of 
Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, where he grad- 
uated in 1882. Thus reinforced for that 
profession which he had determined to make 



his life work, the Doctor came forthwith to 
the Upper Peninsula, first establishing him- 
self in practice at Fayette, Delta county, 
where is located the e.xtensive Jackson fur- 
nace. At this point he remained until 1887, 
when he removed to Escanaba, which city 
represented a wider field for the prosecution 
of his professional work, already attended 
by a due measure of success. Here he has 
since remained, and to-day he is recognized 
as one of the most able and popular medi- 
cal practitioners in the city, having a repre- 
sentative support in his list of patrons. His 
system of practice is that of the regular 
school, and superinduced to the thorough 
technical and theoretical knowledge which 
is his, he maintains a lively interest in the 
advances made in medical science and sur- 
gery, and while not given to ill-advised ex- 
perimentation yet is ever ready to accept 
approved methods and means whose util- 
ization experience and investigation will 
justify. The Doctor holds preferment as 
district surgeon for the Chicago & North- 
western Railroad Company, having super- 
vision in this way of the entire Upper Pe- 
ninsula. He has been the medical super- 
intendent oi the Delta County Hospital for 
the past four years, and is also assistant 
surgeon of the Marine Hospital. He re- 
tains a membership in the Association of 
Military Surgeons of the United States and 
in the Menominee Valley Medical Associa- 
tion. 

Politically our subject is an ardent Re- 
publican and he comes of an ancestry not- 
able for patriotism, in which connection it 
may be stated that many of his relatives 
were active participants in the late war of 
the Rebellion, — a contest in which he him- 
self was too young to take part. He at- 
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not a member of any religious organization. 
Fraternally he is quite prominently identi- 
fied with the Masonic order and the Knights 
of Pythias. 

The marriage of Dr. Phillips was cel- 
ebrated at Saginaw, Michigan, where he 
was united to Miss Blanche Norris, a na- 
tive of Grand Rapids, same State. 



^Y'AY W. SUTTON, SaultSainte Marie, 
^ Michigan, is the father and secre- 
A 1 tary of a financial institution in this 
city, which is a firm and substantial 
concern organized under the laws of the 
State of Michigan, and known as the Soo 
Mutual Building and Loan Association. 

This institution came into existence 
more than six years ago in response to a de- 
sire on the part of its promoters to establish 
a co-operative association where savings and 
surplus funds generally could be invested 
with sure and liberal returns, and at the 
same time supply largely the demand for 
loans at a more reasonable rate of interest 
than was charged by the banks. The asso- 
ciation is capitalized at three million dollars, 
issues a series of stock quarterly, and was 
ofBcered at its first meeting, July 24, 1888, 
as follows: Board of directors — John H. 
Goff, Otto Fowle, T. B. Easterday, Robert 
J. Stewart, H. D. Rains, C. L. Anderson 
and J. W. Sutton; president, T. R. Easter- 
day; vice president, H. D. Rains; treasurer. 
Otto Fowle; and secretary, J. W. Sutton. 
The directors at the present time are: W. 
B. Cady, president; Otto Supe, vice presi- 
dent; Otto Fowle, treasurer; Jay W. Sut- 
ton, secretary; and H. D. Rains, R. J. Stew- 
art and D. McGregor, Directors Fowle and 
Sutton having filled the same positions since 
organization. The association has passed 



the quarter-million mark in receipts and dis- 
bursements, as shown by its Maj' statement, 
1895, published in The Money Maker, its 
official organ, the only paper issued by a 
building and loan association. This state- 
ment also shows over $174,000 assets, and 
over $50,000 credited profits, besides $20,- 
258 already paid out to members, making a 
total of over $70,000 in round numbers, 
made for members, borrowers as well as in- 
vestors; and have on hand $113,773 ^s in- 




JAY W. SUTTON. 

stallments placed with it by its members; 
and all this favorable and gratifying showing 
in the face of the severest financial depres- 
sion known in this country since 1857. The 
conservative methods of the managers is 
apparent in the single announcement that 
the association has never taken a piece of 
property nor started foreclosure proceedings 
to satisfy its claims. 

The business of the association has in- 
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practically the whole attention of its secre- 
tary. Prior to its founding he was a practic- 
ing attorney in this city, but with the excep- 
tion of occasional service for an old client he 
has dropped out of the legal field. 

Mr. Sutton studied law in Milford, Michi- 
gan, in the ofSce of E. J. Bissell, and was 
admitted at Pontiac by Judge Baldwin, May 
13, 1 88 1. After being admitted to the bar, 
he went into the office of William L. Weber, 
attorney and land commissioner for the F. 
& P. M. R. R. Company, and remained two 
years, after which he was for two years in 
the office of Tarsney & Weadock. He then 
formed a partnership with B. W. Houston, 
at Vassar, which relation existed until Mr. 
Sutton came to Sault Sainte Marie about 
March 4, 1887. In this city his partner was 
Mr. Yerkers. Mr. Sutton is a tireless worker 
in the interest of his clients and has a repu- 
tation as a successful lawyer. 

He was born in Macomb county, Michi- 
gan, in the village of Romeo, September 10, 
1858. His father was a native of New York, 
was a merchant by occupation, and passed 
the closing years of his life in Michigan, 
where he died when the subject of our 
sketch was quite young. At the age of 
thirteen young Sutton also lost his mother, 
to whose support he had contributed as best 
he could after the father's death. Her 
maiden name was Charlotte Killien, and 
Canada her native land. She was the sec- 
ond wife of Mr. Sutton, who, by his former 
marriage, had a daughter, now Mrs. J. W. 
Gass of Romeo, Michigan. Thus orphaned 
in early life, Jay W. was thrown upon his 
own resources. He worked on a farm near 
Rochester for his board and clothes two 
years. Afterward, on a farm near Macomb, 
he received $10 a month in summer and 
worked for his board in winter while attend- 



ing school. In the spring of 1877 he hired 
to do farm work in Oakland county, at $18 
a month, and during the winter months at- 
tended the Milford high school. After 
this he spent some time in the State 
Normal School at Ypsilanti, expecting to 
become a teacher, but finally chose the 
law instead and began his reading as before 
mentioned. 

Mr. Sutton was married in Milford, 
Michigan, November 30, 1882, to Miss Ella 
M. Covey, of Saginaw, daughter of H. G. 
and Margaret Covey. They have an adopt- 
ed daughter, Lillian M., aged four years. 

Mr. Sutton is an active member of the 
K. O. T. M. He was a moving spirit in 
organizing the Soo Y. M. C. A., and the 
last to let go when its collapse was immi- 
nent. In church work is zealous and active, 
his membership being with the Presbyteri- 
ans, in which church he is a Trustee, and 
has served five years as Treasurer and three 
as Elder. 



*y— ^ ARRYL. BUSHNELL.— The "art 
1^^^ preservative of all arts " is one 
M. . r whose devotees are almost invari- 
ably men of much intellectual force 
and business sagacity, and no exception to 
this rule is to be noted in the case of the sub- 
ject of this brief review, who is publisher of 
the Delta, a weekly newspaper published in 
the little city of Gladstone, Delta county. 
His journalistic policy has been shown to be 
progressive and aggressive, and his associa- 
tion with the printing and publishing busi- 
ness has been one marked by ability and 
usefulness. He began his education as a 
manipulator of the classic quill in the office 
of the Escanaba Tribune, being only eleven 
years of age at the time when he essayed in- 



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itiation into the mysteries of washing rolls, 
assorting " pi," and duly inspecting to his 
sorrow the minute insects which, according 
to the mythology of the craft, are ever said 
to be lurking between open columns of wet 
type, awaiting the glance of the novice. The 
boy made rapid progress in his work and 
was advanced as his ability justified. The 
Tribune was edited by Charles D. Jewell at 
the time our subject began his apprentice- 
ship, but about four years later it was suc- 
ceeded by the Iron Port. Young Bushnell 
remained with the Tribune until 1880, when 
he went to Ouinnesec, Michigan, and for 
one year acted as manager of the Menomi- 
nee Range, published at that point. He 
then returned to the office of the Iron Port, 
and was there retained as foreman until the 
Delta was removed from that city to Glad- 
stone, since which time, with the exception 
of two years, he has been connected with 
this flourishing newspaper. He was one of 
the proprietors of the Delta from 1887 to 
1889, when he disposed of his interest 
therein to his copartner, Charles E. Mason, 
its present proprietor. 

Mr. Bushnell is by training and educa- 
tion a Republican. His father was a Dem- 
ocrat, but of this fact our subject was not 
apprised until he had formulated his own 
opinions and cast his first vote. 

Mr. Bushnell was born in Clinton coun- 
ty, New York, on the 31st of July, 1861, 
the son of Alaric M. Bushnell, who was an 
expert mechanic and who was employed in 
the Rodgers Brothers' rolling-rrill and nail 
factory at Au Sauble Forks, New York. 
The maiden name of our subject's mother 
was Jane Lathrop. Her father came to the 
upper peninsula of Michigan in 1864 and 
settled at Marquette, to which place Mrs. 
Bushnell brought her family in 1867, re- 



maining there two years, after which she 
removed to Escanaba, Delta county, and 
there reared her children. Her first-born 
was Mrs. Sarah L. Chase, now deceased; 
the second is Mrs. W. S. Tyrrell, of Esca- 
naba; and the only other child is our subject. 
Alaric Bushnell was the father of two chil- 
dren by a previous marriage, namely: James 
J. Bushnell, now a resident of Brooklyn, 
New York; and Mrs. Hattie Stafford, of 
Peru, same State. 

The marriage of Harry L. Bushnell was 
solemnized at Escanaba, November 17, 
1 88 1, when he was united to Miss Nel- 
lie E. Rossiter, a daughter of Richard 
Rossiter, who is now a resident of Tower, 
Minnesota, where, as a skilled mechanic, he 
holds preferment as boss carpenter for the 
Minnesota Iron Company. Mrs. Bushnell 
has one brother, John Rossiter, a resident 
of Duluth, Minnesota. Our subject and his 
wife are the parents of three children: 
Mabel, Sam and Blanche. 

In his fraternal relations Mr. Bushnell is 
identified with the Maccabees, Modern 
Woodmen of America, the Good Templars 
and the Keeley League. 



HLBERT T. STREETER is a mem- 
ber of the legal profession of the 
Upper Peninsula, successfully en- 
gaged in the practice of law in 
Red Jacket, Michigan. He is recognized as 
one of the prominent citizens of this locality, 
taking a leading part in public affairs, and 
in the history of his adopted State well 
deserves mention. 

Mr. Streeter is a native of Ohio, his 
birth having occurred in Austinburg on the 
28th of December, 1844. His father, 
Sereno W. Streeter, wasborn in Massachu- 



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setts, and was a minister of the Congrega- 
tional Church, devoting the greater part of 
his Hfe to that holy calling. He died in 
1880, at the age of sixty-nine years. His 
wife, who in her maidenhood was Sarah J. 
Willard, claimed New Hampshire as the 
State of her nativitj-, and by her marriage 
became the mother of four children, one 
son and three daughters. 

Albert T. Streeter attended the public 
schools until sixteen years of age, when he 
entered the Otterbein University, and pur- 
sued his studies there for two years. On 
the expiration of that period he began a 
classical course in college, and thus by edu- 
cation was well fitted for the practical and 
responsible duties of life. When his school 
course was ended he determined to seek a 
home in Michigan, and the )'ear 1867 wit- 
nessed his arrival on the Northern Penin- 
sula, with which he has since been identified. 
He was the first assistant Postmaster of 
Houghton, but after about a j'ear spent in 
that capacity he entered the law office of 
Miller, Van Arman & Lewis in the city of 
Chicago, where he pursued his studies for a 
time and then attended lectures in the law 
department of the University of Michigan at 
Ann Arbor for two years. 

Upon his return to the Lake Superior 
region in December, 1869, Mr. Streeter 
located in Calumet, where he has since 
resided. He was admitted to the bar be- 
fore Judge Williams of the Twelfth Circuit 
Court of Houghton, and soon after opened 
an office in Calumet and awaited his first 
client. It was not long before he secured a 
start in business, and soon his prestige grew 
until he is now at the head of a large busi- 
ness. He has ever been a close student of 
his profession, is well versed in the law and 
is careful and painstaking in the preparation 



of his cases, weighing carefully all evidence 
and seeking the best points of attack in his 
opponent's argument. Thus has he won a 
merited success and gained a reputation 
which numbers him among the leading 
members of the bar of Houghton county. 
In 1892 he was elected Prosecuting Attor- 
ney, and so ably did he fill the office that 
on the expiration of his first term he was re- 
elected. For sixteen years he served as 
Postmaster of Calumet and is now a mem- 
ber of the School Board, taking an active 
interest in advancing the cause of education. 
In his social relations Mr. Streeter is a 
Mason. The members of his household are 
himself, wife and two children. Mrs. 
Streeter bore the maiden name of Nina G. 
\Vorrall. The home is noted for its hos- 
pitality, and our subject and his estimable 
wife hold a high position in social circles, 
where true worth and intelligence are re- 
ceived as the passports into good society. 



^V^HILIP SCHEUERMANN, presi- 
1 m dent of the Union Brewing Com- 
M pany, which is situated on Portage 

Lake, near Houghton, Michigan, is 
conducting a successful business and now 
has one of the leading industries of the kind 
in this part of the State. The business was 
established by William Ault. who, in 1863, 
sold out later to three gentlemen, — Philip 
Scheuermann, Frank Mayvvood and Adam 
Youngman, and the new firm conducted 
business under the name of the Union 
Brewing Company. Subsequently our sub- 
ject bought out the last named. The other 
member of the firm died, and he then pur- 
chased the interest of the widow, so that he 
thus became sole owner. On the ist of 
January, 1895, the business was incorporated 



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under the name that it had formerly held 
with the following officers: Mr. Scheuer- 
mann, president; Mrs. Anna Scheuermann, 
vice-president; and Philip Scheuermann, Jr., 
secretary and treasurer. The capital stock, 
$50,000, has all been paid in. The capacity 
of the brewery is 10,000 barrels of beer an- 
ually, and the product, which is an excellent 
quality, finds a ready sale on the market. 
There is also a bottling plant in connection 
with the brewery, and the business in its 
various departments is in a flourishing con- 
dition. 

Mr. Scheuermann was born in Germany, 
September 16, 1822, and in accordance 
with the laws of the land attended school 
until fourteen years of age, when he began 
to learn the millwright's trade, which he 
followed until he emigrated to America. In 
1850 he bade adieu to home and friends and 
sailed for the United States, making his first 
location at old Cliff mine, at Eagle River, 
Keweenaw county, where he remained until 
i860, working at the carpenter's trade. On 
leaving that place he removed to Hancock, 
where he began work at the Quincy mine, 
being employed there for the long period of 
thirty years. He was superintendent of the 
stamp mill and built the one that was used 
by the company. He is the inventor of the 
big sand wheel that is now being used by the 
Calumet & Hecla Mining Company in their 
stamp mill at Lake Linden. After leavmg 
the Quincy mine he engaged in the brewing 
business, which he still follows. His faith- 
fulness, honorable dealing and loyalty are 
indicated by his long connection with one 
company. He was also superintendent of 
the poor in Houghton county for twenty 
years, and in that office was prompt and 
trustworthy in the discharge of his duties. 

Mr. Scheuermann has been twice mar- 



ried. He first wedded Agnes Myers, who 
was drowned when the steamer Sunbeam 
was lost in a heavy sea in 1863. She left 
five daughters, all married. For his second 
wife Mr. Scheuermann chose Miss Anna 
Berger and they also have five children. 
Philip, the eldest, is now secretary and 
treasurer of the Union Brewing Company 
and his father's able assistant in business. 



,>^ ICHARD M. HOAR, Mayor of 
I /^ Houghton, Michigan, is one of the 
\ , y best known men in the northern 
peninsula. He has for years been 
prominently identified with the various in- 
terests of this part of the country, and with- 
out more than a passing mention of his life 
this work would be incomplete. 

Richard M. Hoar was born in St. Aus- 
tell, Cornwall, England, March 28, 1831, 
one of the family of five sons and four 
daughters of Jacob and Gertrude (Martin) 
Hoar, natives of Cornwall. His father 
was an engineer. Until twelve years of 
age Richard M. attended the public schools. 
He then entered the employ of Joseph Rob- 
ins, a general merchant, with whom he re- 
mained seven years, beginning as an errand 
boy. When he was twenty he engaged in 
general merchandising for himself, and con- 
tinued in business in the old country until 
1854, when he emigrated to Canada. In 
Canada he was engaged in the dry-goods 
and clothing business from 1854 until 1859, 
the latter year becoming a resident of 
Houghton, Michigan. Mr. Hoar made a 
visit to Houghton in 1857, and at that time 
was so favorably impressed with the country 
here that he decided to make this place his 
future home, and he accordingly disposed of 
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became a resident of Houghton in 1859. 
That year he joined his brother in partner- 
ship in a general merchandise business under 
the firm name of John Hoar & Brother. 
They continued business jointly until eleven 
years ago, when Mr. John Hoar died. Since 
then Richard M. has continued alone and 
now has one of the best equipped stores on 
the peninsula, and besides his establishment 
here he has a large store at Portage Entry. 
His operations, however, have not been 
confined to merchandising, but have in- 
cluded various enterprises, especially so dur- 
ing his early residence here. In 1862 he 
took a contract to build the western end of 
the Marquette, Houghton & Ontonagon Rail- 
road from Sturgeon river to Houghton, and 
before the railroad extended further than 
L'Anse he ran a stage line for ten years 
from that place to Houghton, running the 
stage in the winter when the lake was frozen, 
and in summer running the steamer Ivanho 
between these points. In connection with 
his late brother he took a contract from the 
State Government to open a wagon road 
between Houghton and Baraga, and as his 
pay for this work received two sections of 
land to the mile. He was also largely 
engaged in freighting for a number of years. 
Indeed, he did all the freighting for this sec- 
tion of the country. He has hauled as 
much as 7,000 tons of refined copper in one 
winter on sleighs, and at one time ran as 
many as 104 freighting teams, taking thirty- 
six horses daily, to take care of mails, 
packages and express, and carrying mail 
between Houghton and L'Anse during the 
entire time, and in ten years only made 
three failures to get through, and was always 
very prompt. His was said to be the best 
service known in the stage-line business. 
With the political and educational affairs 



of his town and county he has likewise been 
prominently connected. He was the second 
President of the village of Houghton, and 
has been a member of its Council nearly 
ever since the city was organized. He was 
chief engineer and organizer of the Fire 
Department at Houghton, in 1862; for 
fifteen consecutive years he has been a 
member and director of the School Board 
of Houghton. In 1873 Mr. Hoar was 
elected to represent Houghton and Baraga 
counties in the Michigan State Legislature, 
and in the session which followed he per- 
formed his duty in a manner which reflected 
credit both upon himself and his constituents. 

Mr. Hoar was married in Toronto, 
Canada, August 31, 1858, to Miss Elizabeth 
W. Bailey, of Kent county, England, and 
they have five children living; they lost one 
daughter, Mrs. John Sheldon Smith, of Mil- 
waukee. 

Fraternally, Mr. Hoar is a Mason, and 
has advanced to the thirty-second degree. 
He is now in his sixty-fifth year and is 
strong and full of vigor, and can do as much 
work as when he was thirty. A man who 
has gone through many hardships of pioneer 
life, he does not appear to be a man more 
than fifty. 



■^ j'OSEPH CROZE, towing, engaged in 
M dry-dock ship-repairing, coal dealing, 
A ■ Houghton, is a native of Canada. 
He was born February 8, 1841, son 
of Peter L. Croze, a Canadian farmer and 
a dealer in cattle and sheep. Until he was 
eighteen he attended parochial school, then 
took an academy course, and in the spring 
of 1859 left his native land and came to the 
United States, locating at Eagle River, 
Michigan, where he was employed by the 



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Cliff Copper Mining Company, working for 
them a year as teamster and then a year and 
a half on the surface. After this he was 
surface boss for the Garden City Mining 
Company two years. Then he became 
manager of the Phoeni.x Hotel at Eagle 
River, which he conducted four years, and 
at the end of that time became identified 
with Houghton. That was in 1869. Here 
he secured employment in the general mer- 
chandise store of Smith & Harris, and 
clerked for this firm eight years. In the 
meantime he became a partner with Mr. L. 
Bussiere in the tugboat business, buying on 
equal shares the steam tug Mary E. Willis. 
It was in 1872 that this partnership was 
formed, and they carried on the business 
together for three years under the firm name 
of J. Croze & Company. At the end of the 
three years Mr. Croze bought out his part- 
ner. He conducted the business the next 
two years under his own name and then 
consolidated with the estate of R. Sheldon, 
under the name of the Portage Lake Towing 
Company, Mr. Croze being senior partner 
and general superintendent of the business. 
Four years later the partnership was dis- 
solved and from that time to the present he 
has carried on the business alone. He now 
has two tugboats and twenty-eight lighters. 

During his residence at Houghton Mr. 
Croze has been prospered in his undertak- 
ings, has made some valuable investments, 
and is now the owner of a large amount of 
real estate. He is one of the Councilmen of 
Houghton, elected to this position in the 
spring of 1 894. A public-spirited and gener- 
ous man, honorable and upright in all his 
deaUngs, he has the respect of all who know 
him. He is a member of the A. O. U. W. 

Mr. Croze is a man of family. He mar- 
ried Mrs. Johana McCatby, of Eagle River, 



Michigan, and they have had eleven children, 
nine of whom are living, the other two 
having died in infancy. 



ca 



William Alexander dunn, 

Sheriff of Houghton county, Mich- 
igan, was born in Glengarry, 
Canada, October 5, 1840, son of 
Walter and Sarah (Williams) Dunn, both 
natives of that place. 

His father dying when William A. was 
nine years of age, he was early in life thrown 
upon his own resources, and had very mea- 
ger advantages for an education. Indeed, 
the whole of his schooling amounted to only 
a part of two winters, when he attended 
school in an old log schoolhouse. In the 
dear school of experience, however, he has 
gained a broader knowledge than is ever 
learned from books. When he was thirteen 
he was employed in the lumber woods near 
his home, and was thus occupied there until 
he was twenty-three. Then, in 1863, he 
came to Bay City, Michigan, in the interest 
of the firm of Cooper Brothers, of Canada. 
Afterward he was employed by a mining 
company of Michigan to build log houses, 
and still later he did carpenter work in the 
copper regions for Larry Goodman. In 1867 
he entered the employ of the Calumet & 
Hecla Mining Company, as watchman, and 
after serving as such for three months left 
the company to build docks at Grand Island. 
Next he was superintendent for Whittmore 
& Ferguson, building breakwater at Mar- 
quette. In the fall of 1869 he was sent to 
the New York mine, where the city of 
Ishpeming now stands, to sink a shaft. In 
October, 1872, he opened the Kloman mine 
at Republic. This mine he operated for 
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barked in the manufacture of high explosives. 
In 1872 he had assisted Mr. Jacob Hough- 
ton in introducing high explosives in the 
New York mine. He experimented with 
the nitro-glycerin and found that by adding 
a little charcoal dust and sugar the result 
obtained was more satisfactory, and he also 
discovered a slate, which, when ground to 
powder and added to the nitro-glycerin, 
worked to perfection. He continued the 
manufacture of high explosives about eight 
months, selling out at the end of that time 
to C. M. Wheeler. For about one year 
after this he had charge of a mine near 
Ishpeming for the Lake Superior Mining 
Company. In 1877 he negotiated with Mr. 
Wheeler to introduce high explosives in the 
copper country. For the first three months 
he had no success, on account of the people 
being afraid to use it, but finally he ob- 
tained permission to use the powder in the 
Calumet and Hecla mine, and there dem- 
onstrated its superiority over the black 
powder they had been using. After this 
they all adopted his powder, and are using 
it to-day. In 1888 he opened the Dunn 
mine, now called the York. He was at that 
time exploring for Moore, Benjamin & Com- 
pany of Milwaukee. The following year he 
negotiated the sale of the Peninsula mine to 
Mr. Graham Pope for the sum of $40,000. 
Thus for many years and in a number of 
ways has Mr. Dunn been identified with the 
mining interests of northern Michigan. 

In 1892 he was elected Sheriff of Hough- 
ton county, was re-elected in 1894, and is 
now serving in this office. He was a mem- 
ber of the Houghton Council for seven 
years. 

Mr. Dunn is a man of family. He 
married Miss Helen M. LaDeaux, of Michi- 
gan, and they have four children living, — 



Alice, William L., Bird W. , and Daisy A. 
They had one daughter that died in infancy. 
Fraternally, Mr. Dunn is identified with 
the Masonic order and has received its 
thirty-second degree. 



^V^^ICHOLAS REDING, the leading 
1 \ merchant of South Lake Linden 
\ ^ and a man whose industry and 
business ability has brought to him 
a high degree of success and made him one 
of the wealthy citizens of this locality, is a 
native of Luxemburg, Germany, born in 
January, 1847. His parents, J. B. and Mar- 
garet (Myers) Reding, were also natives of 
the same place, where the father carried on 
merchandising. The family numbered six 
children. Nicholas attended the public 
schools near his home until fifteen years of 
age, when he entered upon his business 
career as clerk in the employ of Andre 
Nivarti, with whom he continued for a year. 
On the expiration of that period he came 
to the United States and locating in Chicago 
spent eighteen months following any em- 
ployment that would yield him an honest 
living. He then came to the Lake Superior 
country and located in Hancock, Michigan, 
where he secured work in the Pewabic stamp 
mills and continued his labors there for eight 
months. His next removal brought him to 
Calumet, and he secured a position in the 
employ of the Calumet & Hecla Mine Com- 
pany, with whom he remained for a year, 
and then came to Lake Linden, working in 
the stamp mill of the same company here for 
two years. Mr. Reding was next employed 
as driver for Charles Briggs, a dealer in 
general merchandise, and this led him into 
the business which he now follows. After 
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driver for Peter Ruppe, who was in the same 
line of trade, and after two years he went to 
Torch Lake, where for three years he acted 
in the capacity of salesman for J. B. Ormsby 
& Company. On leaving his employ Mr. 
Reding secured a position as salesman for the 
firm of Maier & Neumann, of Torch Lake, 
with whom he continued for nine years, 
during which time he became thoroughly 
familiar with the business in all its details, 
and gained an experience that has proven 
very valuable to him since he entered into 
business on his own account. 

Forming a partnership with Joseph 
Bosch, Mr. Reding opened a general mer- 
chandise establishment under the firm name 
of Reding & Company. This connection 
was continued with mutual pleasure and 
profit for six and a half years, and then Mr. 
Reding sold out to his partner and came to 
South Lake Linden, where he bought out 
the store of Penberthy Brothers and has 
since carried on business alone. He has a 
full and complete line of everything to be 
found in a first-class establishment of the 
kind, and has steadily increased his stock to 
meet the growing demands of the trade until 
now he has the largest store in the place 
and a patronage which yields to him a good 
income. He is a successful merchant, wide- 
awake and enterprising, and his progressive 
spirit has left its impress on the store which 
would do credit to a much larger place. In 
connection with his store he holds consider- 
able mining stock. 

The lady who now bears the name of 
Mrs. Reding was in her maidenhood Miss 
Adelaide Laube, daughter of B. Laube, of 
Red Jacket; and to them have been born 
eight children, — four sons and four daugh- 
ters. The family is one of prominence in 
the community, and all who know them hold 



them in high regard. Mr. Reding came to 
this country a poor boy, empty-handed, but 
he determined to improve his opportunities, 
and in the years that have followed he has 
carried out this resolution and it has brought 
to him a high degree of success. All that 
he has he owes to his own industry, perse- 
verance and good management, and his ex- 
ample should be ascourceof encouragement 
and inspiration to those who like himself 
must depend entirely upon their own 
resources. 



'^j'AMES B. COOPER, superintendent 
f of the Calumet & Hecla Smelting 
/• 1 Works, South Lake Linden, Michi- 
gan, is a gentleman in every way 
worthy of some personal consideration in a 
work of this character, which is devoted to a 
review of the lives of the representative 
men of northern Michigan. 

Mr. Cooper claims Spring Wells, Wayne 
county, this State, as the place of his na- 
tivity, the date of his birth being June 5, 
1859. His father, James R. Cooper, a na- 
tive of the Empire State, is now agent in 
charge of the Lake Superior Smelting 
Works at Hancock; and of his mother we 
record that her maiden name was Miss 
Mary E. Jenks, and her native place Oak- 
land county, Michigan. Two children com- 
prised their family, — James B. and a 
daughter. 

James B. Cooper completed a high- 
school course at Birmingham, Michigan, and 
graduated in the high school at Detroit in 
1877. He then came to Houghton and was 
employed under his father in the office of 
the D. & L. S. Copper Company, where he 
remained until 1879. The next year he 
spent in college, taking a special course, and 







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in July, 1880, resumed work in the same 
office. In 1 888 he went to Bridgeport, Con- 
necticut, and entered the employ of the 
Bridgeport Copper Company, remaining 
there two years in charge of the copper re- 
finery. At the end of this time he returned 
to Houghton and in January, 1891, he was 
made superintendent of the Calumet & 
Hecla Smelting Works, which position he 
still fills. His practical as well as theoret- 
ical knowledge eminently fits him for this 
important position, and, indeed, there is 
probably no man better qualified to fill the 
place than he. Mr. Cooper is a director in 
the National Bank of Houghton. 

He married Miss Antoinette Senter, 
daughter of John Senter, of Houghton, and 
they have an infant son and daughter. 



t>^ EGIS BEAUCHAMP is the efficient 

I ^r and capable Sheriff of Delta county, 

\ . P Michigan, and his official record is 

free from any suspicion of wrong. 

He has indeed merited the confidence of the 

public, and his fellow townsmen give him 

their trust in an unusual degree. 

A native of Quebec, Canada, he was 
born on the 27th of March, 1S52, and is of 
French descent. His parents, Felix and 
Josephte (Lalonde) Beauchamp, were also 
natives of Quebec, but their parents were 
born in France and emigrated from that 
country to the New World. They had a 
family which numbered the following chil- 
dren: Xavier, Jasien, Josephte, Alexander, 
Joseph, Felix, Adeline, Melitine, Trefle, 
Regis, Moses, Mary and Arsen. Alexander 
and Melitine are both now deceased, but 
the others have all attained to years of 
maturity and are all married save Felix. 
Four of the sons and two daughters are in 



the United States, but the remaining mem- 
bers of the family still reside in Canada. 

In the schools of his native city Regis 
Beauchamp was educated both in English 
and French. His childhood days were 
quietly passed, and he continued in Canada 
until 1873, when, at the age of thirty-one, 
he sought a home in Escanaba. Here he 
formed a connection with the lumber firm 
known as the Ludington Company, with 
which he continued for the long period of 
seven years. He then removed to a farm 
at Flat Rock, in Delta county, and in the 
summer months carried on agricultural pur- 
suits, while in the winter season he was 
jobbing for the Ludington Lumber Com- 
pany. Thus his time was passed until 1891, 
when he secured a position as salesman in 
the mercantile house of Mr. St. Jacques, of 
Escanaba, where he remained during the 
two succeeding years. 

Mr. Beauchamp was married in this city 
July 2, 1879, to Miss Julien Beauchamp, a 
daughter of Antoine and Marceline (Limoze) 
Beauchamp, also a native of Canada. 
Eight children grace this union, of whom 
seven are still living, — Leana, Ida, Henry, 
Emma, Olive, Emanuel and Julien. The 
second child. Regis, is deceased. Those 
who have attained a sufficient age are now 
attending St. Anne's parochial school. The 
parents and children are members of St. 
Anne's Roman Catholic Church. 

Mr. Beauchamp is a member of the 
Ancient Order of United Workmen and of 
the Select Knights, a branch of the same 
order. He belongs to St. John's Society, a 
French association technically called "In- 
stitut Jacques Cartier, " and is quite promi- 
nent in social circles. He is also one of the 
political leaders of Delta county, not only 
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but of others as well. In the fall of 1 892 he 
became the candidate of the Republican 
party for the office of county Sheriff, and 
was elected by a good majority for a term 
of two years, during which he so creditably 
and acceptably discharged the duties devolv- 
ing upon him that he was re-elected by an 
increased majority amounting to 1,228, — 
the largest given any candidate in the 
county. What higher testimonial of his 
fidelity could be given "> People of all 
parties recognize his worth and fitness for 
office and accordingly give him their sup- 
port, so that he is now in his fourth year of 
service. His private and public record are 
alike untarnished, and among the citizens of 
Delta county none are more worthy of 
representation in this volume than the popu- 
lar Sheriff, Regis Beauchamp. 



ISAAC W. FRIMODIG, Treasurer of 
Houghton county, was born Septem- 
ber 29, 1855, in the Kaafjord, Nor- 
way, where the well-known Altens 
copper mines and works are located. His 
parents, John P. Frimodig and Marie 
Mathilte Kehlange (the latter a native of 
Sweden), emigrated to America, locating at 
Calumet, Michigan, where a number of 
miners from the Altens copper mines had 
previously located. In the spring of 1865 
these miners moved to the Quincy mine at 
Hancock, where they received better pay 
than in the old country, and this fact was 
the main inducement which led the Frimodig 
family also to emigrate here. In coming here 
they brought along also the grandmother of 
the children, then aged seventy-eight years. 
Of their children, six sons and two daugh- 
ters are living in the United States; and one 



son, Albert, was killed in the Homestake 
mine at Black Hills, Dakota, in 1891. 

Isaac W. commenced work in the cop- 
per mines in his native country when eleven 
years of age, first in a stamp mill washing 
ore and then in a mine with his father, 
attending school half the time, however, 
from the age of seven years to sixteen, as a 
certain amount of school attendance from 
the age of seven years is required in that 
country by law, no matter how poor the 
parents are. In this country he secured 
work in the Centennial mine, and was 
employed as a miner in the Calumet & 
Hecla mine and the Quincy and Osceola 
mines. While employed at the last men- 
tioned place he met with an accident which 
nearly resulted fatally, being struck on the 
left side of his face by a large rock falling 
from an overhanging wall under ground, 
and the scar now visible upon his face 
shows how near the blow came to ending 
his life. 

Quitting the occupation of mining after 
that serious event, he entered mercantile 
business, in which for the first two years and 
a half he was engaged as a salesman for F. 
P. Ruppe & Son at Red Jacket; next, in a 
like capacity for Nappa & Company, of 
Calumet, for two years; then three years as 
a bookkeeper for the same firm, and since 
1888 he has conducted a general mer- 
chandise store at Red Jacket. In addition 
to this and other business interests he is 
also ticket agent for the railroad and several 
large steamship companies. 

In the fall of 1894, as a candidate on 
the Republican ticket for the office of County 
Treasurer, he was elected by a majority of 
1,500, and as a candidate for the same 
office at the same time on the Prohibition 
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opponent. In his social relations he is a 
member of Calumet Lodge, A. O. U. W. ; 
of the Norwegian benevolent society, " Fre- 
mad; " and of the Kalewa benevolent society 
of Red Jacket; and in religion he is a mem- 
ber of the A. L. Lutheran Church, in which 
he has been a trustee of the congrega- 
tion since 1888. 

In 1876 he visited the old country, re- 
maining there two years, in which time he 
was employed for a year on sailing and 
steam vessels along the coast in herring 
fishing, and also for a time as a miner in 
the old Altens copper mines. Before leav- 
ing his native land he married Miss Albertine 
Paulson, a native of that country. Return- 
ing to America with his bride, he concluded 
to make the land of the ' ' Stars and Stripes " 
his permanent home; and in this land of 
greater opportunity all his relatives, a large 
number, are also living, — scattered in Michi- 
gan, Illinois, Minnesota, Tennessee and 
Washington State. In his family he now 
has four sons and four dautrhters. 



'^Y'OHN PALMER HUNT, a retired 
m citizen of Houghton, Michigan, dates 
/• 1 his birth in New York city April 1 1 , 
1841. 
During his active and useful life Mr. 
Hunt has frequently changed his occupation 
and has lived in various places, and wher- 
ever he has resided he has by his honorable 
and upright life won the confidence and 
esteem of all with whom he has been asso- 
ciated. Until he was sixteen years of age 
he attended school in his native city; then 
he became office boy for Sanderson Brothers 
& Company, No. 16 Cliff street. New York, 
and at that time remained with them for 
three years, and on three subsequent oc- 



casions was in their employ. On leaving 
this firm the first time he became book- 
keeper for Whitefield Case. In 1859 he 
came to Houghton, Michigan, as clerk and 
assistant bookkeeper in the general store of 
Mather & Kendall; returned to New York 
city in 1861, and for a time had a position 
under Collector Barney in the New York 
custom-house; came again to Michigan and 
entered the employ of B. T. Rogers at 
Ontonagon, and in 1864 was in partnership 
with Mr. Rogers; in 1867 went to Hancock, 
Michigan, where he clerked for James A. 
Close; in 1870 returned to New York city 
and became general salesman for B. & G. F. 
Saunders, No. 7 Astor House, Broadway, 
New York. This time he resided in Brook- 
lyn, and while there was appointed on the 
Water Board of the city. Again returning 
to the copper regions of Michigan, he be- 
came the "Co." in the firm of James A. 
Close & Company, general merchants, which 
relation he sustained for a little over a year, 
when he sold out. Again he was for a 
short time with B. & G. F. Saunders, after- 
ward had charge of a store for Peter Deen 
on the Northern Pacific Railroad, and a few 
months later became for the fourth time an 
employe of B. & G. F. Saunders. His next 
move was back to Hancock, Michigan. 
Here he was assistant bookkeeper at the 
dock until 1874, and for three years there- 
after was bookkeeper for J. Hoar & Brother. 
For two seasons he was also purser on the 
steamer Ivanhoe. After this he spent one 
year as bookkeeper and general office man- 
ager for the Lake Superior Copper Rolling 
Mill at Houghton, one year in New York 
city and one year in Kansas. In Kansas he 
engaged in the cattle business, and on leav- 
ing that place he left his stock in charge of 
his stepson. Mr. Hunt has since resided in 



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Houghton. For four years he was book- 
keeper for T. W. Edwards, and afterward 
secretary and treasurer for the Wolverine 
Copper Mining Company. 

Mr. Hunt has in various ways been 
officially connected with the public affairs. 
He was appointed as Congressional In- 
spector of Elections and served one term 
while a resident of Brooklyn city, and after- 
ward elected on the Democratic ticket in a 
strong Republican district. He served as 
Village President, has been a member of the 
Council for ten years, and for a number of 
years has been a member of the Board of 
Education, at one time its President and at 
this writing its Secretary; also Supervisor of 
the township. 

He married a daughter of Captain 
Thomas Edwards and has a pleasant home. 



OSCAR JOHN LARSON has the 
distinction of being the only Fin- 
lander admitted to the bar in the 
United States, and the honor of the 
country of his nativity he seems able to up- 
hold in the legal profession. He is yet a 
young man but has already achieved a suc- 
cess which many an older practitioner might 
well envy, and we predict for him a brilliant 
and a prosperous future. He is now engaged 
in practice in Red Jacket and is recognized 
as one of the representative and valued 
citizens of his adopted country. 

His father, Lars Larson, was a native of 
Finland and by occupation a tanner. He 
crossed the Atlantic to America in 1872 and 
made a location in Calumet, where he re- 
mained for a short time carrying on business 
as a tanner and also keeping a small grocery 
store. His next place of residence was in 
West Superior, Wisconsin, where he yet 



makes his home. Oscar John Larson was 
four years old when the family crossed the 
water. He was born in Finland, on the 20th 
of May, 1 87 1, and was brought to America 
by his mother, his father having previously 
made the voyage in order to prepare a home 
for the family. Our subject, as soon as old 
enough, entered the public schools and pur- 
sued his studies until sixteen years of age, 
when he entered the Normal School in Val- 
paraiso, Indiana, pursuing a business and 
literary course. On the expiration of the 
course he became a student in the State Uni- 
versity of Michigan, where he remained for 
a year, taking special work in the literary 
department before he entered the law de- 
partment of that celebrated institution of 
learning. Applying himself diligently to the 
work in hand, he was graduated with the 
class of 1894, and was admitted to the bar 
before Judge Kinne, the first one of his na- 
tionality to enter the legal profession in 
America. His success is not measured by 
his years, but is already that of a man who 
has some time followed the profession. 

In the summers of 1893 and 1894 he was 
employed by Hon. Stanley W. Turner as 
clerk in the Auditor General's office at Lan- 
sing. During the national campaign of 1892 
he made speeches in the interest of the Re- 
publican party, all over the Upper Peninsula 
in company with Hannas Hela, editor of 
the Kalaven Kaikn, a Finnish newspaper pub- 
lished in Calumet, Michigan. In July, 1894, 
he opened a law office in Red Jacket and 
has since devoted his time and energies to 
his chosen life work. Although he has 
practiced but a short time, his clientage is 
exceedingly large, and is growing larger from 
month to month. 

He takes an active interest in political 
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principles, and since attaining his majority 
has by his ballot and influence supported 
that party. At this writing he is serving as 
Village Attorney. Socially he is connected 
with the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity, the 
Knights of Pythias lodge and with the Modern 
Woodmen of America. 

A young man of more than average in- 
tellectual ability, of high moral character 
and sterling worth, he has the respect and 
confidence of all with whom he has been 
brought in contact, and in the history of the 
Upper Peninsula well deserves representa- 
tion. 



*Y— rf ON. THOMAS B. DUNSTAN, 
»''^^ Hancock, Michigan, is a gentleman 
I , P whose name is well known through- 
out the northern part of the State. 
A brief sketch of his life is herewith pre- 
sented: 

Thomas B. Dunstan was born in Cam- 
borne, Cornwall county, England, January 
4, 1850, and in the spring of 1854 was 
brought by his parents to America, their 
location being in Ontonagon county, Michi- 
gan. Here he grew up and received excellent 
educational advantages. He is a graduate 
of Lawrence University at Appleton, Wis- 
consin, with the class of 1871. In the 
winter of 187 1-2 he was a student in the 
law department of the Michigan University, 
and in June, 1872, was admitted to the bar 
of Keweenaw circuit, at once entering upon 
his professional career. In November of 
the same year he was elected Judge of Pro- 
Late and Prosecuting Attorney for the 
county of Keweenaw, which offices he held 
until 1879, resigning at that time and re- 
moving to Pontiac, Michigan. He made 
his home in Pontiac until the summer of 



1882, when he returned to his former home 
at Central Mine, Keweenaw county. 

In the fall of that same year the Repub- 
licans of his district, comprising the counties 
of Keweenaw, Baraga, Ontonagon and Isle 
Royal, placed him in nomination for Repre- 
sentative to the State Legislature, and he 
was elected by a large majority. The next 
fall he moved to Hancock, his present home, 
and here he has since resided. In 1884 he 
was nominated for the office of Prosecuting 
Attorney by the Republicans and was in- 
dorsed by the Democrats of his county. In 
1888 he was one of the delegates-at-large 
from Michigan to the national convention 
at Chicago, and in 1889 he was elected 
from the Thirty-second district for Senator, 
receiving a majority of over 600 votes. 
Thus frequently has Mr. Dunstan been hon- 
ored by official preferment, and in every 
position to which he has been called he has 
acquitted himself most creditably, paving 
the way to still higher honors. Another 
distinction which has been accorded him 
was an appointment by Governor Rich to a 
position on the Board of Control of the 
Michigan Mining School. 

Mr. Dunstan married Miss Mary Mc- 
Donald, daughter of Captain McDonald, of 
Hancock, Michigan. They have four chil- 
dren, — two sons and two daughters. 



*w ^ ON. FRANK A. DOUGLASS, who 

1^^^ is engaged in an insurance and loan 

I , P business at Houghton, Michigan, 

has been identified with this place 

from his youth up and is ranked with its 

leading citizens. 

Mr. Douglass was born in Nashville, 
Tennessee, July 16, 1851, son of Ed F. and 
Catherine (Allen) Douglass, the former a 



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native of New York State and the latter of 
Tennessee. Their family is composed of 
two sons and one daughter, Frank A. being 
the eldest. In 1855 the Douglass family re- 
moved from Tennessee to Houghton, Michi- 
gan, and here, in connection with R. Shel- 
don & C. C. Douglass; later the father em- 
barked in the business which is now operated 
by our subject. 

Frank A. received his education in the 
common and high schools of Houghton and 
at the Michigan State University at Ann 
Arbor. At the latter place he studied law. 
At the end of two years in college his studies 
were interrupted by his being called home 
on account of his father's illness and to take 
charge of the business. That was in 1872. 
His father died in July of the following year 
and thus the business passed into the son's 
hands and he never returned to complete 
his course at the university. The senior Mr. 
Douglass was Postmaster of Houghton for 
eight years, and after his death the office was 
given to his son, Frank A., who also held it 
for a period of sixteen years. During the 
early years of his connection with the post- 
office here the mails were carried by dogs 
and stages. Mr. Douglass represented the 
American Express Company from 1875 until 
1895, and at this writing he is the represen- 
tative of the Western Express Company. 
He is a director of the First National Bank 
of Hancock, is vice-president of the North- 
ern Michigan Building & Loan Association, 
and was for several years moderator of the 
Houghton School Board, being the only 
graduate of the school who has filled a place 
on the Board. 

Politically, Mr. Douglass is a stanch 
Republican, ever active to advance the in- 
terests of his party. In 1887-8 he served 
as a member of the Michigan State Legisla- 



ture, representing Houghton county. Fra- 
ternally, he is a thirty-second degree Mason. 
Mr. Douglass was married September 3, 
1879, to Miss Mary Corbin, a native of 
Michigan, and they have three children 
living, — all sons. 



^^^EORGE R. PERSONS, cashier of 
■ ^^\ Lake Angeline Iron Company, of 
\^^f Ishpeming, was born in Ogdens- 
burg. New York, August 14, 1848. 
His father, Edward N. Persons, was born in 
Vermont, and the mother of our subject, who 
bore the maiden name of Mary M. Burdett, 
was a native of the Empire State. The par- 
ents were married in Ogdensburg and contin- 
ued their residence there for a number of 
years. The father was a captain and sailed 
on the lakes for about fifty years. He is now 
living a retired life in Duluth, Minnesota, en- 
joying a rest which is truly earned and richly 
deserved. In 1890 he was called upon to 
mourn the loss of his wife, who passed away 
in Ogdensburg. In the family were four 
children, — George R. , Charles E., Mrs. 
Fannie E. Proctor and Joseph K. 

In the place of his nativity George R. 
Persons spent the days of his boyhood and 
youth, and in the public schools acquired his 
education. In 1877 he left New York and 
sought a home in the West, thinking there- 
by to benefit his financial condition. He 
went first to Negaunee, Marquette county, 
Michigan, accepting a position in the serv- 
ice of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad 
Company at that place. In 1883 he came 
to Ishpeming and has since been cashier of 
the Lake Angeline Iron Companj", applying 
himself diligently to his work. He has for 
the past six years been cashier of the Dexter 
Consolidated Mining Company, and for the 



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same time secretary and treasurer of the St. 
Lawrence Mineral Lands Company. So it 
can be readily seen that Mr. Persons' time 
is fully occupied. 

On the 17th of September, 1885, was 
celebrated a marriage which united the des- 
tinies of Mr. Persons and Miss M. Louise 
Kruse, a native of Marquette county. She 
was educated in the common schools at Ne- 
gaunee and has spent her entire life in this 
county, where she is widely and favorably 
known. In the family are two children, M. 
Louise and Edna G., and the household is 
made bright and happy by their presence. 

Mr. Persons is an active and honored 
member of the Masonic fraternity and a sup- 
porter of those principles of fraternity and 
benevolence upon which the ancient order is 
founded. He is a member of Negaunee 
Lodge, No. 202, F. & A. M. ; Negaunee 
Chapter, No. 108, R. A. M. ; Lake Superior 
Commandery, No. 30, K. T. ; Marquette 
Lodge of Perfection, A. & A. S. rite; Lake 
Superior Council, Princess of Jerusalem, A. 
& A. S. rite; Peninsula Chapter, Rose Croix, 
A. & A. S. rite, and of Ahmed Temple, A. 
A. O. N. M. S. His comrades of the order 
hold him as an esteemed member and 
among the fraternity he has many warm 
friends. Educational, moral and social in- 
terests all find in Mr. Persons a friend, and 
he gives his support to all matters pertaining 
to the public welfare. 

He has frequently been called to office 
and is now serving his fourth term as a 
member of the City Council from the Seventh 
ward. He is one of the prominent mem- 
bers of that assembly, and is at present serv- 
ing his seventh consecutive year as chairman 
of the finance committee, for the people 
recognize that the monetary affairs of the 
city are best managed when in the hands of 



a capable business man. He was elected 
one of the Supervisors from the old Second 
ward of Ishpeming in 1887 for a two-year 
term and has since been Alderman from the 
Seventh ward. He is a citizen that Ish- 
peming could ill afford to lose, and with 
pleasure we present to our readers this record 
of his life. 



>T^OHN McMillan, a merchant of 
M Dollarville, Michigan, was one of the 
A 1 first men to engage in business in 
this village. As one of its leading 
business men and representative citizens 
and as a man who has for years been promi- 
nently identified with its public affairs, it is 
eminently fitting that some personal mention 
be accorded him in this work. 

John McMillan was born in Simcoe 
county, Ontario, Canada, January 8, 1848. 
He was brought up on a farm, performed 
the usual routine duties of the average farmer 
boy in the '50s, and secured a limited edu- 
cation in the district school adjacent to his 
home. At the age of seventeen he began 
his term of service as a blacksmith apprentice 
in the shop of William Caldwell, of Barry, 
Simcoe county. He did journeyman work 
in several towns in that county, and lastly, 
and before coming to Luce county, was in 
the employ of the H. H. Cook Lumber 
Company, later the British Canadian Lum- 
ber Company, for eight years. August i, 
1882, he came to Dollarville, Michigan, as 
blacksmith for the Dollarville Company, 
and in this capacity he remained until Au- 
gust, 1894, when he laid down his hammer 
and went ii.to his store as sole proprietor, 
this store having been a partnership affair 
from its inception some months before until 



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the time he took full possession. During 
his more than a dozen years of residence at 
this place he has made a wide acquaintance, 
and in his present business he is enjoying 
the success he so justly merits. A man of 
sterling integrity, Mr. McMillan was early 
looked up to as a leader in the community 
and has been chosen to fill various positions 
of trust and importance. He is now serving 
as Justice of the Peace for his township, has 
been Moderator of the Board of Education 
for ten years, and is now Treasurer of the 
township school fund. 

Mr. McMillan's parents, Duncan and 
Margaret (McKerroll) McMillan, both natives 
of Argyleshire, Scotland, crossed the Atlan- 
tic in 1828 and cast their lot with the 
settlers of Simcoe county, Canada, where 
he is still living, having reached the extreme 
old age of eighty-nine years. The subject 
of our sketch is the youngest of their eight 
children, five of whom are living, viz. : 
Marian, wife of James Emms; Margaret, 
widow of Niel McMillan; Christina, wife of 
Peter Wiggins, — all in Simcoe county; 
Archie, of Idaho; and John, the gentleman 
with whose name we began this sketch. 
John McMillan married, in his native coun- 
ty, June 17, 1872, Catherine Ann McDonald, 
a daughter of Hugh McDonald. Mr. Mc- 
Donald is of'Scotch lineage and a tiller of the 
soil. The children composing Mr. and 
Mrs. McMillan's family are John A., aged 
twenty-one years; Duncan A., eighteen; 
Hugh H., si.xteen; and Maggie, thirteen. 

Of a genial and social nature, Mr. Mc- 
Millan has identified himself with fraternal 
organizations and has attained prominence 
therein. He is District Deputy in the I. O. 
O. F., and Court Deputy, High Chief 
Ranger for Court 1285, Independent Order 
of Foresters, 



,>^ EV. G. MOTT WILLIAMS, one of 

I /"^ the most prominent ministers of 
M . r the Episcopal Church, now living in 
Marquette, has risen to the eminent 
position of Archdeacon of Northern Michi- 
gan, having served in that capacity since 
1891. He was born at Fort Hamilton, New 
York, on the nth of February, 1857. The 
family has been identified with Michigan in 
the French line since 1710, at which time 
the maternal ancestor of Mr. Williams 
located within the borders of the State. 
In 1765 the Williams family also was 
founded here. The great-grandfather. Judge 
Thomas Williams, lived in Detroit and 
served as Judge under the British crown. 
The grandfather. General John R. Williams, 
was the first Mayor of Detroit. The father. 
General Thomas Williams, of the United 
States army, was killed at the battle of Baton 
Rouge. Thus the family has been promi- 
nent in the affairs of the country and par- 
ticularly well known in connection with the 
history of Michigan. 

The gentleman whose name begins this 
record was educated at the free academy of 
Newburg, New York, and at Cornell Uni- 
versity, same State, and made his home in 
Newburg until 1877, when he removed to 
Detroit, the old home of his ancestors. 
In 1879 he was admitted to the bar, and the 
following year was ordained as assistant of 
St. John's Church, of Detroit, since which 
time he has given his life to the work of the 
ministry. He was afterward rector of two 
different churches in that city, the Messiah 
and St. George's Episcopal Church, of 
which he remained in charge until 1889. In 
that year he became Dean of Milwaukee, 
serving until 1891, when he was made Arch- 
deacon of Northern Michigan. 

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B. Biddle, of Detroit, daughter of William S. 
Biddle and granddaughter of Major John 
Biddle. In 1892 he was a delegate to the 
General Convention of his Church. He has 
been Chaplain of the Loyal Legion of the 
United States, Wisconsin Commandery, and 
is a member of various literary and educa- 
tional societies. In 18S8-9 he was editor 
of the American Church Times and was 
Chaplain of the Fourth Regiment, Michigan 
State troops, in 1884-5-6. 

Mr. Williams is a very scholarly gentle- 
man, of fine literary attainments, and his 
liberal educational advantages, which he 
received in his youth, have been supple- 
mented by extensive travel through the 
Rocky mountains of the West and through 
Europe. " Travel is the great source of all 
true wisdom. " It certainly gives man a 
knowledge of places and people, their habits 
and modes of life, which can not be gained 
from any text-book or written description. 
His high culture ably fitted him to appreciate 
to the utmost the beauties and objects of 
interest which he saw, and to-day he is a 
man of broad general information. In his 
holy calling he is an untiring worker, and 
dear to his heart is the best interest of his 
church. 



^y'^AVID J. RANSOM, an extensive 
I I dealer in pine lands and timber 
J ^^_^ and one of the most prominent 
citizens of the Upper Peninsula, 
makes his home in Sault de Ste. Marie. 
His career seems almost phenomenal, for he 
started out for himself a poor young man, 
without capital or influential friends to aid 
him, and entirely through his own efforts 
has worked his wa\- upward to a position 
of affluence. In a country untrammeled by 



caste or class, where ability is recognized 
and earnest labor brings reward, he has 
secured a fortune, and his example shows 
what can be accomplished by perseverance 
and honest toil. 

Mr. Ransom was born in Canada Decem- 
ber 1 9, 1 844, and is a son of Henry Ransom, 
a native of England, who, in 18 19, crossed 
the Atlantic to Canada. He was a stevedore 
for many years. At the age of fifty-three he 
was married, in Perth, to Julia Milan, and 
to them were born the following children: 
David J., Dennis and Cornelius, all residing 
in Chippewa county; and Mrs. John Melvin, 
who resided in Plainview, Minnesota, and is 
now deceased. 

The father was possessed of very limited 
means, and the educational privileges 
granted our subject were therefore exceed- 
ingly meager, but in the school of experience 
he has learned many useful and valuable 
lessons and has made himself a well-informed 
man. He could not write his own name 
until after he was grown, but the young 
man was destined for prominence and it was 
his continual effort to benefit himself and 
improve his surroundings. In 1857 he 
worked for $4 per month for Austin Russell, 
a resident of the town of Perth, Lenox 
county, Ontario. When he arrived on the 
Upper Peninsula his capital did not amount 
to $1,000. His arrival is dated July 19, 
1 87 1, and became hither as manager for 
the firm of Dawson, Calvert & Company, 
who were engaged in getting out timber. 
For eleven years he managed their camps, 
and his long service indicates the fidelity 
and trustworthiness which have been im- 
portant factors in his career. In 1882 Mr. 
Ransom arranged a partnership with the 
John Spry Lumber Company of Chicago, 
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standing timber and lands on the Peninsula, 
exclusive of their manufacturing plant. The 
company has one of the most extensive 
lumber businesses in Chicago, but with this 
Mr. Ransom is not connected. Working 
his way upward as he has had to do, 
and being employed in all branches of the 
business in which he is now interested, he has 
gained a most thorough knowledge of what 
has become one of the leading industries of 
the Northwest. He is considered authority 
on all matters pertaining to lumber, and 
perhaps no man on the Peninsula can come 
as near computing at sight the value of a 
tract of timber. His business qualifications 
are exceptional, and the company or firm 
that has the benefit of his judgment is 
indeed fortunate. 

Mr. Ransom was married at Cape Vin- 
cent, Ontario, in 1871, to Miss Martha 
Roach, who died in 1876, leaving the fol- 
lowing children: William, now twenty-one 
years of age, and Ida, aged twenty-three. 
Mr. Ransom was again married, in Port 
Huron, his second union being with Miss 
Anna M. Cross, a daughter of the late 
Captain Cross, and to them have been born 
five children, — Charles T. , Ina M., Pearl 
D., E. S. B. and Nevada M. 

In connection with his extensive in- 
terests in pine lands, Mr. Ransom owns the 
finest farm in Chippewa county, embracing 
160 acres of valuable land, situated eight 
miles from Sault de Ste. Marie, and he 
owns 6,000 acres of farm land at other 
points in the county. The development of 
his business is the outcome of his enterprise 
and perseverance, good management and 
untiring energy. Success comes not alone 
to those who take advantage of opportunities 
offered, but also to those who create them, 
as Mr. Ransom has done. Deeds of battle 



have been the theme of story and song from 
remote ages, and truly glory is due the hero 
who risks his life for a cause or principle; 
but praise is as truly due him who fights the 
bloodless battles of commercial life, enter- 
ing the lists against poverty, unfavorable 
surroundings, unavoidable difficulties and 
competitive capital, and comes off conqueror 
in the strife. 



>Y'0HN B. PFEIFFER, proprietor of 
J the Miller Hotel of Houghton, was 
A 1 born in Erie county, on the old 
Sweethome road, near Buffalo, New 
York, September 2, 1848. His father, 
Joseph Pfeiffer, was a native of Germany, 
but emigrated to America at the age of 
twenty-six years, locating in Buffalo, New 
York. John B. attended the public schools 
until twelve years of age, after which he 
worked on his father's farm, and later learn- 
ed the carpenter's trade. At the age of 
twenty-one years he came to Houghton, 
Michigan, and his first work here was in driv- 
ing teams for Jacob Smith two years, and 
six months for the South Pewabic; after that 
Mr. PfeifTer followed the carpenter's trade 
for five years at L'Anse, and then returned to 
Houghton and followed the same occupation 
for six years. For a short time Mr. Pfeiffer 
also served as head carpenter in the Houghton 
Rolling Mills. In 1874 he rented the Lake 
Superior House, and two years later rented 
the Miller Hotel, which he soon afterward 
purchased. The hotel has a large ball room 
and public hall, with a seating capacity 
of 600. 

In his social relations, our subject is a 
member of the Sons of Hermann, is Treas- 
urer of the German Aid Society, and is vice- 
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Association. For four years he was a mem- 
ber of the Village Council. 

Mr. Pfeiffer was married July 14, 1880, 
to Miss Marj' A. Carey, and they have three 
children living. 



^>^ EV. J. R. BOISSONNAULT, is 
I /^r pastor of St. Joseph's Church, 
\ , y Catholic, of Ishpeming, which is 
attended by French-speaking peo- 
ple. Previous to 1890 there was but one 
Catholic church in Ishpeming, but on the 29th 
of August of that year the congregation was 
divided and the French Catholic Church of 
St. Joseph organized under the leadership of 
Rev. M. Letellier, now of Lake Linden, 
Michigan. There is now a membership of 
over 300 families, and from the beginning 
the church has been in a flourishing condi- 
tion, growing in numbers and influence. 
On the 1 2th of July, 1891, Rev. J. R. Bois- 
sonnault became its pastor and almost im- 
mediately began the erection of the present 
house of worhsip, which was dedicated on 
the 6th of March, 1892. It is beautifully 
and tastefully finished on the inside, has a 
gallery in addition to the main auditorium, 
and the seating capacity is about 750. In- 
cluded in the furnishings is one of the best 
makes of reed organs and three altars finely 
finished. The church has been secured 
entirely through the efforts of the present 
pastor and is most complete in every par- 
ticular. In Ishpeming there is also a 
parochial school, which is supported by both 
congregations, and is located on the block 
surrounded by Pine, Lake, Bank and Pearl 
streets. It is attended by nine sisters of St. 
Joseph, — the mother superior and eight 
teachers. Two departments in this school 
are exclusively French, and each is super- 



vised by its own clergyman. The church 
edifice was erected at a cost of $10,300, but 
the improvements which have since been 
made have raised its value to $16,000. 

The man who deserves the credit for this 
excellent work is the present efficient pastor, 
Father Boissonnault. He was born in the 
province of Quebec, Canada, in 1863, and was 
educated at the Christian Brothers' School, 
then St. Laurent College, near Montreal, 
where he completed his classical course. He 
came to Marquette, Michigan, in 1889, and 
on the 1 9th of July of that year was ordained 
by Bishop Vertin, and was made assistant 
pastor of St. Anne's Church, of Menominee, 
Michigan. In November of the same year 
he was transferred to Newberry, Michigan, 
where he continued for five months, after 
which he was made pastor of St. Joseph's 
Church, of Hancock, Michigan, for six 
months. The succeeding nine months were 
passed in Michigamme, and he then came to 
Ishpeming, where he has since continued. 
He is a prominent and popular pastor here, 
beloved and honored by his people and 
respected by those of other denominations. 
In manner he is kindly and pleasant and in 
the pulpit and outside the church is an 
earnest, conscientious worker. 



EON. WILLIAM H. JOHNSTON.— 
Each community has its men of 
prominence, devoted to its best in- 
terests and promoting all concerns 
calculated to advance the general welfare. 
A combination of progressive communities 
form a strong nation and the strength is 
traceable directly to the individual members 
of a locality. The men who occupy posi- 
tions in the legislative halls do an import- 
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sustain them at home are the bulwarks of 
the country. A leading and influential citi- 
zen of Ishpeming, Mr. Johnston has assisted 
in developing the resources of this region and 
in guiding and controlling public affairs, and 
is therefore to be numbered as one of the sup- 
porters of his community and of the nation. 
He was born in Herkimer county. New 
York, December i, 1847, ^"^ comes of a 
family of Scotch origin. 

His father, J. F. Johnston, was a native 
of Cayuga Falls, New York, and in an early 
day emigrated to Wisconsin, where he mar- 
ried Janet M. Finch, — the first couple mar- 
ried in Neenah, Wisconsin, under the old 
council tree. The lady is a native of Essex 
county, New York, and a daughter of Hon. 
Isaac Finch, who was a Major in the Mexi- 
can war, was wounded in battle, and served 
as a member of the Forty-ninth Congress 
from New York. The Finch family, of 
Irish and Scotch lineage, was earl}- founded 
in this country. Upon their marriage Mr. 
and Mrs. Johnston took up their residence 
in Appleton, Wisconsin, he building the first 
residence in the town. For thirty-five years 
he engaged in the hotel business, being thus 
employed in Appleton, Minnesota Junction, 
in the Farwell Hall Dining Rooms of Chi- 
cago, in Evanston, Milwaukee and Abbots- 
ford Junction. In his political views he was 
a stalwart Republican, doing all in his power 
to promote the interests cf the party. He 
served as the first President of the village of 
Appleton and was the first Postmaster. 
Socially he was connected with the Masonic 
fraternity, — a Knight Templar Mason, and 
was the first High Priest in the chapter in 
Appleton. While attending the World's 
Columbian Exposition in the summer of 
1893, he died, at Harvey, Illinois, a few 
miles from the exposition grounds, and his 



remains were interred at Appleton, where 
he was so long an honored citizen. His 
wife still survives him and is yet living in 
Appleton. In the family were three chil- 
dren, two of whom are yet living: William 
H. and Mrs. Emma Janet Canfield, a resi- 
dent of Ishpeming. 

The elementary education of William H. 
Johnston was obtained in the public schools 
of Appleton, and subsequently he entered 
Lawrence University, of that city. When 
his school life was ended he engaged in the 
hotel business with his father for a time, 
and in 1876 came to Ishpeming, accepting 
a situation in the service of the Lake Su- 
perior Iron Company, with whom he has 
since been associated save for a year and a 
half, when he was with Rich Brothers at 
Ontonagon, Michigan. For fourteen years 
he has been the efficient superintendent of 
the Lake Superior Iron Company. 

Mr. Johnston was married on the 4th of 
May, 1870, to Miss Eva G. Rich, a native of 
Juneau, Wisconsin, born December 27, 
1850, daughter of Horace H. Rich, who is 
now residing in Coldwater, Kansas. He 
was for many years a prominent lumberman 
in northern Wisconsin and Michigan. In 
politics he was an active Democrat, taking 
quite a prominent part in political affairs. 
Mrs. Johnston was educated in Horicon and 
Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, and has great 
natural ability as a vocalist. Four children 
have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Johnston, 
— Myrtle B., Agnes G., H. Theodore and 
John Rich. 

The parents of this family are both 
members of the Methodist Episcopal Church 
and take a very prominent part in its work, 
Mr. Johnston serving as chairman of the 
Board of Trustees. Many men of extensive 
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duties of life and the duties they owe to their 
fellow men, but not so with this gentleman, 
who is always ready to aid any interest that 
will uplift or benefit humanity. Socially he 
is a member of the Masonic fraternity and 
has risen in the Scottish rite to the nine- 
teenth degree, while in Ishpeming Lodge he 
has served as Master. He also belongs to 
the Ancient Order of United Workmen and 
was the first Master Workman of the local 
lodge. In politics he is an ardent Re- 
publican and takes quite an active interest 
in local political affairs. For about ten 
years he has served as a member of the 
City Council, was its president two terms, 
and in 1 894 was elected Mayor of Ishpem- 
ing and re-elected in 1895, — an office which 
he still holds with credit to himself and sat- 
isfaction to his constituents. He is a man 
of sterling worth, of the strictest integrity, is 
always strightforward and honorable in all 
his dealings and discharges every trust with 
a fidelity that has won him the highest com- 
mendation. 



* » ^ ON. M. KALLANDER, Sheriff of 
■^ "% Gogebic county, Michigan, is one 
\ . " of the best known and most popu- 
lar men of the county. 
Mr. Kallander was born in Sweden, 
September 28, 1852, youngest son of Andrew 
Anderson and Anna (Johnson) Kallander, 
natives of Sweden and descendants of Rus- 
sian ancestors. He spent the first twenty 
years of life in his native land and received 
a common-school education there. In 1873 
he came alone to America and located first at 
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, where he engaged 
in railroad contract work. Later he lived in 
Ashland, Wisconsin, about two years. 



Since 1885 he has been a resident of Bes- 
semer, Michigan. Here he at first engaged 
in the hotel and lumber business, which he 
conducted successfully about si.x years. He 
took out the timber for the first mine in the 
town of Bessemer. During the past three 
years Mr. Kallander has owned and operated 
a logging camp on the South Shore Rail- 
road, where he employs about 125 men. 

Politically, Mr. Kallander is a stanch 
Republican, and he has for years taken an 
active interest in public affairs. He was the 
first officer in this township. As Justice of 
the Peace, he married the first couple ever 
married in the township. He also filled the 
offices of Township Trustee, School Inspector 
and Treasurer, and in 1887 he was elected 
to represent the counties of Baraga, Isle 
Royale, Keweenaw and Ontonagon in the 
Michigan State Legislature, and while a 
member of that honorable body he per- 
formed faithful and efficient service. Just 
before his return from Lansing, he was 
elected President of the village of Bessemer, 
and was the first incumbent of that office. 
In 1894 he was elected to his present posi- 
tion, that of Sheriff of the county. 

Mr. Kallander was married in St. Paul, 
Minnesota, November 4, 1883, to Miss Anna 
C. Olson, who was born and reared in 
Sweden. They have had five children, as 
follows: Edward Adolph, John Alford, 
Albertenna Olevia, Alexander and Carl 
Alexander. The last two are deceased. 

Fraternally, Mr. Kallander is both a 
Mason and an Odd Fellow, having his 
membership at Ashland, Wisconsin. He has 
taken the degrees in both the lodge and 
encampment of the I. O. O. F. Of a genial, 
social nature, he has won hosts of friends, 
and wherever he is known he is esteemed 
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aURTIS BUCK, Probate Judge of 
Gogebic county, Michigan, and a 
resident of Ironwood, is a gentle- 
man well known and highly es- 
teemed. Of his life we make record as fol- 
lows: 

Judge Curtis Buck was born in New Mil 
ford, Connecticut, September 6, 1841. The 
Buck family history is traced back to one 
Lederic Le Buc, of France, Chief of the 
King's Foresters, whose descendants emi- 
grated to England and from there early in 
1600 to Connecticut. Both the father and 
grandfather of Judge Buck, namely, Cyrus 
Curtis and Samuel Beebe Buck, were natives 
of Litchfield county, that State, and were 
farmers by occupation. Cyrus Buck was 
born, passed his life and died on the old 
Buck homestead near New Milford. Of our 
subject's mother we record that her name 
was Laura Newton, and that she, too, was 
a native of Connecticut. Her father, Nathan 
Newton, was a representative of the noted 
English family of Newtons who were among 
the early settlers of the Bay State. Cyrus 
and Laura Buck were the parents of five 
children, — four sons and a daughter, — all 
but one of whom reached adult age, namely: 
Marilla, who was the wife of Horatio B. 
Turrill, a prominent attorney of Cincinnati, 
Ohio; Myron Andrew, who died when a 
child; Andrew Newton, who was Captain of 
Company A, Eighth Michigan Cavalry, a 
graduate of Oberlin College, Ohio, and of 
Lewiston (Maine) Theological Seminary; 
and Curtis, the subject of our sketch and 
now the sole survivor of the family. 

Curtis spent his boyhood days at his 
native place and received his early educa- 
tion in a select academy at New Milford. 
In 1 861 he came west to Grand Rapids, 
Michigan, with his cousin, E. Sanford, a 



prominent lumberman of this State, and 
took charge of a lumber and grist mill for 
him. 

In the meantime the Civil war had broken 
out, and Mr. Buck, young as he was, was 
eager to join the forces and go out to pro- 
tect the old flag. October i, 1861, he 
enlisted in Company B, First Michigan 
Light Artillery, as a private, and went to 
the front. At the battle of Shiloh he was 
captured by the enemy and held a prisoner 
four months, most of the time at Mobile, 
Alabama. At Macon, Georgia, however, 
he made his escape and crossed the moun- 
tains to Huntsville, which was in command 
of the Union forces. In October of the fol- 
lowing year the company was reorganized 
and he was offered a Lieutenancy, but he 
declined in favor of a friend and was made 
First Sergeant. After this he participated 
in many of the most important engagements 
in the South, was with Sherman on his 
memorable " March to the Sea, " continued 
on active duty until the close of the war, 
and after that sanguinary struggle was ovar 
he had the honor to be one of the victorious 
soldiers who took part in the grand review at 
Washington, and one among the broken 
ranks of Michigan's heroes, and with them 
was mustered out of service at Detroit, 
Michigan, June 14, 1865. 

After the war Mr. Buck settled in Kent 
county, this State, where he made his home 
until 1868, being engaged with his brother, 
Myron, in the lumber business. In the fall 
of that year he went to Ann Arbor and 
entered the University, where he pursued 
the study of law for three years and grad- 
uated in 1 87 1, and in April of that 
year he was admitted to the bar of the 
Supreme Court. Returning to Kent county, 
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fession and continued there till the spring of 
1886. While there he served in various 
capacities of public interest and ranked 
among the best lawyers of the county. 

His identity with Ironwood dates from 
May, 1887. It was not, however, until 
after he had his office here three years that 
he removed his family to Ironwood. Pre- 
vious to their coming he built the residence 
which they have since occupied. 

He was appointed Probate Judge by 
Governor Luce to fill a vacancy, and in 
1892 was elected to the office for a term of 
four years. He is a stanch Republican, his 
first Presidential vote having been cast for 
Lincoln. A veteran of the war, he is, of 
course, a member of the Grand Army of the 
Republic, and a prominent and active 
worker in the same. He organized Jewell 
Post in Kent county, of which he was Com- 
mander for five years. For the past three 
years he has been commander of Hurley 
Post, No. 255. He is also identified with 
the Masonic order. For four years he 
served as Master of Cedar Springs Lodge, 
F. & A. M., in Kent county. In line with 
his forefathers for over 200 years, he has 
been identified with the Congregational 
Church, and was the principal founder of a 
church of that denomination at his old 
home in Kent county. 

The Judge is a man of strict integrity 
of character, with an unblemished record; 
and while of a friendly and genial personal- 
ity, he yet possesses a reserve of character 
and shrinking from notoriety which dis- 
guises and hides from all but his family and 
closest friends much of his real nobleness. 
A devoted husband, indulgent father and 
true friend, those who know him best, best 
appreciate his sterling qualities of mind and 
heart, while in business he is both honor- 



able and capable, winning and holding the 
confidence of all who are associated with 
him. 

Soon after his return from the war, Au- 
gust 12, 1865, he was married to Miss Lizzie 
Page McRae, a native of New York city and 
only child of Captain Gilbert G. McRae, 
of the East India service, and Elizabeth H. 
Scribner. After her father's death she came 
West with her mother and was reared and 
educated in Michigan. Up to the time of 
her marriage she was a teacher and had also 
achieved considerable note as a ready and 
graceful writer, under the nom dc plume of 
Gertie Gordon. Dearly loving the work, 
she still continues it, but, for a chosen pur- 
pose, she persists in hiding her identity 
under various )ioms dc plume. At one time 
she was associated with her brother in news- 
paper work. 

Judge and Mrs. Buck have two sons and 
two daughters, viz. : Guy Benton, an enter- 
prising young business man, now of Iron- 
wood; Gertrude E., a talented musician and 
composer of considerable merit, in Grand 
Rapids, this State; Grace Isabella, wife of 
Dr. Horace E. Fox, of Ironwood; and 
Glenn Sherman, now in his junior year at 
Lawrence University, Appleton, Wisconsin. 

H. W. 



'^j'OHN JOHNSON, Deputy Sheriff of 
^ Gogebic county, Michigan, dates his 
/> 1 birth in Sweden, December 2, 1858. 
He is the second son and one of a 
family of six children of John P. and Caro- 
line (Parson) Ersson, both natives of that 
country. In his native land he grew up, 
receiving his education in the common 
schools, and early in life engaged in the lum- 
ber business. He remained in Sweden 



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until 1880, when he came to America, his 
first location in this country being at South 
Bend, Indiana. A year later he removed to 
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, and in 1882 to Rice 
Lake, that State, all this time his attention 
being given to the lumber business. In 
1885 he came to Michigan and took up his 
abode at Ironwood, where he engaged in 
mining. In 1887 he was appointed to a 
position on the police force, in which 
capacity he proved himself of great value, 
and in 1891 he received the appointment of 
surgeon of the police force. He continued 
to reside in Ironwood until January, 1893, 
when he moved to Bessemer. Here he 
was appointed Deputy Sheriff by Thomas 
T. Eddy, County Sheriff, and the following 
year received the same appointment from 
his successor, Mr. Kallander. 

Mr. Johnson was married in Ironwood, 
Michigan, May 13, 1889, to Miss Mary 
Swanson, a native of Sweden, and they 
have had four children, — John Aved. Lillie, 
Gustave Adolph and Arthur V. The last 
named is deceased. 

Politically, Mr. Johnson is a Republican. 
He is identified with the Foresters and is 
also a member of the Scandinavian Society 
of Ironwood. 



aAPTAIN W. W. STEPHENS, of 
the New Port mine, Ironwood, 
Michigan, claims Cornwall, Eng- 
land, as his native place, the date 
of his birth being November 14, 1841. 

Captain Stephens began his mining 
career at a very early age. Indeed, he was 
only ten years old when he commenced work 
in the tin mines, and when he was twelve 
years old made a regular hand in the mines. 
During this time he walked five and a half 



miles each day to and from work, and in the 
evening walked a distance of three miles in 
order to attend night school. Thus were 
his youthful days spent. He continued 
working in the mines of his native land until 
1 86s, when. May 10, he set sail for America 
and upon his arrival here came direct to the 
copper mines of Michigan. His experience 
in this country covers a wide territory, ex- 
tending from the Atlantic to the Pacific. 
After two years spent in Michigan, we find him 
in the silver mines of Virginia City, Nevada, 
and in 1 870 he came back and resumed work 
in the copper mines of Houghton county, 
this State. Six months later he went to 
New York city, where he was employed as 
boss of sewer work and later took contracts 
for street improvement. He also had charge 
of enlarging the Hudson river landing. From 
there he went to Baltimore, where he did 
similar work, and in 1873 he again returned 
to the copper regions of Lake Superior. He 
had charge of the timber work in the At- 
lantic mine, and also served as boss and 
mining captain, remaining at that place for 
a period of thirteen years. In the mean- 
time he made a trip to California and put in 
a Cornish pump in the Steward mine at 
Bodie. His connection with Ironwood dates 
from March, 1886, and since that time he 
has been identified with mining interests 
here, serving in various capacities. Since 
June I, 1889, he has occupied his present 
position as mining captain of the New Port 
mine. 

Mr. Stephens was married April 23, 
1863, to Jenipher A. Ralph, a native of 
Cornwall, England. She died April 12, 
1 89 1. Of her eleven children, only three 
are now living: William J., a bookkeeper 
at Duluth, under General Superintendent 
Alcack; and Mary and Martin, attending 







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school. In May, 1892, Mr. Stephens went 
to England and was married to Miss Eliza- 
beth Eustica, a native of Cornwall, and re- 
turned with his bride in June. 

Politically, he is a Republican, and has 
always taken a commendable interest in 
public affairs. At one time he filled a 
vacancy as Alderman in the Eighth ward of 
Ironwood. He is identified with the Masonic 
order, being a member of the blue lodge of 
Ironwood, No. 389; and Montrose Com- 
mandery, No. 38. 



*y ^ ON. JAY A. HUBBELL. Judge 
l''^\ of the Circuit Court and a resident 
\ , r of Houghton, Michigan, is one of 
the most prominent citizens of this 
State, a skilled lawyer and an eminent 
statesman, whose unselfish devotion to the 
best interests of the country has won him 
the confidence and high regard of all. He 
belongs not to the class of modern politi- 
cians whose sole aim seems to be self-ad- 
vancement, but gives his time and energies 
for the good of his fellow men and for secur- 
ing wise legislation that will benefit the 
entire country as well as his own com- 
nnmity. 

Judge Hubbell is a descendant from an 
honored New England family that was 
founded by Richard Hubbell, and in direct 
descent are Samuel, Nathan, Peter, James, 
Abel J., Samuel T. and Jay Abel Hubbell. 
The last named is therefore of the eighth 
generation. The great-grandfather of the 
Judge, James Hubbell, resided in Fairfield, 
Connecticut, and died September 15, 1827, 
at the age of seventy years. He made his 
will May 2, 18 10, and it is recorded March 
22, 1828. He was buried in the ancient 



Stratfield cemetery at Bridgeport, Connect- 
icut. One member of the family, Abel 
Hubbell, died on the 6th of January, 1832, 
at the age of one hundred and three years, 
si.x months and twenty-si.x days. Another 
member of the family. Jay Hubbell, lived 
to be one hundred and four years of age. 

The grandfather of the Judge, Abel J. 
Hubbell, was a native of New York, and his 
son Samuel was born in Livingston countj% 
same State. The latter married Nancy 
Clark, daughter of Rev. Dr. Clark, a Bap- 
tist minister, and they became the parents 
of four children, — two sons and two daugh- 
ters. The brother is Clark P. Hubbell, a 
member of the firm of Hubbell, Hampton & 
Gauge, of California. 

Judge Hubbell is numbered among the 
native sons of Michigan, for he was born in 
Avon, Oakland county, September 15, 1829, 
on the old homestead which he still owns. 
During his boyhood he was unable to attend 
school as much as other children, for his 
eyes troubled him greatly, but he was of a 
studious disposition and made the most of 
his opportunities. He pursued his studies 
in Rochester and Romeo, this State, after 
which he entered the University at Ann 
Arbor and was graduated with the class of 

1853- 

His desire being to enter the legal profes- 
sion, he became a student in the law office of 
Hon. Judge Manning, of the Supreme Court, 
with whom he remained for a year. He then 
read law under the direction of the firm of 
Howard & Toms for about a year and a half, 
and was admitted to the bar before the Su- 
preme Court of Michigan, on the 3d of July, 
1853. Forming a partnership with A. H. 
Hanscom, he began the practice of his 
chosen profession in Ontonagon, and this 
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entered into partnership with George C. 
Jones, who was his business associate until 
i860. The firm was then dissolved and 
Judge Hubbell came to Houghton, where he 
has since made his home. Opening a law 
office, he at once began practice, which he 
successfully continued until 1873. 

He is a man of deep research, thoroughly 
versed in the law, and his superior ability 
won him a most liberal clientage. He ob- 
tained a large patronage, and won a most 
enviable reputation, which placed him among 
the leading members of the bar in this 
State. During this time he was elected and 
served as District Attorney for the Upper 
Peninsula two terms, and was also Prosecut- 
ing Attorney of Houghton and Ontonagon 
counties. His abilities, both natural and 
acquired, fit him for leadership, and when, 
in 1873, it became time to send a Repre- 
sentative to Congress, he was the people's 
choice, and for five terms was a member of 
the lower house. There he took rank among 
the leading statesmen of the country, and 
was a valued member of various important 
committees. For two terms he served on 
the committee on banking and currency, 
for one term was on the committee on com- 
merce, one term was on the committee on 
appropriations, and one term on the com- 
mittee of ways and means. When he en- 
tered the Congressional halls the question 
of the currency of the country was the one 
of most importance up before the people, 
and James G. Blaine, who was then Speaker 
of the House, placed him on the important 
committee of banking and currency. He 
was also made a member of the joint select 
committee to investigate the affairs of the 
District of Columbia, and this committee 
gave to the city of Washington its present 
government by commission, the ideal city 



government of the world. From 1880 until 
1882 Judge Hubbell served as chairman of 
the Congressional committee, and in March, 
1883, he retired from active politics on ac- 
count of failing health, declining to become 
a candidate for renomination. He then 
went on a trip to Europe for rest and re- 
cuperation, and travel proved to him very 
beneficial. 

After a few months spent abroad the 
Judge returned to his home, but was not 
long permitted to remain in retirement. 
No one so ably represented this district or 
was more untiring in efforts to promote its 
best interests: so in 1 886 he was again called 
to public office, and for two terms served as 
State Senator. He was recognized as one 
of the most prominent and influential mem- 
bers of the upper house, and through both 
terms served as chairman of the judiciary 
committee. The State Mining School, lo- 
cated at Houghton, is the result of his 
efforts while in the Senate. During his first 
term he succeeded in passing a bill appro- 
priating $20,000 for this school, and in his 
second term he was instrumental in securing 
another appropriation of $75,000 to build 
the school, which was erected next to his 
own residence, — the finest home in Hough- 
ton. He represented his constituents in the 
Senate with signal honor and success, and 
so ably did he discharge his duties during 
the first term that they returned him as 
their Representative. As proof of the es- 
teem in which he was held, the Senate at its 
last session, unanimously passed a resolu- 
tion setting apart a space upon the wall of 
the Senate chamber for his portrait. When 
the Mining School was established he was 
appointed on the board of control, and he 
has been the president ever since its estab- 
lishment. This institution is of great bene- 



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fit to the State, where mining is one of the 
leading industries, and the service of Mr. 
Hubbell is recognized as most important. 

In 1893 he was nominated by both the 
Republican and Democratic parties for 
Judge of the Circuit Court. In the fall of 
the previous year he had formed a partner- 
ship with A. R. Gray for the practice of 
law, which he continued until going upon the 
bench. In the fall of 1893 he was appointed 
Judge of the Circuit Court by Governor 
Rich, to succeed W. D. Williams, and 
entered upon the regular term on the ist of 
January, 1894. He now presides on the 
Twelfth Circuit, comprising Houghton, 
Baraga and Keweenaw counties. His unan- 
imous endorsement by both parties is the 
highest testimonial that could be given of 
the keen appreciation which his fellow citi- 
zens had for his worth and ability. He is 
particularly fitted for judgeship, having a 
mind specially free from bias or prejudice. 
He was regarded as one of the most able 
lawyers in the State, when engaged in active 
legal practice; and this implies a thorough 
knowledge of law. The language of his de- 
cisions is always plain, simple and clear, 
vigorous and decided. The decisions them- 
selves are models of perspicuity and judicial 
soundness. He is a fiuent and forcible 
speaker, a man of keen perception, and his 
charges to the jury are the concise and clear 
embodiment of the evidence given. In con- 
nection with his other duties Judge Hubbell 
is president of the Peninsular Electric Light 
and Power Company. Sociallj', he is a 
thirty-second-degree Mason, and one of the 
honored and esteemed members of that 
fraternity. In the fall of 1894 he was 
strongly urged by the people of the Upper 
Peninsula for the office of United States 
Senator, and had the unanimous and un- 



qualified support of the Republican party in 
this section of the State. 

Some thirty years ago Judge Hubbell 
was happily married to Miss Florence E. 
Doolittle, daughter of A. Doolittle, an 
honored pioneer of this State, and in their 
home are two daughters, — Florence M. and 
Blanche D. In the highest of society the 
family move and they have the warmest re- 
gard of that class of citizens who place true 
worth and intelligence above wealth. It is 
difficult to say from what one thing the 
popularity of Judge Hubbell arises or what 
has made him the honored citizen which we 
to-day find him. Various causes seem to 
have conspired to this result, prominent 
among which is his fidelity to every trust 
reposed in him, whether of great or small 
importance. No confidence was ever be- 
trayed, and his loyalty and integrity are 
above question; is public-spirited in an 
eminent degree and has always done much 
in behalf of the national interests and the 
general welfare of the community in which 
he resides. Of large brain and kindly heart, 
he is interesting and instructive in conversa- 
tion, courteous and genial in deportment, 
and affable and agreeable at all times. He 
is a fluent speaker and a gentleman of ripe 
scholarship, and large inclination. In all 
the relations of life, whether as lawyer or 
Judge, as private citizen or public official, he 
has ever been found faithful and true. 



^^^ W. McCONNELL, superintendent 
•^^^ of the New Port Mining Company, 

\\„^J Ironwood, Michigan, has occupied 
his present position since 1893. 
He has had an extensive experience in en- 
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now fills. Briefly, a sketch of his life is as 
follows: 

S. W. McConnell was born in Jefferson 
county, Ohio, September 14, 1849. His 
father, Robert H. McConnell, a farmer by 
occupation, was also a native of Jefferson 
county, he being a son of Robert McCon- 
nell, one of the earliest settlers in that part 
of the Western Reserve. The McConnells 
are of Scotch-Irish origin. Our subject's 
mother, whose maiden name was Rebecca 
Blackburn, was likewise a native of the 
Buckeye State. He is the eldest of a fam- 
ily of six children that reached adult years, 
and he remained a member of the home circle 
until he attained his majority, his education 
being obtained in the common and high 
schools. At the age of twenty-one he started 
out in life for himself, his first employment 
being at Pittsburg, in the office of the chief 
engineer of what is now the Pennsylvania 
lines. He worked in Pennsylvania, Indiana, 
Ohio and West Virginia, and from time to 
time was promoted until he occupied the 
position of assistant engineer of construc- 
tion of railroads and railroad structures; was 
with this company until 1874. From 1874 
until 1878 he was City Engineer of Steu- 
benville, Ohio; from the spring of 1878 un- 
til the spring of 1880 was engaged in a gen- 
eral surveying business, six months being 
spent in Government work in Colorado, and 
from April, 1880, until October i, 1893, he 
was in the employ of the Pennsylvania Rail- 
road west of Pittsburg. During this period 
of thirteen years that he was constantly in 
railroad employ he never had a week's vaca- 
tion at one time, but he was ill for three 
days, which was the only time he ever was 
in bed from sickness. 

October i, 1893, Mr. McConnell ac- 
cepted the position of superintendent of the 



New Port Mining Company, which import- 
ant position he has since filled, now having 
no less than 200 men in his employ. 

He was married in 1875 to Miss Alicia 
Keith, a native of Ohio and a daughter of 
Joshua and Rebecca Keith, natives of that 
State. She died June 26, 1890, leaving 
three children, — Mabel, Grace and Max. 
She had one other child , that died in infancy. 

Mr. McConnell is independent in politics 
and a member of the Royal Arcanum. 



>nr»AMES NORTON, Postmaster of 
m Ewen, was born in Roscommon 
/% 1 county, Ireland, February 14, 1843. 
In 1863 he came to America, com- 
ing direct to Marquette, Michigan, where he 
worked in the smelting works and mines 
until 1 87 1. He then prospected for gold at 
Salt Lake City for a time, was superintend- 
ent of the South Consolidated Smelting 
Works at Silver City, Idaho, for two years, 
was next superintendent of the Richmond 
Consolidated Smelting Works at Eureka, 
Nevada, seven years, held the same position 
in the LeGrand mine in Mexico, and was 
also engaged in mining and prospecting in 
that locality. From there Mr. Norton went 
to Leadville, Colorado, as superintendent of 
the LaPlatte Smelting Works for three 
years, thence to Kansas City as superin- 
tendent of the Argentine Refining Works 
three months and then returned to Michi- 
gan. He located in the woods at Ewen 
and engaged in lumbering. In 1892 he 
erected a general store at his lumber camp, 
and is assisted in his numerous occupations 
by his brother. In 1894 Mr. Norton was 
appointed Postmaster at Ewen. 

He was married in 1878 to Mary J. 
Geraty, and they have six children, — James, 



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William, Mary, Eleanor, Arthur and Kath- 
arine. 

In his political relations Mr. Norton is 
prominently identified with the Democratic 
party. He has taken a prominent and 
active part in the improvement of the town 
of Ewen, in which he owns considerable 
property. In the first election of village 
officers he was elected Alderman, which 
office he now holds. 



HLFRED A. GUCK, Postmaster of 
Lake Linden, Michigan, dates his 
identity with this place from the 
year 1887, and as one of its repre- 
sentative citizens it is appropriate that some 
personal mention be made of him in this 
volume. A brief sketch of his life is as 
follows: 

Alfred A. Guck was born in Sheboygan, 
Wisconsin, November 29, 1856, son of 
Casper and Eva (Ress) Guck, the former a 
native of Berlin, Germany, and the latter of 
Ohio. Casper Guck was nineteen years of 
age when he emigrated to America and 
located in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. In 1864 
he removed to Hancock, Michigan, engaged 
in tailoring, and held various public offices, 
and died there, in February, 1871. Alfred 
A. attended public school until he was seven- 
teen. He then accepted a position as assist- 
ant postmaster at Hancock, serving as such 
two years. His next employment was as 
clerk on the ore dock at L'Anse, and in the 
winter of 1881 he was messenger for the 
American Express Company on the road 
and between L'Anse and Houghton. During 
the winters of 1882-3-4 he was agent for R. 
M. Hoar, manager of the Overland Transit 
Company. When the Houghton, Marquette 
& Ontonagon Railroad was completed from 



L'Anse to Houghton he was made station 
agent at L'Anse, retaining his position as 
clerk on the ore dock, and remained there 
thus occupied until 1887, since which time 
he has resided at Lake Linden. On taking 
up his abode here, he opened the Western 
Express and Telegraph office. He was 
made Postmaster in the fall of 1894. Mr. 
Guck is a man of enterprise and sterling in- 
tegrity and his business career thus far has 
been characterized by prompt attention to 
whatever he has undertaken. He has served 
as Township Clerk and also as Village Treas- 
urer. Socially, he is affiliated with the A. 
O. U. W., M. W. of A., and K. of P. 

He married Miss Mary C. Egloff, of Mar- 
quette, Michigan, and has an interesting 
family of five children, one son and four 
daughters. 



BATHER M. KEHOE, pastor of the 
Catholic Church at Ironwood, 
Michigan, was born in the province 
of Ontario, Canada, February 11, 
1856. His parents, John and Ann (Devereux) 
Kehoe, are natives of Ireland, and his 
mother, it is supposed, is of French descent. 
They were married on the Emerald Isle, 
about 1854 and emigrated to Canada, where 
they resided until 1866. Since that date 
they have resided in Marquette, Michigan. 
Mrs. Kehoe has been twice married, her 
only child by her present husband being the 
subject of this article. 

Father Kehoe was ten years old at the 
time he removed with his parents to Mar- 
quette. There he attended the public 
schools, and also spent one year at the home 
of Bishop Mrak, studying Latin and French 
under the instructions of the bishop and the 
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congregation at Marquette. In September, 
1893, he went tojoliette, Canada, where, in 
due time, he completed a classical course. In 
October, 1876, complying with the instruc- 
tions of the bishop, Mr. Kehoe went to 
Rome, Italy, where he continued his studies 
in the celebrated College of the Propaganda, 
remaining abroad for a period of six years. 
He was ordained in the Basilica of St. John 
Lateran, by Monaco La Valletta, Cardinal 
Vicar of his Holiness Leo XIII. In June, 
1882, the same year in which he was ordain- 
ed, he visited many of the principal cities of 
Europe, including Venice, Milan, Paris and 
London, and after completing this tour re- 
turned to America and to his home at Mar- 
quette. 

Upon his return, he was assigned to work 
in Marquette, and remained there a few 
months. He was next appointed assistant 
to the Very Rev. E. J acker, pastor of St. 
Ann's Church at Hancock, Michigan, where 
he labored in that capacity one year. In 
November, 1883, he was assigned to the 
mission of Norway, on the Menominee 
range, and for seven years devoted his time 
and attention to looking after the spiritual 
interests of the people of that place, his 
labor being characterized bj' great earnest- 
ness and attended with marked success. 
One of the important features of his work 
at that place was the establishment of a 
parochial school. In the fall of 1890 he 
was appointed to the important mission of 
Ironwood, Michigan, where he has since 
remained. Here he found a wide field for 
work. The first year, through his instru- 
mentality, the heavy church debt was paid 
off and numerous improvements made upon 
the church edifice, including a tower and 
steeple and some decorations. Next he 
turned his attention to the erection and 



equipment of a parochial school, which is 
located a block and a half from the church 
building, and which is valued at not less 
than $15,000. This school is taught by the 
Sisters of St. Francis from Silver Lake, 
Wisconsin, and the regular attendance is 
450 pupils. The congregation over which 
Father Kehoe is pastor represents about 300 
families, the majority of which are Irish, 
with about fifty French Canadian families, 
and a few Germans. There are numerous 
societies in connection with the church, and 
all are in a prosperous condition. 



aAPTAIN RICHARD BAWDEN, 
one of the oldest and most experi- 
enced miners in northern Michi- 
gan, is superintendent of the Broth- 
erton mine of Wakefield, Gogebic county. 
Following is a brief sketch of his life: 

Richard Bawden was born in Cornwall, 
England, April 4, 1836, eldest in the family 
of Richard and Margaret (Johns) Bawden, 
natives of England. The father, also a 
miner by occupation, died in his native 
land at the age of fifty-two years; the 
mother is still living in England, having 
reached her eightieth year. In their family 
were eleven children, three daughters and 
eight sons, three of whom died when young. 
At the age of fourteen years the subject 
of our sketch commenced working in the 
mines of England, and was thus occupied 
there until i860, when he came to America. 
It was on the second of June, i860, that 
he landed in Eagle River, Michigan, and for 
two years thereafter he was engaged in min- 
ing in the Cliff Copper mine. With the ex- 
ception of four years in the coal mines of 
Rhode Island, Mr. Bawden has been en- 
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ever since i860. He was for twelve years 
mining captain for the Phoenix Copper 
Company at Eagle River, remaining with 
this company till their mine closed down. 
Since 1886 he has occupied his present 
position as Superintendent of the Brother- 
ton mine. 

Captain Bawden was married in England 
in 1857 to Miss Elizabeth S. Lyack, who 
was born and reared in that country. They 
have eight children, namely: John T. , of 
Minnesota; Lizzie, wife of J. J. Anderson, 
of Interior, Michigan; Wilmot, Hancock, 
Michigan; Richard J., engaged in general 
merchandise business at Bessemer, Michigan ; 
Ella, a successful teacher of Bessemer; 
William A., in business in Bessemer; Girley, 
at home; and Joseph H., also at home. 
Death had not entered this large family 
until a short time before this sketch was 
written, when one of the little grand- 
children was taken away. 

In his political sympathies, Mr. Bawden 
is in harmony with the Republican party. 
He served as Supervisor of Wakefield, and 
since the organization of the village has 
been a member of its Board of Trustees. 
He is identified with the Masonic order at 
Bessemer. 



,y^ R. G. L. LOOPE, County Physi- 
I I cian of Gogebic county, Michigan, 
/^J and in many ways prominently 
identified with this part of the 
State, has been a resident of Bessemer since 
1887. An outline sketch of his life will be 
of interest to many and is as follows: 

Dr. G. L. Loope was born in St. Law- 
rence county. New York, October 23, 1847, 
only son of Dr. Russell A. and Josephine 
(Steele) Loope. The elder Dr. Loope, also 



a native of the Empire State, was born 
October 15, 181 5; was a prominent physi- 
cian of Edwards, New York, for many years, 
came west to Wisconsin in 1864, first set- 
tling at Eureka, and subsequently removing 
from there to Kaukauna, that State, where 
he died at the age of seventy-five years. 
The mother of our subject was a native of 
Massachusetts; she passed away at the age 
of sixty-nine years. Their family was com- 
posed of two children, G. L. being the 
elder. His sister Mary is the wife of J. H. 
Chamberlain, of Kaukauna, Wisconsin. 

Dr. Loope spent the first fourteen years 
of his life in his native place. In Novem- 
ber, 1 86 1, at the early age of fourteen, he 
enlisted in Company L of the Ninth New 
York Cavalry, and for three years was in 
the service of his country. He was with 
his command in all the battles in which it 
participated from Bull Run to Cold Harbor. 
At the last named place, May 30, 1864, he 
was wounded by a minie ball and a piece of 
shell in the right leg, the two wounds being 
received within five minutes of each other. 
After this he was in the hospital until the 
expiration of his term of enlistment, and for 
two years thereafter he walked on crutches. 

Immediately following his discharge 
from the army young Loope came west to 
Wisconsin, and at Eureka engaged in the 
drug business with his father, in which busi- 
ness he continued until 1884. In the mean- 
time he studied medicine. From 1884 un- 
til 1886 he was in a medical college at Chi- 
cago, graduating there in the last named 
year. Then, in 1887, as already stated, he 
took up his abode in Bessemer. Soon after 
his arrival here he was appointed surgeon 
for a number of mining companies of this 
locality, and also surgeon for some of the 
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Peninsula. In 1892 he formed a partner- 
ship with Dr. J. W. Whiteside, with whom 
he is still associated. They built the L. & 
W. Block, the best business block in the 
town, and they also own the Gogebic Hos- 
pital, located at Bessemer. Dr. Loope is 
vice-president of the First National Bank of 
Bessemer, which has a capital stock of 
$50,000. And while he has various inter- 
ests in Bessemer and Gogebic county, he 
has also made investments elsewhere. He 
is vice-president of the Pittsburg-Michoacan 
Mining & Milling Company, their mines be- 
ing located in the State of Michoacan, Mex- 
ico, and their capital stock $500,000. 
Their mines are suppposed to have the 
largest mineral deposit on the continent. 

Dr. Loope is a member of the Wiscon- 
sin State Medical Society, the Railway Sur- 
geons' Medical Association and the Fox 
River Medical Association. In fraternal 
circles he is prominent and active. He has 
been Master of Bessemer Lodge, No. 390, 
F. & A. M. for two years; has advanced in 
Masonry to the thirty-second degree. He is 
also identified with the I. O. O. F. , in 
which he has passed all the chairs, and in 
this order he has served as District Deputy 
Grand Master. A veteran of the late war, 
he is, of course, a member of the G. A. R. , 
his membership being in J. W. Appleton 
Post. Politically the Doctor is a stanch 
Republican. He has represented his ward 
in the City Council, and for two years 
served as chairman of the Board. He is 
now serving as County Physician and as a 
member of the building committee for the 
Upper Peninsula Insane Asylum, having 
been appointed to the latter position by the 
Governor. 

Dr. Loope was married in 1872 to Miss 
Emma J. Clark, a native of Wisconsin and 



a daughter of L. Clark, now of Omaha, 
Nebraska. They have a son and a daugh- 
ter, — Frank R. , bookkeeper of the First 
National Bank; and Mabel, who is attending 
college at Appleton, Wisconsin. 



aAPTAIN WILLIAM TREBIL- 
COCK, mining captain of the 
mines of the Metropolitan Iron & 
Land Company, Ironwood, Michi- 
gan, dates his birth in Cornwall, England, 
April 27, 1845. He was the second born 
in the family of eleven children of William 
and Elizabeth (Maries) Trebilcock, of Eng- 
land. At this writing both parents are 
living, the father at the age of eighty-one 
years, and the mother at seventy-six. 

Captain Trebilcock began his career as a 
miner in England before he entered his 
'teens, and continued work in the mines of his 
native land until 1866. That year he came 
to America, landing in New York city, and 
from there coming direct to the northern 
part of Michigan. For one year he worked 
in the copper mines. We next find him in 
the iron mines of Marquette county, Michi- 
gan, where he remained until 1869. That 
year his wife died, and after her death he 
returned to England with his two little 
daughters, Elizabeth and Anne, whom he 
left with his parents. In 1870 he came 
back to America, and resumed mining 
in Marquette county. The folllowing year 
he thought to tr}' his fortune still 
farther west, and accordingly went to 
Idaho and Oregon, where he spent some 
time in the gold and silver mines, returning 
again in 1873 to Marquette county and re- 
mining there until 1879. His next move 
was to the Menominee Mining Range, where 
he was assistant captain of the Norway mine 



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three years. In 1882 he was employed by 
the company he now represents, being their 
first captain. He has remained with them 
ever since, with the exception of one year 
which he spent in England, — 1884. His 
mining experience covers a period of over 
forty years and includes work in the coal, 
iron, silver, gold and tin mines. 

Mr. Trebilcock was first married in Eng- 
land, in 1865, to Miss Elizabeth C. Sanndry, 
who died, as already stated, in 1869. In 
1874 he married Mrs. Sarah J. (Pearce) 
Benney, widow of Ed Benney. She, too, 
is a native of Cornwall, England. 

The Captain is a member of the Sons of 
St. George, I. O. O. F., F. & A. M., and 
O. E. S. He cast his first presidential vote 
for General Grant in 1868, and has been 
true to the Republican party ever since. 
Ever since he became identified with Iron- 
wood he has been a prominent factor in its 
affairs. He served as a member of the Vill- 
age Board, as School Inspector and as a 
member of the School Board. He was the 
first City Treasurer and has had the honor 
of serving three years as Mayor of the 
town. 



HD. GARNER, the popular and 
efficient cashier of the People's 
Banking Company, Ironwood, 
Michigan, is a young man of marked 
business ability. A brief sketch of his life 
is herewith presented. 

A. D. Garner was born in Dundas 
county, Canada, February 8, 1863, son of 
Rev. E. and Ruth (Mitchell) Garner, natives 
of England. His father is a graduate of 
Oxford University and is a prominent 
minister in the Presbyterian Church, his 
present location being Astoria, Oregon. A. 



D. was the second born in their family of 
eight children, and was reared and educated 
at Escanaba and Ishpeming, Michigan. 
His first employment was that of clerk in a 
furniture store at Ishpeming. Next he 
served as collecting clerk for a bank at that 
place. In 1886 he was elected cashier of 
the Bessemer Bank, of Bessemer, Michigan, 
afterward was made cashier of the Ishpem- 
ing Bank and the Peninsula Bank, and in 
1 89 1 -2 served as deputy State Treasurer. 
At the organization of the People's Savings 
Bank in Ironwood, Michigan, he was elected 
as cashier, and at its reorganization into the 
People's Banking Company he was retained 
in the same position. 

While in Ishpeming, Mr. Garner was 
Treasurer for the A. O. U. W. He was 
also a director and treasurer of the Co- 
operative Store Company of that place, and 
secretary of the Building and Loan Associa- 
tion there. At this writing he is a member 
of the board of the "Sinking Fund" of 
Ironwood. 

Mr. Garner was married in August, 
1888, to Miss Anna B. Blackborn, a native 
of Canada and a daughter of James Black- 
born. They have had three children, — 
Aubrey H., Georgiana and William P. The 
last named is deceased. 



"^VOHN R. VAN EVERA is one of the 
m prominent and influental citizens of 
A 1 the Upper Peninsula, having been 
long connected with its business and 
official life and maintaining through all an 
upright, honorable course, which has gained 
him the esteem and unqualified confidence 
of all with whom he has been brought in 
contact. He is a large real-estate owner 
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the State House of Correction and Branch 
Prison of Marquette. 

Mr. Van Evera was born in Summit 
county, Ohio, September ii, 1851, andisa 
son of Rynier and Julia (May) Van Evera, 
the former a native of New York and 
the latter of Connecticut. The Van Everas 
were among the first Dutch families on 
Manhattan island, where now stands New 
York city, and the mother's people settled 
in New England in early Colonial days. 
The father of our subject was a farmer 
and at an early day removed to the Western 
Reserve in Ohio, and remained there until 
called to his home beyond this life in 1879. 
For some years he had survived his wife, 
who had passed away in 1854. 

J. R. Van Evera was the youngest in a 
family of eleven children and was reared on 
the old home farm until seven years of age, 
when he went to Akron, Ohio, where he 
was educated in the public schools. At the 
age of fourteen he entered the machine shop 
and learned the trade which he followed in 
Akron for some years. In 1870 he arrived 
in Marquette, Michigan, where he secured a 
position in the machine shop now owned by 
the Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Rail- 
road, which at that time had but a short 
road to the mines. In 1879 he continued 
his travels further westward and this time 
became a resident of Leadville, Colorado, 
where he followed his trade and also engaged 
in the sale of mining machinery, which he 
continued until 1885, when he returned to 
Marquette, where he has since resided con- 
tinuously. In the spring of 1S93 he was 
appointed Warden of the prison. Mr. Van 
Evera has had a successful business career 
and entirely through his own efforts has won 
prosperity. 

Mr. Van Evera is an esteemed member 



of the Masonic fraternity, in which he has 
taken the degrees of the Knight Templar 
and Mystic Shrine. As a citizen, he is 
devoted to the community in which he 
resides, and withholds his support from no 
worthy interests which are calculated to 
advance the general welfare. 

On the 4th of October, 1883, Mr. Van 
Evera was united in marriage with Anna 
Mary Neidhart, a native of Marquette and a 
daughter of B. Neidhart, a pioneer business 
man of this city. They are now the parents 
of two sons and three daughters, namely: 
Mary M., James W., Caroline I., Julia A. 
and John R. In his political views Mr. 
Van Evera is a supporter of the Republican 
party, having upheld its principles since 
attaining his majority. His duties as War- 
den are most faithfully performed and his 
promptness and fidelity are worthy of all 
commendation. 

The State House of Correction and Branch 
Prison was created by a special act of the 
Legislature in 1885 and an appropriation 
was made for its construction. The work 
was at once begun and carried forward to 
completion, and the first inmates were re- 
ceived June 29, 1890. It is built of stone, 
on a beautiful site two miles from Mar- 
quette, and new has 205 inmates, with a 
cell capacity for 312. In connection with 
the building there is a farm of 1 59 acres, 
and the prisoners are required to cultivate 
this. It is conducted on the plan of all 
other prisons within the State. In matter 
of construction and design the buildings 
are modern and of the best design in the 
country. Its location is a beautiful one, 
fronting on Lake Superior, and on the sides 
and rear is surrounded by high, picturesque 
hills. The institution is under the manage- 
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Gad Smith, R. M. Hoar and John Henes; 
and under the able superintendence of Mr. 
Van Evera affairs are so conducted that no 
dissatisfaction is ever manifest. 



BRANK A. BARBOUR, of Germ- 
fask, Michigan, is a member of the 
lumber firm of McArthur & Bar- 
bour, successors to J. Newberry. 
He has been for more than a score of years 
engaged in this important item of commerce, 
and his history is that of a self-made man, — 
a man who has worked his way up from a 
common laborer until he occupies the posi- 
tion of junior member of an enterprising and 
prosperous firm. He began his career in the 
lumber business on the Grand river flats in 
Gray county, Ontario, getting out rock elm 
square timber, his duty at first being to 
drive an ox team, at from $18 to $30 per 
month, and his employers being Mcintosh & 
Company, of Quebec. His next employer 
was a Mr. Malinda, for whom he worked 
two years, taking out hardwood for the same 
Quebec company. Then he moved to the 
region of Ravenhurst and hired to Lee Miller. 
Two years later he went to the north shore 
of Georgian Bay, and was three years with 
Dodge & Company. The next two and a 
half years he spent on Perry Sound, same 
shore, with the Perry Sound Lumber Com- 
pany, as millwright, and the five years fol- 
lowing was millwright and sawyer for the 
Guelph Lumber Company. His next move 
was to come to Michigan: that was in 18S0. 
The first winter Mr. Barbour spent in 
Michigan he was in the employ of Mcintosh 
& Canada, near Seney. In May the follow- 
ing year he was laid up at St. Ignace with 
the erysipelas, and remained bedfast two 
months. On his recover}' he went to Nau- 



binway for Thompson, Hall & Company, and 
remained there and at Black River three 
years. He filled the next season at Thomp- 
son, and the following year put in a shingle 
mill for Hank Almost at Naubinway. Then 
he entered the employ of the Dollarville 
Lumber Company, built their planing mill 
and operated it till the summer of 1894, 
when he resigned his position there in order 
to take charge of his new purchase at Germ- 
fask. This new firm of McArthur & Bar- 
bour manufacture both shingles and lumber. 
Their hardwood mill will turn out 400 cant- 
hook stocks and a large number of mangel 
rolls per day. 

Mr. Barbour is a son of Robert Barbour, 
a blacksmith, and was born in Syracuse, 
New York, August 26, 1852. In 1856 his 
father moved to Canada, and died there in 
1858. Mr. Barbour's mother was by maiden 
name Margaret Shirk, she being a daughter 
of George Shirk, a native of Pennsylvania, in 
which State the Barbours also originated. 
Frank A. was the first born and is the only 
living member of his father's family. He was 
married, first, in Perry Sound, January 14, 
1876, to Martha A. Heighes, a daughter of 
James Heighes, an Englishman. Her death 
occurred at Naubinway, February 2, 1885, 
and she left four children, — Maggie, Flora, 
Mildred and Ethel. In 1886 Mr. Barbour 
wedded Miss Elmyra K. Heighes, a sister 
of his first wife, and by her also he has four 
children, namely: William, Winifred, May 
and Vernie. 

Fraternally, Mr. Barbour is identified 
with both the Odd Fellows and the Forest- 
ers, and is a worthy and honored member of 
the same. As a business man his dealings 
have ever been characterized by squareness, 
and fairness and as a citizen his life is such 
as to command respect. 



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,>^ERRY LEIGHTON, the popular 
1 W and accommodating County Clerk 
\ and Register of Deeds of Luce 

county, Michigan, is the next in 
order that claims the attention of the bi- 
ographer, and a right pleasant task it is, 
this sketching the lives of these enterprising 
and self-made men, — men who are an 
honor to themselves and the community in 
which they reside. 

Perry Leighton was born in Wayne 
county, Michigan, May 14, i860, and was 
educated in the Wyandotte public schools. 
He clerked in his father's store from his 
boyhood, at fourteen began earning his own 
support as a dry-goods and grocery clerk, 
and when seventeen became a drug clerk in 
Wyandotte. He went west when twenty- 
one years of age and was in Grand Island, 
Nebraska, four years, employed as a book- 
keeper for C. W. Thomas, a wholesale 
grain dealer. Returning to Michigan in 
1887, he accepted a position as bookkeeper 
for Munger & Company, a wholesale hard- 
ware concern of Detroit. In October of 
the following year he entered the employ of 
the Newberry Furnace Company at New- 
berry as paymaster and bookkeeper, and 
with this firm he remained until 1891. 
About that time he was elected Township 
Treasurer of McMillan township and served 
one term, and in November, 1892, was 
elected County Clerk, and was re-elected in 
1894. These honors were conferred upon 
him by the Republican party, of which he 
is a stanch member. Mr. Leighton is a 
gentleman of very superior clerical attain- 
ments and is in every way fitted for the po- 
sition which he holds, this fact being thor- 
oughly appreciated by the people of Luce 
county, as is evidenced by his re-election. 
Mr. Leighton's father, Robert W. Leigh- 



ton, was born in Colchester county, On- 
tario, Canada, sixty-five years ago, the son 
of an Englishman, and when thirty years of 
age removed from there to Wayne county, 
Michigan. He served his city as Alderman 
and his township as Supervisor for many 
years. In politics he was a Republican and 
in 1863 was Postmaster of Wyandotte. He 
married Lucy, daughter of Simon Haven, 
a native of Vermont. They had a family of 
eight children, four of whom are deceased, 
Perry being the eldest of those living. The 
other three are Ross Leighton, Mrs. H. L. 
Harris and Miss Lizzie Leighton, all of 
Newberry. 

September 8, 1890, Mr. Leighton was 
united in marriage, in Newberry, to Miss 
Ada, daughter of W. E. and Jane (Mc- 
Gregor) King. Mr. King was for a number 
of years station agent at Newberry, but is 
now occupying a similar position at Murray, 
Kentucky. He came to this country from 
Brighton, England, at which place twenty- 
five years ago Mrs. Leighton was born. The 
other members of the King family are Mrs. 
George A. Schermerhorn, Grand Gorge, 
Delaware county. New York, and William, 
a railroad man of New Orleans, Louisiana. 
Mr. and Mrs. Leighton have two children, 
— Claude T. , born October 26, 1891, and 
Helen K., born June 9, 1895. 



aHARLES J. THOREN, of the firm 
of Charles J. Thoren & Son, mer- 
chant tailors of Negaunee, was 
born in Sweden, November 9, 
1838, a son of Charles J. Engestrom, a 
native also of that country. He was a mason 
by trade, and served as a soldier in Sweden 
for thirty years. Our subject attended 
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of age, and, after serving an apprenticeship 
at the tailor's trade, he followed that occu- 
pation until 1867. In that year he came to 
America, and worked in the copper country 
until 1870. For the following five years he 
found employment in the tailor shop of a Mr. 
Woolner in Negaunee, after which he em- 
barked in business for himself, and now 
enjoys a large and lucrative trade. About 
seven years ago his son, Charles S. Thoren, 
who is now twenty-seven years of age, 
became a partner in the business. Mr. 
Thoren was elected to the office of Alder- 
man in 1888. 

In 1862 he was united in marriage with 
Johanna Peterson. They have had six 
children, namely: Charles S. ; Clara, wife 
of Rev. L. W. Gullstrom, of Texas; Theo- 
dore A., studying law at the Michigan State 
University at Ann Arbor; Titus E., aged 
thirteen; and two deceased. In his social 
relations, Mr. Thoren is a member of the 
Odd Fellows and the A. O. U. W. 



eDWIN PHILLIPS RADFORD, a 
prominent citizen of Hermansville, 
is a son of Joseph Radford, late of 
the city of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. 
Mr. Radford, the subject of this brief sketch, 
was born at Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, Feb- 
ruary 15, 1 85 1, and at the age of seventeen 
years graduated at the high-school there. 

Soon after graduation he accepted em- 
ployment as a level rodman in a surveying 
party, locating and constructing a railroad 
in the southern part of Michigan. Mr. 
Radford was engaged on this road for three 
years, and by close application to the work 
assigned him he was advanced from time to 
time until for the last year he had charge of 



the construction of a division of the Michi- 
gan Air Line Railway between Jackson and 
Niles, although at this time he was but 
twenty years of age. Upon the completion 
of this work Mr. Radford was engaged with 
a corps of engineers who surveyed and 
located that part of the Chicago & North- 
western Railway between Milwaukee and 
Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, Before the work 
on this survey was finished Mr. Radford 
accepted a position with the Milwaukee 
& Northern Railway and had charge of the 
party making the preliminary surveys for 
this road from Menasha and Chilton, Wis- 
consin, to Lake Superior. These surveys 
were made during 1872 and 1873, when the 
country north of Green Bay was a wilder- 
ness. They were obliged to pack all the 
food and belongings, as there was no way to 
transport them otherwise during this time, 
— for a period of seven months. When 
they were working through a country that is 
now well settled they did not see a white 
man other than their own party. 

During the years 1875 and 1876 Mr. 
Radford was employed by the United States 
Government to survey the overflowed lands 
around Lake Winnebago and the Upper 
Fox river in Wisconsin. In 1878 he joined 
a party as topographical engineer, under 
Lieutenant McGuire, Engineer Officer on 
General Terry's staff, to make a survey of 
the Yellowstone river. The terminus of the 
Northern Pacific was then at Bismarck, 
Dakota, and to get to their work the party 
were obliged to take a steamboat from there 
up the Missouri to the mouth of the Yellow- 
stone, then up the Yellowstone to the mouth 
of the Powder river, where the survey 
commenced. This was the country made 
famous by Custer's campaign against the 
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occupied by herds of buffalo and Indians 
only. 

During the years 1879 and 1880 Mr. 
Radford was engaged in surveying and build- 
ing the Wisconsin Central Railroad between 
Chippewa Falls and Abbotsford, Wisconsin. 
On the completion of that work he was 
engaged in surveying and locating the Mil- 
waukee & Northern Railway from Green 
Bay to Lake Superior. In the spring of 
1881 Mr. Radford accepted the position of 
Chief Engineer of the Wisconsin Land and 
Lumber Company, and at present is super- 
intendent of that company. 

In 1889, when the township of Meyer 
was organized, Mr. Radford was elected 
Supervisor and has been re-elected every 
year since. In 1893 he was elected chair- 
man of the Board of Supervisors of Menom- 
inee county, Michigan. 

Mr. Radford is a member of the Fond 
du Lac blue lodge, Menominee Chapter and 
Menominee Commandery, Knight Templars, 
and Saladin Temple, Nobles of the Mystic 
Shrine. 

He was married in 1875 and had one 
son, whose mother died in 1876; and Octo- 
ber 25, 1880, he married Miss Emma 
Dahlem, of Fond du Lac, and by this mar- 
riage he has a son and a daughter. 



Sf—^ S. COLTON was one of the or- 

1^^^ ganizers and is the efficient cashier 
M. . r of the Merchants and Miners' Bank 
of Calumet. It has been said that 
banking institutions are the pulse of the 
commercial body, indicating its status in 
regard to health. It is certainly true that 
nothing more inspires public confidence and 
causes the steady flow of business than a 



bank which in times of general financial de- 
pression carries on a safe and conservative 
business no matter what may be the fluctua- 
tions in the money market. Such a course 
has the Merchants and Miners' Bank always 
pursued, until it has become one of the most 
solid financial institutions in this part of the 
State, meriting the high confidence of the 
public which is given it. Its standing is due 
in no small measure to the untiring and well- 
directed efforts of H. S. Colton, who is 
justly ranked among the leading financiers 
of his adopted county. 

Mr. Colton was born in Buffalo, New 
York, in 1833, and is a son of Manly Col- 
ton, a native of Connecticut, who became a 
leading merchant of Buffalo, New York, and 
was for a number of years County Clerk of 
Erie county. New York. He died in 1852, 
at the age of fifty-two years. H. S. Colton 
began his education in the public schools, and 
there pursued his studies until sixteen years of 
age, when he entered the Fay Academy of 
Buffalo, New York, remaining there two 
years. He began his business training and 
business experience as a banking clerk, serv- 
ing for several years in the capacity of teller 
in the Hollister Bank and the Bank of Attica, 
both of Buffalo. On the breaking out of 
the war, however, he put aside the pursuits 
of peace to aid his country in her efforts to 
preserve the Union. 

Hardly had the smoke from Fort Sum- 
ter's reduction cleared away or the echoes 
of its attacking guns ceased to reverberate, 
when he offered his services to the Govern- 
ment, becoming a member of Company D, 
Twenty-first New York Infantry, in May, 
1 86 1. He was promoted to the rank of 
First Lieutenant and then assigned to Com- 
pany D, Ninety-fourth Regiment of New 
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engagements and duties. Meritorious con- 
duct on the field of battle won him promo- 
tion to the Captaincy, and he continued at 
the front for three years, always faithful to 
the old flag and the cause it represented. In 
the fall of 1864 he received an honorable 
discharge and returned at once to his home. 

Not long afterward Mr. Colton came to 
Lake Superior and located in Houghton, 
Michigan, where he was manager of the 
Houghton Gazette, and also served as Dep- 
uty County Clerk for some years. There 
again he was connected with banking inter- 
ests as teller of the Houghton Bank, mak- 
ing his home in that city until 1870, when 
he went to Copper Falls mine as clerk, there 
remaining for a year. On the expiration of 
that period he came to Red Jacket to ac- 
cept the position of cashier in the \V. H. 
Streeter Bank, being thus employed until 
1873, when he resigned and started the proj- 
ect for the organization of the Merchants 
& Miners' Bank of Calumet. He was cor- 
dially assisted in the enterprise by the lead- 
ing business men and mine owners in this 
locality, and in July, 1873, the necessary 
capital was all secured and the bank regu- 
larly organized under the State laws of 
Michigan. Mr. Colton was chosen cashier 
of the new institution, and has since credit- 
ably and acceptably filled that position, and 
the bank owes much of its success to his 
earnest efforts, which have made it one of 
the leading financial institutions of the 
Upper Peninsula. 

In Boston, Massachusetts, on the i ith 
day of July, 1871, Mr. Colton was married 
to Miss Elizabeth Pope, and to them have 
been born two children, one son and one 
daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Colton are people 
of sterling worth and occupy an enviable 
position in social circles where true worth 



and intelligence are received as passports 
into good society. 

Mr. Colton has frequently been honored 
with positions of public trust. While a res- 
ident of Copper Falls he served as Post- 
master. While in Houghton and Calumet 
he served for three years as United States 
Assessor. He is true to every trust reposed 
in him and is as faithful to his duties of cit- 
izenship as when on Southern battle-fields 
he followed the starry banner. 



<>^ROF. FREMONT D. DAVIS, 
1l ■ Superintendent of the Schools of 
J Negaunee, was born in Orland, In- 

diana, February 2, 1859, a son of 
James M. Davis, a native of the central part 
of Ohio and a farmer by occupation. His 
father, Amos Davis, was also a native of 
Ohio, was a wealthy farmer and one of the 
most prominent men in his State. He paid 
a bounty to every man that enlisted in the 
war of the Rebellion from his township. 
Both the father and grandfather of our sub- 
ject died when he was a child. 

Fremont D. Davis attended the public 
schools of his native place until fourteen 
years of age, after which he spent three 
years in the high schools at Hillsdale, Mich- 
igan, and in 1883 graduated at the Hillsdale 
College. He then came to this city and 
accepted the position of principal of the 
schools. In 1889 he was promoted to the 
position of Superintendent of the Schools of 
Negaunee, in which he has since continued. 
The city contains five school buildings, with 
an average attendance of 1,400 pupils, and 
there are twenty-eight teachers employed. 
Professor Davis also holds the position of 
chairman of the County Board of Examiners, 
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Association, vice-president of the State 
Teacliers' Association, and has always been 
prominently identified with the educational 
interests of the State. 

June 22, 1889, Professor Davis was 
united in marriage with Minnie S. Green, 
daughter of Edwin Spencer Green, a prom- 
inent merchant of this city. They have two 
beautiful little daughters, — Margaret and 
Louise. In his social relations, the Profes- 
sor is a Mason, being a member of Lake 
Superior Commandery. 



<>^OMINICI^ W. SUTTER, who is 
I I successfully engaged in merchan- 
f^,^ dising at Lake Linden, Michigan, 
has for a number of years been 
identified with this place and has been 
prominently connected with those interests 
which are calculated to prove of public 
benefit and promote the general welfare. 
He is richly deserving of mention in this 
volume, and with pleasure we present to our 
readers the record of his life. 

A native of Switzerland, Mr. Sutter was 
born on the loth of September, 1850, and 
is a son of Joseph Sutter, who was for many 
years a Revenue Collector in that country, 
and emigrated thence to America in 1853, 
locating in Detroit, Michigan. He came 
alone to the New World, but shortly after- 
ward was joined by his family in Detroit. 

In 1863 our subject came to the Lake 
Superior region, and at Rockland secured a 
position with the firm of North & Briggs, 
general merchants, with whom he continued 
until 1870, being in their store at Calumet 
during the last two years. He then went to 
Atchison, Kansas, where, in partnership 
with an elder brother, Frank Sutter, he en- 
gaged in the jewelry business for four years. 



On the expiration of that period he returned 
to Phoenix, Keewenaw county, and formed 
a business connection with Charles Briggs, 
under the firm name of Briggs & Sutter, 
which relationship existed for five years, 
when the firm was dissolved and Mr. Sutter 
came to Lake Linden. On locating here he 
purchased the general store of Light & Hen- 
wood, which he successfully conducted for 
six years, when he sold out and turned his 
attention to the banking business. He 
established the first bank of Lake Linden, 
then known as Sutter's Banic, but now called 
the First National Bank. He has largely 
promoted the material prosperity of this 
locality by instituting other business enter- 
prises and is justly regarded as one of the 
most valued residents of this community. 
Again he opened a general merchandise 
store and has since given his attention to 
this line of trade, carrying a $20,000 stock 
of goods and doing a prosperous business. 
On the 6th of April, 1895, his store was de- 
stroyed by fire, but being fully insured it 
caused only a temporary suspension of busi- 
ness. With characteristic energy he began 
preparations for opening a new store and is 
therefore numbered among the leading mer- 
chants of Lake Linden. In addition to his 
other interests, he is extensively engaged in 
real-estate dealing and has made invest- 
ments in mining stock, being at the present 
time secretary and treasurer of the Little 
Maud Gold and Silver Mining Company. 

Mr. Sutter has always taken a deep and 
commendable interest in public affairs; 
especially in matters pertaining to his own 
town, and has on various occasions been 
honored by official preferment. He was 
president of the village of Lake Linden in 
1 891 and 1892, and has been a member of 
the School Board for a period of fifteen 



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years. In 1888 he was placed in nomina- 
tion by the Democratic party to represent 
Houghton county in the State Legislature 
and received the largest vote ever given any 
Democratic candidate. Socially, he is 
identified with the Knights of Pythias, the 
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the 
Ancient Order of United Workmen, the 
Modern Woodmen of America, and the 
Knights of the Maccabees. He is a pleasant, 
genial gentleman, his social qualities making 
him very popular, and Lake Linden num- 
bers him among its most valued citizens. 



aOLONEL JAMES NYE COX is 
one of the leading and influential 
citizens of the copper country, and 
is now a stockholder in and clerk 
of the Calumet & Hecia mine of Calumet, 
Michigan. 

He is a descendant of one of the honored 
old families of New England, which was 
founded in America by Gersherm Cox. He 
was the first of the name born in this coun- 
try. His father was a native of Leeds, 
England, and married a daughter of Lord 
North, after which he crossed the Atlantic 
to the New World. Captain James Cox, 
son of Gersherm Cox, was one of the heroes 
of the Revolution, and was commissioned 
Captain of the first company of the second 
regiment which was raised in Massachusetts, 
August 23, 1776. He valiantly aided the 
Colonies in their struggle for independence, 
and was ever a loyal and faithful citizen of 
the new republic. His son, the father of 
our subject. Captain James V. Cox, was a 
native of Chester, Maine, born in 181 2. He 
was a sea captain engaged in the whale-fish- 
ery business, and died in 18S5, at the age of 
seventy-three years. His wife, who bore 

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the maiden name of Mercy N. Howland, 
was a native of Fairhaven, Massachusetts, 
and their marriage was celebrated in 1841. 
In the family were two sons and one daugh- 
ter, but the latter died in infancy. The 
brother, George H. Cox, is now in Cam- 
bridge, Massachusetts. 

Colonel Cox, whose name begins this 
sketch, was born in Fairhaven, Massa- 
chusetts, April 10, 1844, and attended the 
public schools of his native city until seven- 
teen years of age. In the meantime the 
Civil war had broken out and with the 
animus of a Revolutionary grandsire in his 
nature, he could no longer contentedly pur- 
sue his studies but offered his services to the 
Government to aid in the protection of a 
union that his ancestors had helped to found. 
In September, 1862, he became a member 
of Company I, Third Massachusetts Infan- 
try, and although he enlisted as a private he 
was shortly afterward made Corporal, and 
thus he served until discharged, in July, 
1863. In September he re-enlisted in Com- 
pan\' G, Fifty-eighth Massachusetts Infantry 
as Second Lieutenant, and in 1864 was made 
First Lieutenant of Company H. On the 
3d of June, 1864, he was slightly wounded 
at the battle of Cold Harbor and was also 
wounded at Petersburg, June 17, 1864. He 
was made Adjutant in January, 1865, and 
on the 14th of June following was made 
Captain. When the war was over he re- 
ceived an honorable discharge at Alex- 
andria, Virginia, on the 23d of July, having 
served for nearly three years, during which 
time he was always found at his post of 
duty, faithfully defending the cause which 
the old flag represented. 

When the war was over Captain Cox re- 
turned to New York city and secured em- 
ployment as salesman for Joseph Hicks, a 



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wholesale tobacco dealer. He filled that 
position acceptably for five years and then 
determined to emigrate to the West, taking 
up his residence in Calumet, Michigan, in 
August, 1870. Here he secured a position 
as junior clerk in the Calumet & Hecla Mine 
office, with which he has now been con- 
nected for twenty-five consecutive years. 
He has steadily worked his way upward to 
the responsible position of clerk, and is also 
now a stockholder in the company. That he 
has been ever true to the company's interests 
and that he has the confidence of the officers 
is shown by his long connection with the 
office. He is ever straightforward and hon- 
orable in business dealings, and all who know 
him respect him for his genuine worth and 
many excellencies of character. 

Colonel Cox was united in marriage with 
Miss Edith Mackenzie, daughter of Freder- 
ick Mackenzie, of Calumet. Socially he is a 
Mason of the commandery degree, and po- 
litically he is a stalwart Republican, inflexi- 
ble in his support of the principles of his 
party. He has served on the staff of three 
Governors of the State of Michigan, and is 
a prominent and well known man, highly 
esteemed by all who know him. As a citi- 
zen he is public-spirited and progressive, de- 
voted to the best interests of the commun- 
ity with the same loyalty that he manifested 
during the war. 



aHARLES JOHN SORSEN.— Every 
community numbers among its 
members quiet, reserved men, who 
seek not notoriety and praise of the 
public, caring not to have their names on 
every tongue, but who are nevertheless potent 
factors in the growth and development of 
the locality with which they are connected. 



Their influence is like the deep under- 
current of a mighty river, — quiet but power- 
ful, steady j'et resistless. To such a 
class belongs Mr. Sorsen, a representative 
of that best class of American citizens, — a 
type that commands the respect and excites 
the admiration of all. His life has been 
crowned with success, a success that came 
as a reward of his own enterprise, good 
management and keen discrimination, and 
though so young he is recognized as one of 
the leading business men of the Upper 
Peninsula. 

Mr. Sorsen was born in Finland, in the 
city of Joensun, on the 12th of March, 
1870, and attended the public schools of his 
native land until he had attained the age of 
fourteen years. In vacations he would 
assist his father, who was a tailor, and thus 
he became quite familiar with that trade. 
At the age of fourteen he began to learn 
the drug business, which he followed in his 
native land and then received a diploma, 
stating that he had mastered the business 
and was qualified to engage in the trade. 
He then resolved to try his fortune in 
America, for he believed that the New 
World afforded superior advantages, and 
located first in Ishpeming, Michigan, where 
he began to work at tailoring. After a 
short time, however, he secured a position 
in a drug-store and after a year embarked 
in business for himself, in partnership with 
Z. Nikander, the connection continuing for 
a year and a half, when he formed a part- 
nership with his cousin, his present asso- 
ciate in business, under the firm name of 
Sorsen & Sodergren. 

Success has attended this firm from the 
beginning, and they are now doing an excel- 
lent business, which has constantly increased 
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tions. In connection with the store in 
Calumet, which is conducted by the senior 
member of the firm, they also have estab- 
lished a branch store in Virginia City, 
Minnesota, which is managed by Mr. Soder- 
gren. In the Calumet store there is a 
capital o{ $5,200 invested, and in the other 
$4,500. Both members of the firm are 
practical druggists, and thoroughly under- 
stand the business in all its departments; 
and by close attention to all details, by 
honorable business methods and good man- 
agement, they have made the respective 
establishments over which they have charge 
the leading drug houses of the cities in 
which they are located. 

In his social relations Mr. Sorsen is con- 
nected with the Modern Woodmen of 
America, and in politics he is a stalwart 
Republican, firm in his support of the prin- 
ciples of the party. Mr. Sorsen is a truly 
self-made man. He landed in this country 
with only three cents in his pocket, and 
although now he is only twenty-five years of 
age, he is the possessor of a handsome com- 
petence; and he generously supports his 
parents and several younger members of the 
family still living in the old country. His 
life and success illustrates what can be 
accomplished in a country where merit is 
recognized and where every worthy in- 
dividual may, by honest industry and per- 
sistence, work his way upward, unhampered 
by the closely-drawn lines of caste or class. 



'^T^AMES J. VINCENT, proprietor of 
m the Paul House in Ontonagon, was 
A 1 born in Newcastle county, Delaware, 
October 30, 1852. His father, James 
\'incent, was a native of Maryland, is a 
cooper by trade, and now resides in Wil- 



mington, Delaware. His father, Jeremiah 
Vincent, also a native of Maryland, served 
as a private in the Revolutionary war, and 
was a son of Israel Vincent, a native of 
Maryland and of Italian descent. The orig- 
inator of the family in this country was 
named Franciscus Vincento. The mother of 
our subject, Mary (Camperson) Vincent, was 
a native of Newcastle county, Delaware, and 
was a daughter of Walter Camperson, also 
a native of that State. Their family history 
is traceable for 200 years in America. 

James J. Vincent, the subject of this 
sketch, and the third child and second son 
of his parents' ten children, was reared in 
his native place, and while attending school 
also learned the cooper's trade. At the age 
of fifteen years he started out in life for 
himself, spending five years as clerk in the 
old Brandywine flour-mill at Wilmington, 
for the following six months found work at 
the cooper's trade, was next employed as 
bookkeeper in the Brandywine cotton mills 
for five years, and then secured the position 
of brakeman on the P. W. & B. Railroad. 
At the close of his two and a half years of 
service with that company he had charge of 
the mail car. Mr. Vincent resigned that 
position to become manager of the general 
store of Dupont's Powder Works, where he 
remained six years. He next spent seven 
and a half years as manager of the grocery 
department of the D. M. & Company's store 
at Ontonagon. In 1892 Mr. Vincent em- 
barked in the general mercantile business in 
this city, in company with F. A. Van Scharck, 
but one and a half years afterward sold his 
interest to his partner. Since that time he 
has been proprietor of the large hotel in 
this city. 

June I, 1876, our subject was united in 
marriage with Ella Mc\'ey, a native of New- 



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castle county, Delaware, and a daughter of 
Benjamin and Louisa (Whitcraft) McVey. 
They have three sons, — Harry G. , Preston 
L. and James G. Mr. Vincent is a stanch 
Republican, and has served as a member of 
the School Board of Ontonagon township 
for five years, having been president of the 
Board during one year of that time. He is 
now a Justice of the Peace. He is a firm 
believer in the improvement and develop- 
ment of his locality, and is a strong advocate 
of temperance. 



,>^EV. JAMES TODD, D. D., pastor 
I ^r of the First Presbyterian Church 
\ _ P of Escanaba, occupies a position in 
the foremost rank of the ministry 
of his denomination. His fluent, forcible 
words are the precept, while his quiet, unas- 
suming though active life is the example 
that leads others to the Christian way that 
leads to life everlasting. 

Dr. Todd was born in Airdrie, Lanark- 
shire, Scotland, about ten miles from Glas- 
gow, on the 29th of May, 1851, and is a son 
of James and Betsey (Ewing-Smith) Todd, 
both of whom were natives of Fife, Scot- 
land. The male members of the Todd fam- 
ily were nearly all seafaring people, and a 
grand-uncle of the Doctor served in the 
British navy. The father, however, was a 
mining contractor during the whole of his 
active business life, and both he and his 
wife died in the land of their nativity. 

In the public schools of Airdrie Dr. Todd 
began his education' and completed his 
studies in the University of Glasgow, at 
which he was graduated with the degree of 
M. A. He began preaching in Scotland as 
a student-missionary of the Presbyterian 
Church, and on leaving that country sailed 



for Canada as a volunteer missionary to 
Manitoba. He was one of the pioneer 
workers in the cause in that section, and 
for several years continued his labors unin- 
terruptedly, winning the respect and confi- 
dence of all with whom he came in contact 
and inducing many to follow in the footsteps 
of the Master. He is the only member of 
the family on American soil. 

Before leaving his native land. Dr. Todd 
was married, in 1872, to Miss Mary Mar- 
shall, a native of Kilsyth, Scotland, and a 
lady who has been to her husband a true 
and faithful companion and helpmeet. She 
has accompanied him in all his journeyings; 
and the labors of the pastor, outside of the 
pulpit, have hardly been more important 
than those of the pastor's wife. To them 
have been born eight children, seven of 
whom are yet living, namely: James M., 
who is a student at college; John S., who 
is a student in the city schools of Escanaba; 
Bessie S., Sophia C. A., Margaret Emily, 
Annie M. and Joseph Donald. The fourth 
child, Mary M., is now deceased. 

Dr. Todd is a prominent member of the 
Masonic and Odd Fellow fraternities, and 
he has considerable note as a writer of merit, 
having made quite extensive contributions 
to periodical literature, and is also an able 
public lecturer, though he has never been 
connected with any lecture bureau, pre- 
ferring to choose his own audiences and to 
select his own topics. His services are 
usually in demand on St. Andrew's and 
Burns' days among the Scottish brethren 
and to assist churches on special occasions. 
He is a laborer in the fields of social and 
moral reform, yet without regard to politics; 
is not afraid to express his views, yet is 
never harsh in condemnation, and his active 
and Christian-like opposition to social vices 



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NORTHERN PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN. 



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in this city is being felt, and the moral tone 
of the community is being materially im- 
proved, under his judicious labors and able 
management. By his ballot he supports the 
Republican party, but is not an aggressive 
politician. In the church he is a most able 
worker, and the First Presbyterian Church 
of Escanaba is doing great good here. 

At the close of Dr. Todd's missionary 
work in Manitoba, Canada, the following 
resolutions were unanimously adopted by 
the church authorities: "The Presbytery, 
in accepting the resignation of Rev. James 
Todd, desires to place on record a minute 
expressive of the high regard in which he is 
held by his brethren. Mr. Todd was one of 
the pioneer missionaries in southern Mani- 
toba, where he labored faithfully and with 
success, enduring much hardship in carrying 
on the work in this wide and sparsely popu- 
lated field. In May, 1884, he was settled 
at Burnside, a country congregation. After 
a successful pastorate of two years he was 
called to the town of Minnedosa. Mr. Todd 
has proven himself a preacher of more than 
ordinary power as well as an energetic pas- 
tor. His warm attachment to the principles 
of Presbyterianism and his strong grasp of 
church law made him a leading man in our 
church courts, and he has taken a foremost 
part in establishing Presbyterianism on a 
firm basis in this country. In the former 
Presbytery of Brandon he held the office of 
Convener of the Home Mission Committee, 
an office which was no sinecure and in which 
office he never hesitated to sacrifice personal 
considerations to duty. When the Presby- 
tery of Minnedosa was organized he was 
unanimously elected to fill the same office, 
and he has given the best of his skill and ex- 
perience for the promotion of the Master's 
work throughout the bounds of the Presby- 



tery. In the temperance cause also he took 
an active part. In short, his brethren have 
ever found him ready and willing to lend his 
influence by word and act to advance every 
good work. For his manifold labors he has 
placed the Presbytery under deep obligation. 
Our hopes and prayers will accompany him 
to his new field of labor, and we trust that 
our gracious Master will be with him and 
his family, blessing them in their home and 
in their souls and making them a blessing to 
many others." 

Under an article entitled "An Honor to 
Scotland, " which was published in the West- 
ern British-American in 1893, it was writ- 
ten: "The Rev. Mr. Todd, Presbyterian 
minister of Escanaba, Michigan, has been 
lately honored by having the title of Doctor 
of Divinity conferred upon him by the fac- 
ulty of Gale College, of Galesville, Wiscon- 
sin. Mr. Todd was sent by the Established 
Church of Scotland to Manitoba, Canada, 
and graduated in theology in Manitoba Col- 
lege, of Winnepeg, Manitoba. He has 
preached the gospel for the last seventeen 
years, thirteen of them as an ordained min- 
ister. For a number of years Mr. Todd was 
Convener of the Board of Home Missions 
for the Presbyterian Church in Manitoba, 
Canada, and in 1887 represented that church 
at the General Assemblies of the Presbyte- 
rian churches in Scotland. In 1889 he came 
to the United States and since then has 
steadily gained great reputation as an in- 
structive, eloquent and forcible preacher 
and a successful organizer. For more than 
a year previous to his coming to Escanaba 
Mr. Todd was one of the Superintendents of 
Home Missions for the State of Wisconsin 
and secretary of Gale College. The hon- 
ored distinction is well merited and his 
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their pastor. We are pleased to congratu- 
late him, and hope he may long be spared 
to enjoy the honorable distinction." 

Dr. Todd enjoys an enviable reputa- 
tion as an eloquent, fascinating and scholar- 
ly public speaker, and as a pastor and min- 
ister his worth and power are fully recog- 
nized. In 1895 his Presbytery elected him 
as its commissioner to the meeting of the 
General Assembly of the Presbyterian 
Church in the United States of America, 
held in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. 

It is with pleasure that we present to our 
readers the life record of this honored and 
esteemed gentleman, knowing that it will be 
received with interest by many. 



>T^AMES M. HARING, County Treas- 
m urer of Ontonagon county, is num- 
A 1 bered among the honored pioneers 
of Michigan, having resided within 
the borders of the State ere it was admitted 
to the Union. More than half a century 
has passed since he arrived here, then a 
little child, and with the growth and devel- 
opment of those localities in which he has 
made his home he has ever been identified. 
He has watched with interest the progress 
of events, lending a helping hand to the 
work of promotion and giving his support 
to all enterprises conducive to the public 
good. He may indeed be numbered among 
the leading citizens of Ontonagon county, 
and with pleasure we present to our readers 
the record of his life. 

Mr. Haring was born in New York city, 
February 19, 1833, and is a son of Samuel 
K. Haring, who was also a native of that 
place. The family was founded by ances- 
tors from Holland, and four generations of 
the family were born on Manhattan island. 



The mother of our subject, Mrs. Martha A. 
L. Haring, was born in Troy, New York, 
and was a daughter of James Mann, of Eng- 
lish descent, although his father was like- 
wise a native of the Empire State. James 
M. Haring was the eldest son and second 
child in a family of nine children. Two of 
the daughters were lost on the steamer Niag- 
ara, burned on Lake Michigan, and all the 
others reached years of maturity. The 
family came to Michigan in 1836 and lo- 
cated in Detroit. 

James M. Haring was then only three 
years of age. He remained an inmate of 
his parental home until he had reached the 
age of fourteen, when he started out in life 
for himself, going first to New York city, 
where he engaged in clerking in his uncle's 
store for two years. On the expiration of 
that period he removed to the island of 
Mackinac, where his father was then serv- 
ing as Revenue Collector, and on the island 
James began clerking, being thus employed 
by Edward Root and later by Chapman & 
Gray, thus serving until 1852, when he went 
to Sault de Ste. Marie, working in the land 
office for five months, under E. Warner, 
Register of Lands. His next removal took 
him to what is now Old Superior, at the 
head of Lake Superior, where he pre-empted 
the Upper Falls of Black river and explored 
that region in search of copper veins. There 
were fifteen white men who spent the winter 
at Old Superior, among them Judge Nelson, 
now of St. Paul, Minnesota, and Colonel 
Robinson, for many years editor of the 
Green Bay Advocate. In the winter of 
1853-4 Mr. Haring and Judge Parker aided 
in raising the first house ever built on Rice's 
Point, where Duluth now stands. Thus it 
will be seen how closely they were con- 
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west, going through all the experiences of 
frontier life. 

In May, 1854, Mr. Haring and the 
Judge coasted from Old Superior to Lapoint 
in a small Mackinac boat and there boarded 
the steamer Sam Ward, which brought them 
to Ontonagon county, where Mr. Haring has 
since made his home. Here he took charge 
of the landing belonging to the Forest Min- 
ing Company and afterward became man- 
ager of their large store at the mines. Later 
he went to Minnesota and took charge of 
the company's store at the mines, where he 
continued until the village of Rockland was 
established, when he became manager of 
the store owned by S. A. Parker. A year 
later he took charge of another store in the 
same town, which he conducted on the 
shares until i860, when he began business 
for himself, opening a gents' furnishing store 
in Rockland, which he conducted until 
1865. In that year Mr. Haring sold out and 
began dealing in furs, establishing stations 
at Eagle Lake, Lake Flambeau, Lac Vieux 
Desert and Beaver Dam. He was success- 
fully engaged in the fur trade until 1885, 
when he became station agent of Rockland, 
serving for two summers. In all his business 
dealings his capable management and enter- 
prise have been important factors in his 
success and have brought to him a fair 
degree of prosperity. 

In addition to the industries and enter- 
prises already mentioned, Mr. Haring has 
been secretary and treasurer for the Rock- 
land Land & Mining Company since its 
organization in 1864, a company which owns 
extensive tracts of land in the Huron moun- 
tain district. He is local secretary and 
treasurer of the Michigan Savings & Loan 
Association of Detroit, and also has a tax 
agency, of which he is sole proprietor. His 



business interests have been extensive and 
varied and ably managed, and, conducted on 
methodical business principles and honor- 
able methods, have made him one of the 
worthy citizens of the Upper Peninsula. 

Mr. Haring was married, in 1874, to 
Phoebe L. (Long) Fox, widow of Joseph 
Fox. She was born in Kentucky and was 
reared in Maysville, that State, and in 
Rockford, Illinois, — an estimable lady, who 
shares with her husband the high regard of 
many friends. 

For a number of years Mr. Haring has 
been connected with the office of County 
Treasurer. He was first elected in the fall 
of 1886, was re-elected in the fall of 1888, 
was afterward Deputy County Treasurer two 
years, and in the fall of 1892 was again 
made Treasurer, which position he is yet 
filling with credit to himself and satisfaction 
to his constituents, who repose in him the 
utmost confidence, — a truth that has in no 
wise been betrayed. In politics he is a 
stalwart Republican and a man of firm con- 
victions. For thirty years he has been an 
honored and valued member of the Masonic 
fraternity and now belongs to Rockland 
Lodge, No. 108, F. & A. M. ; Ontonagon 
Chapter, No. 20, R. A. M. , of which he is 
secretary; Montrose Commandery, No. 38, 
K. T. , of Calumet; Saladin Shrine of Grand 
Rapids; and the Order of the Eastern Star. 



^y^R. FRANK P. BOHN, Seney, 
I I Michigan, is one of the busiest 
J^^^ professional men on the northern 
peninsula. His time belongs to 
the pubhc and the public consumes it all, 
even to the encroachment upon the hours 
for sleep to a degree that would wear out 
the constitution of a man of iron. He es- 



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tablished his office and practice here in July, 
1 890, and so rapidly has he grown into pub- 
lic favor that his list of calls would furnish 
reasonable business for two men. He covers 
much of the counties of Schoolcraft, Luce 
and Alger, and does much of the surgery of 
the lumber camps within reach of Seney. 

Dr. Bohn began the study of medicine 
when he was nineteen years of age in the 
Central Normal College at Danville, Indiana, 
with Dr. G. Dallas Lind as preceptor. When 
he had completed the preparatory work there 
he entered the Medical College of Indiana, 
at Indianapolis, and graduated at that in- 
stitution March i, 1890. He practiced with 
Dr. W. N. Wishard in Indianapolis two 
years and was City Physician of Indianapolis 
in 1890. He is now surgeon for the Duluth, 
South Shore & Atlantic and Manistique 
Railroad Companies, was County Physician 
for Alger county in 1894, and in various 
ways other than professional has been hon- 
ored with official preferment, having served 
as Township Clerk, and two terms as Town- 
ship Treasurer. The Doctor is a member 
of the National Association of Railway Sur- 
geons. He is also identified with the Masonic 
order, being a member of McMillan Lodge, 
No. 400, Newberry; of Manistique Chapter, 
No. 127, and Marquette Commandery, 
No. 30. 

Dr. Bohn was ushered into existence in 
Hancock county, Indiana, July 14, 1866; 
passed his boyhood days at his native place 
and received his literary education in the 
American Normal College. His father is a 
blacksmith of Walton, Indiana, and is a Penn- 
sylvanian, born near Harrisburg. Grand- 
father Bohn, a Pennsylvania German, was a 
hotel man during his later life. He moved 
to Indiana in 1840, and passed the residue 
of his life in Cass county. The Doctor's 



mother was before her marriage Miss Mary 
Probosco. Her father, Richard Probosco, 
was a pioneer of Henry county, Indiana. 
The subject of our sketch is an only son and 
one of a family of four children, one of the 
daughters being deceased. Those living are 
Alma, wife of L. C. Harrison, Richmond, 
Indiana; and Hattie, wife of Albert Luring, 
of Council Bluffs, Iowa. 

Dr. Bohn was married at Walton, Indi- 
ana, September 10, 1890, to Miss Maud 
Bell, daughter of the late William Bell, of 
Champaign, Illinois. Her brothers and sis- 
ters are as follows: Bert Bell, Grand Marais, 
Michigan; Charles, Arizona; Mrs. Emmet 
Troutman, Indian Territory; Mrs. Charles 
Hotchkiss, Clarendon, Texas; and Mrs. 
George West, Mason, Missouri. The Doc- 
tor and his wife have one child, Frank 
Thiell, three years of age. 



>^OHN W. HUBBERT, a leading gro- 
m cer and produce dealer of Newberry, 
A 1 Michigan, has been identified with 
the northern peninsula since 1878, 
when he landed here a youth of less than 
twentj' years. His history is that of a self- 
made man and the success he has attained is 
eminently worthy of record here. 

On his arrival in northern Michigan young 
Hubbert stopped first near Sault Sainte 
Marie, where he was employed for eighteen 
months as a farm hand by George Rogers. 
After leaving that place he took up his abode 
at St. Ignace. There he secured work in 
the woods with the Mackinac Lumber Com- 
pany and remained in and about the point 
till 1886, when he located in Seney and 
with his small earnings as capital engaged 
in the meat business, continuing there suc- 
cessfully until 1890. That year he removed 



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to Newberry and added groceries to his 
stock, the business here being conducted 
from 1890 to 1892 under the firm name of 
Darcy & Hubbert. Mr. Hubbert purchased 
his partner's interest in the latter year and 
has since continued alone. He has a build- 
ing 24 X 60 feet, and for the first fifty feet 
on each side of the store can be found a 
complete stock of staple and fancy groceries 
of every description, and he has certainly 
done his share toward giving Newberry a 
first-class grocery and provision store. Here 
can be found all the leading and staple arti- 
cles for table use. One feature we notice 
in particular about Mr. Hubbert's store and 
that is the genera] air of cleanliness and 
order that prevails. He keeps his store well 
stocked with the very best goods that money 
can buy and the people of the city realize 
that fact and extend him a good patronage 
in return. In the rear of the building we 
find the meat market where may be found 
all kinds of fresh and cured meats. He has 
a neat and clean market and takes extraor- 
dinary pains to keep it in that condition. 

Mr. Hubbert was born in Lincolnshire, 
England, November 23, 1859. His father, 
James Hubbert, crossed the Atlantic with 
his family in 1862 and settled at Barrie, in 
the province of Ontario, Canada, where he 
still resides. He has been a farmer all his 
life. He and his good wife are now aged 
respectively sixty and sixty-one years, and 
their family is composed of the following 
members: John W. , the subject of our 
sketch, is the eldest; Sarah is the wife of 
George Coles and resides in Barrie; Emma 
and Lizzie are also residents of that place; 
Frank is somewhere in British America; and 
Earnest is in Montana. 

J. W. Hubbert was married at St. 
Ignace, June 26, 1882, to Miss Lucy, daugh- 



ter of William and Mary Ann (Mott) Darcy. 
She was born in Brockway, Michigan, in 
1862, one of a family of three, the others 
being Mrs. Ambro Bettes and W. T. Darcy, 
of Newberry. Mr. and Mrs. Hubbert's chil- 
dren are Mabel L., aged eleven years; 
Erwin, nine; and Lula E., four. 



aHARLES H. PEASE, of Sault Ste. 
Marie, is the Deputy State Oil In- 
spector for the Twentieth District. 
He was born in Rochester, New 
York, November 25, 1849, and at the age 
of sixteen came to the West, alone, stopping 
in Detroit, where he secured work as sales- 
man for the Aultman Fur Company. He 
came to Sault Ste. Marie in 1873, arriving 
September 4, according to a previous ar- 
rangement, in the employ of Prenzlauer 
Brothers, and for two years was their sales- 
man, in which capacity he proved efficient. 
Next he entered the service of Boyle & 
Roach, large contractors, taking charge of 
their general store. After the expiration of 
four years he returned to the service of the 
Prenzlauer Brothers, where he was soon 
promoted to the position of head salesman, 
and remained in the employ of that firm for 
four years. Having determined to engage 
in business independently, he associated 
with himself J. B. Sevald and entered the 
general mercantile business on Water street, 
buying out W. C. Givens. The firm did a 
prosperous business during the four years of 
its existence, for the last two of which Mr. 
Pease was sole proprietor. In 1887 Mr. 
Pease was seized with extreme nervous 
prostration, brought on by excessive smok- 
ing, from which he has partially recovered. 
He went out of business permanently, and 
nothing but his inspectorship has claimed 



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his attention in the direction of business 
since that time. 

His first appointment as Oil Inspector was 
issued by State Oil Inspector Piatt in 1889, 
and during the succeeding Democratic ad- 
ministration he was removed; but January 
I, 1893, he was re-appointed by Neal Mc- 
Millan. In his social relations he is a 
Master Mason and a Knight of Pythias. 

His father, Gideon C. Pease, was a 
native of New York, and during a portion of 
his business life was in the service of the 
New York Central Railway Company, and 
died in 1883. He married Maria B. Camp- 
bell, whose father was a native of Ireland. 
The eldest child by this marriage is the 
subject of this sketch; the other children 
are: George, of New York city; Ella, a 
professional nurse in Brooklyn; Hattie E. , 
wife of George B. Landon, an orange- 
grower of St. Nicholas, Florida, and Phcebe, 
now Mrs. George C. Powell, of Rochester, 
New York. 

October 13, 1875, Mr. Pease was mar- 
ried to Miss Sophia A. La Londe, daughter 
of S. L. La Londe, a prominent pioneer of 
this city. The children of Mr. and Mrs. 
Pease are: Mamye A. Z. , Charlotte Ade- 
laide, Archange E., William C, George E., 
Olive G., Joseph Steere and Viola Ruth. 



"^VUDGE ALEXANDER RAILEY 
k MACDONELL, Police Judge and 
/• I Justice of the Peace of Sault Ste. 
Marie, is a leading and popular law- 
yer of the city, whose record both public 
and private is above suspicion. 

He is of Scotch and American origin. 
His father, Thomas Douglas Selkirk Mac- 
donell, belonged to one of the first families 
of Scotland, having been born at St. James 



Court (where, as Stoddard says, one ' ' met 
the best society"), Edinburg, Scotland, in 
1820. Three years later, when the Judge's 
grandfather, Captain Alexander Macdonell, 
— who previous to his departure for Amer- 
ica was in command of the Glengary Fenci- 
bles, — returned to Scotland from America, 
whence he had come for a few months' so- 
journ with his friend Lord Selkirk, he de- 
cided to make this continent his future 
home, and returned to this country as Gov- 
ernor of the Selkirk Colony in the North- 
west Territory, bringing with him his fam- 
ily, among them the Judge's father, then 
three years of age. The Judge's mother 
was a Miss Eliza J. Railey, a native Vir- 
ginian, who belonged to one of the oldest 
and most aristocratic families of that aristo- 
cratic State, being a daughter of Colonel 
Daniel Mayo Railey, of the estate of 
"Woodburn," Albemarle county, Virginia, 
and connected with the Randolphs, Pleas- 
ants, Jeffersons, and Harrisons of that 
State. The children of this marriage are 
but two: Janie Randolph, a young sister, 
and Alexander Railey, the subject of our 
sketch, who was born at Fort Atkinson, 
Iowa, but removed with his parents to 
Weston, Platte county, Missouri; from there 
to Moore Town, Canada, then to Port 
Huron, where the Judge, then in his 'teens, 
began his course of law reading, in the office 
of the prominent attorneys, Atkinson Broth- 
ers, of that city. Soon afterward the fam- 
ily removed from Port Huron to Fargo, 
North Dakota, when the young law student 
entered the law office of Wilson & Ball, 
the leading attorneys of that city, — General 
Wilson having been attorney general of the 
State of Minnesota and Major Ball prose- 
cuting attorney of Cass county. In 1885 
the student was admitted to the bar, before 



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Judge McConnell, and soon afterward 
opened an office at Fargo, and his first case 
was a civil suit before the district court. A 
few years ago he came to Sault Ste. Marie, 
and, after being admitted to the Michigan 
bar before Judge Steere, he at once engaged 
in practice. In the spring of 1889 he was 
elected Justice of the Peace, re-elected in 
1892, and again elected to the same office 
in 1895, — each time receiving the largest 
majority on the ticket. He also ran three 
times for the office of Circuit Court Com- 
missioner, being elected and serving one 
term in that capacity. 



aHARLES M. GOODING, United 
States Local Inspector of Steam 
Boilers, living in Marquette, was 
born in the city of Detroit, Novem- 
ber 10, 1844, and is a son of Matthew and 
Elizabeth (Hayward) Gooding, the former a 
native of Groton, New York, and the latter 
of Buffalo, same State. The Gooding fam- 
ily is of English origin and was founded in 
America at an early day in the history of this 
country, the ancestors settling upon a farm 
in the colony of Massachusetts. The mater- 
nal grandfather, David Hayward, was a sol- 
dier in the war of 18 12 and the family early 
removed to the Empire State. 

The father of our subject came to De- 
troit, Michigan, in 1832, when the North- 
west was largely an undeveloped region, and 
established the first shipyard in Detroit. He 
there engaged in building boats until Octo- 
ber, 1S45, when he was killed while hunt- 
ing ducks on Detroit river by the accidental 
discharge of a gun. His remains were in- 
terred in Elmwood cemetery. He was a 
man of considerable prominence and was 
one of the two delegates from the State of 



Michigan at the convention held in Balti- 
more, who nominated William Henry Har- 
rison for the Presidency. He was also a 
personal friend of Cass, Chandler, Bagley, 
the Howards, and many other men of prom- 
inence at that day. For a time he served 
as chief of the fire department of Detroit 
and was always active in promoting the in- 
terests of that city. His widow is still liv- 
ing and makes her home in St. Joseph, 
Michigan. In the family are three children, 
— Mrs. Sarah E. Norton, a widow; Mrs. M. 
A. Roby, also a widow; and Charles M. 

Mr. Gooding was reared in Detroit, ac- 
quired his education in the public schools 
and at the age of seventeen entered the 
Michigan Central Railroad shops, where he 
served a full five years' apprenticeship to the 
trade of machinist, and became thoroughly 
familiar with the business. He then went 
upon the lakes as marine engineer, follow- 
ing that pursuit for seven years and sailing 
on all the great lakes. In 1872 he went 
to Duluth, Minnesota, established the first 
machine shop on Minnesota Point and car- 
ried on business there until 1876, when 
he sold out and spent the season of 1877 
as engineer on the steamer Manistee. 

In 1878 Mr. Gooding was appointed 
United States Local Inspector of Boilers 
for the district of Superior, and has since 
served in that capacity. He is thoroughly 
qualified for the work, and his fidelity to 
duty is well indicated by his long continu- 
ance in the service. During all this time he 
has made his home in Marquette, where he 
is numbered among the valued and public- 
spirited citizens. 

On the breaking out of the rebellion Mr. 
Gooding attempted to enlist, but he had 
not then attained his majority, and being 
small for his years his services were not ac- 



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cepted. He was determined, however, to 
be with the boys in blue, and if he could not 
go as a regularly enlisted soldier he would 
go in some other way. He joined his 
uncle, William Jones, who was quarter- 
master of Birge's Western Sharpshooters. 
He was at the battles of Fort Henry, Fort 
Donelson, Shiloh, Corinth and luka. His 
loyalty has ever been manifest in the faith- 
ful discharge of his duties of citizenship in 
days of peace as well as war. For fourteen 
years he was a member, and for ten years 
the efficient captain, of the Morse Hose 
Company, No. 3, Marquette's only volun- 
teer fire company, and is Past Chancellor of 
Iron Cross Lodge, No. 106, K. P.; Past 
Master Workman, of Grafton Lodge, No. 
Ill, A. O. U. W. ; and Junior Warden in 
the Masonic Lodge. His wife, who was in 
her maidenhood Miss Adda Ray, and was a 
native of Ohio, holds membership in the 
Presbyterian Church. 



aHARLES SMITH, Representative 
of the First District of Michigan 
and an honored and prominent 
citizen who well deserves represen- 
tation in this volume, was born in the town 
of Livonia, Wayne county, Michigan, on the 
24th of December, 1839. His childhood 
and youth were passed upon his father's 
farm, where he continued until 1857, when, 
at the age of eighteen, he entered the union 
school of Ypsilanti, and continued there 
until 1 86 1. Aroused by a spirit of patriot- 
ism, he then responded to the country's call 
for troops to aid in crushing out the rebel- 
lion, and enlisted in the three-months service 
as a member of Company H, First Michigan 
Infantry. 

In 1863 Mr. Smith became a citizen of 



Houghton county, where he has since made 
his home. Through that and the succeed- 
ing year he served in the capacity of clerk in 
the Pewabic store, and in 1865 became 
assistant clerk in the Pewabic mine office, 
where he continued until the fall of 1866. 
He was then appointed chief clerk of the 
Calumet & Hecla Mining Company, with 
which company he was connected until the 
spring of 1868. He was then made Assistant 
Assessor of Internal Revenue, serving until 
1870, at the same time conducting a news 
stand and book-store in the village of Hough- 
ton. The year 1870 and 1871 were passed 
by him in Minnesota, where he was em- 
ployed on the construction of the Northern 
Pacific Railroad. In 1871 he returned to 
Hancock, Michigan, to accept a situation 
with the Copper Smelting Works as assist- 
ant clerk, and in 1886, when the construc- 
tion of the Calumet & Hecla Smelting works 
at South Lake Linden was begun, he was 
made chief clerk, which position he has 
since creditably filled. He is a man of ex- 
cellent business ability, far-sighted, persever- 
ing and energetic, and in connection with 
his other interests he is vice-president of the 
First National Bank of Lake Linden, and a 
director of the North Michigan Building & 
Loan Association of Hancock. 

In 1867 Mr. Smith was united in mar- 
riage with Miss Fannie I. Hague, a native of 
Massachusetts, whose parents were natives 
of England. They have an adopted 
daughter, Ruth E. Both are well known 
people of this community; their friends are 
many, and in social circles they hold an 
enviable position. 

Mr. Smith takes quite a prominent part 
in Masonic circles and is a Thirty-second 
degree and Knight Templar Mason, and a 
member of the Mystic Shrine. He was 



NORTHERN PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN. 



Master of Quincy Lodge in 1877 and 1878, 
and in 1895 was a representative to the 
Grand Comrnandery, which convened in 
Saginaw, Michigan. In his pohtical views 
he is a stalwart Republican, and is now 
serving as Supervisor of his township, and 
is Representative in the State Legislature. 
He was elected by a vote of 1,969, against 
541 votes cast for the candidate of the 
People's party, and 509 for the Prohibition- 
ist candidate, the Democratic nominee, D. 
W. Sutter, having withdrawn. He is a 
prominent and progressive citizen, devoted 
to the best interests of the community, and 
whether in the field of commerce, in politics 
or in private life he is true to every trust re- 
posed in him. 



HNDREW G. JOHNSTON, Super- 
visor of the township of Michi- 
gamme, Marquette county, Michi- 
gan, and a member of the firm of 
Hirschman & Johnston, dealers in general 
merchandise, Michigamme, is well known 
in this county. A brief sketch of his life is 
as follows: 

Andrew G. Johnston was born in Upper 
Canada April 29, 1848, son of Stewart 
Johnston, a native of county Tyrone, Ire- 
land. He attended school in Canada until 
he was seventeen years of age, and then 
came to Houghton county, Michigan, and 
accepted a position as clerk for E. lyten- 
berg & Company, dealers in general mer- 
chandise, with whom he remained three 
years. The two years following he worked 
for William Condon, general merchant of 
Hancock, after which he was for four years 
in the employ of Ed Ryan of that place. 
At the end of this time he formed a part- 
nership with J. B. Ormsby and embarked in 



business at Lake Linden, Houghton county, 
where he remained six years, having entire 
charge of the business. They then sold out 
to Hart Brothers, and for a time was in 
their employ. Three years later, in part- 
nership with a Mr. Hirschman, he pur- 
chased the general merchandise establish- 
ment of E. lytenberg in Michigamme, and, 
under the firm name of Hirschman & John- 
ston, has since conducted a successful busi- 
ness. Since Mr. Hirschman's death, in 
1890, his interest in the firm has been held 
by his widow, Mrs. Hannah Hirschman, of 
Detroit, the firm name, however, remaining 
the same. They also have a branch store 
at Sidney, Michigan. 

Mr. Johnston was elected Supervisor of 
Michigamme township in 1890, and has 
filled that office ever since. He is a Master 
Mason and a member of the A. O. U. W. 
Mr. Johnston and his wife, — whose maiden 
name was Carter, and who was a native of 
Port Henry, New York, — are the parents of 
one child, a son, now twenty-one years of 
age and employed in his father's store. 



^^^ EORGEOTTOBEEHLER, 
■ ^^ County Clerk and Register of Deeds 
\^^f of Baraga county, Michigan, and 
one of the representative citizens 
of L'Anse, dates his birth in Alton, Illinois, 
September 16, 1853. His father, George 
F. Beehler, a native of Baden, Germany, 
came to America about 1849 and located in 
Illinois, where he remained until his son, 
George O., was ten years of age, and at 
that time removed with his family to Onton- 
agon county, Michigan. 

George O. attended public school in 
Chicago until his eleventh year, and he con- 
tinued his studies for three years after their 



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removal to Michigan. When he was fifteen 
he went with his father, who was a car- 
penter by trade, to the copper regions, and 
for three years worked at that trade with 
him. They then located at L'Anse, where 
he worked with his father three years longer. 
After this he entered the United States mail 
service as postal clerk on the Marquette, 
Houghton & Ontonagon Railroad, running 
from L'Anse to Marquette, and held this 
position eighteen years. In the meantime 
his father had engaged in the undertaking 
business, and upon his father's death, which 
event occurred in 1892, our subject suc- 
ceeded to the business and has since carried 
it on. 

Mr. Beehler was elected County Clerk 
and Register of Deeds in 1894. He was the 
first Republican ever elected to this office in 
Baraga county. 

In February, 1888, he married Miss 
Clara Bell Davidson, of Monroe, Michigan, 
whose untimely death occurred only a year 
after their marriage. She left a babe that 
joined her a year later, leaving the young 
husband and father to mourn his loss. 



K^^ OBERT H. SHIELDS is one the 
I ^T prominent and well known resi- 
\ _ P dents of Houghton county, Michi- 
gan, and is now acceptably serving 
as its Clerk. He has a wide circle of friends 
and acquaintances, and we feel assured that 
this record of his life will prove of interest 
to many of our readers. He was born in 
this county, in the township of Franklin, 
May 22, 1 86 1, and is the son of James 
Shields, a native of Scotland, who emigrated 
to the United States in 1858, locating at 
Eagle River, Michigan, where he became 



engaged in mining. His wife was a native 
of Cumberland county, England, and they 
became the parents of five sons and two 
daughters, namely: John C. Shields, sup- 
erintendent of Mineral Range Railroad and 
the Hancock & Calumet Railroad; Joseph 
A. Shields, engineer on the Hancock & Cal- 
umet Railway; James W. Shields, Master 
Mechanic at the Michigan Mining School; 
Edward R. Shields, machinist for Mineral 
Range Railroad; Mrs. Edward S. Warne, of 
Ripley; and Mrs. John Buchanan, of Han- 
cock. 

The gentleman whose name heads this 
record was the fourth in order of birth of the 
family. He attended the Ripley school un- 
til eleven years of age, and then, although 
but a boy, began to earn his livelihood. For 
the following two years he was engaged in 
washing copper in the Franklin stamp mills, 
at the princely salary of $13 per month. 
While thus engaged he continued his studies 
at home with such alacrity that his parents, 
though poor, yielded to his wishes and he 
returned to school. In the school-room he 
was always prompt, pursued his studies with 
great diligence and at the age of eighteen years 
was rewarded by being appointed a teacher 
in the same school. During his career in 
that capacity he had the good-will of both 
parents and scholars and gave such satisfac- 
tion that in two years he was again rewarded, 
by being offered the principalship of the 
school, — the only school which he had ever 
attended up to this time. He accepted the 
offer and remained at the head of the Ripley 
public school for a period of three years. Dur- 
ing the summer vacations of 1881 and 1882, 
Mr. Shields attended the Normal School at 
Valparaiso, Indiana, and during the vacation 
of 1883 he graduated at the Bryant & Strat- 
ton Business College of Detroit, after a 



NORTHERN PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN. 



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shorter attendance than any other graduate 
from that institution. 

From educational Mr. Shields turned his 
attention to editorial work, and on leaving 
the principalship of the Ripley schools be- 
came the editor of the Portage Lake Her- 
ald, now called the Michigan Copper 
Journal, which he conducted two years. 
His next position was as passenger con- 
ductor on the Hancock & Calumet Railroad, 
and four years afterward he resigned that 
position to become clerk for the Centennial 
Mining Company, having charge of their 
office for three years, or until he was elected 
County Clerk, in the fall of 1892. So ac- 
ceptably and creditably did he fill that office 
during the first term that in 1894 he was re- 
elected and enjoys the distinction of having 
received the largest majority ever given to 
any candidate for any office in Houghton 
county. 

On the 14th of September, 1893, Mr. 
Shields was united in marriage with Miss 
Carrie K. Merton, a daughter of James Mer- 
ton, of Calumet, Michigan. In his social re- 
lations he is a Knight Templar and Mystic 
Shrine Mason, a member of the Ancient Or- 
der of United Workmen, and is e.x-Chancel- 
lor Commander of Charity Lodge, K. of P., 
of Calumet. In the county where his entire 
life has been passed he has a large circle of 
friends and acquaintances, and those who 
have known him from boyhood are num- 
bered among his stanchest friends, — a fact 
which indicates an honorable record. He is 
very popular, being greatly esteemed by all 
classes of people. His public and private 
life are alike above reproach, and in the va- 
rious business positions he has filled he has 
ever been found an honorable, straightfor- 
ward man, while in political life he has the 
respect of even those of the opposite party. 



k/^ CHYNOWETH.— In no country 
I /^^ in the world is there a larger pro- 
\ ^ portion of self-made men than in 
America, and American biography 
is therefore of special interest, affording both 
lesson and incentive. In the subject of this 
sketch we have truly a self-made man. Al- 
though not a native of this country he has 
been identified with it for thirty-five years, 
and it is fitting that his biography should be 
accorded place with those of other represen- 
tative citizens of the northern peninsula of 
Michigan. 

Mr. R. Chynoweth was born in Devon- 
shire, England, June 19, 1834. His par- 
ents, John and Elizabeth (Martin) Chyn- 
oweth, were natives of that same place and 
passed their lives and died there, the father 
dying at the age of fifty-five years, and the 
mother at forty-five. They had ten chil- 
dren, the subject of our sketch being the 
eldest, and all except one reached adult age. 

When he was only nine years old Mr. 
Chynoweth commenced work in the tin and 
copper mines in England, and was employed 
in the mines there until 1 860. That year 
he emigrated to America and came direct to 
Houghton, Michigan, arriving here in the 
fall. From that time until April i 5 of the 
following year he worked in the copper 
mines at Houghton. He then started on 
foot for Rockland, following the trail and 
reaching his destination April 17. Until 
1864 he worked m the copper mines at this 
place. That year he engaged in the hotel 
business at Rockland and conducted the 
same successfully for many years, or until 
]uly 4, 1893, when he was burned out. 
During his experience in the hotel business 
he made a wide acquaintance among the 
traveling public and gained the reputation of 
a genial landlord. In the meantime he also 



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engaged in the meat business, and since his 
hotel was burned he has given his whole at- 
tention to the meat market, and is doing an 
extensive business in this line. He has ac- 
quired considerable property and is rated 
among the substantial and influential men 
of the town in which he has so long lived. 

Mr. Chynoweth was married in England, 
in 1855, to Miss Tamzin Biscombe, like 
himself a native of that country. She died 
April 22, 1872. She was the mother of nine 
children, three sons and six daughters, the 
sons all having died in infancy. Of the 
daughters we record that Helen is the wife 
of Frank Chynoweth, of Rockland; Emma 
and Bessie, the next two, are unmarried; 
Matilda is the wife of B. F. Chynoweth, of 
Rockland; Selina is the wife of Albert Camp- 
bell, of Chicago, Illinois; and Eliza is unmar- 
ried. In 1875 Mr. Chynoweth married Eliza 
Biscombe, a sister of his first wife. 

Mr. Chynoweth is a Republican. He 
has always taken a deep interest in public 
affairs and especially in the advancement of 
educational matters and the improvement 
of public roads. He has served as School 
Trustee and Highway Commissioner of 
Rockland township, and has also been hon- 
ored with the office of State Highway Com- 
missioner. He has been identified with the 
Masonic order for a number of years, main- 
taining his membership in Lodge 108, 
F. & A. M. 



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*ILLIAM I. PRINCE, cashier of 
the First National Bank, Besse- 
mer, Michigan, is a young gentle- 
man whose marked business abil- 
ity and rare social qualities have gained for 
him a high standing in the best circles of 
this city. It is too soon on his journey of 



life to attempt a biography of him, for much 
of it is, we trust, before him. It is, how- 
ever, appropriate that some personal men- 
tion of him be made in this work, and we 
take pleasure in presenting the following 
sketch: 

William I. Prince was born in Oberlin, 
Ohio, October 11, 1867, son of George C. 
and Lucy A. (Hill) Prince, the former a 
native of New York and the latter of Ohio, 
both still living at Oberlin. George C. 
Prince was a small boy when he went with 
his parents from New York to Ohio, their 
settlement being in Lorain county, where 
he has ever since resided. He is a stanch 
Republican, has held various county and 
township offices, and is well known and 
highly respected throughout Lorain county. 
For years he has been prominently engaged 
in real-estate business. He and his wife 
are the parents of three sons and three 
daughters, namely: Clarence G. , William 
I., Grace E., Sarah E., and Edith and 
Ernest, twins, all at home except the two 
eldest. Clarence G. is a teacher of pen- 
manship at Buffalo, New York. 

William I. was reared and educated in 
his native town, attending the public schools 
and Oberlin College and graduating in a 
business college of Oberlin. After complet- 
ing his commercial course, he was for two 
years employed in the Oberlin postoffice and 
then accepted a position in the Citizens' 
National Bank of that place, remaining 
thereuntil 1890. In 1890 he came to Mich- 
igan and at Escanaba was employed as 
bookkeeper in the First National Bank, 
where he was thus occupied for a period of 
two years. Since 1892 he has been identi- 
fied with the interests of Bessemer, and has 
since that date served efficiently as cashier 
of the First National Bank of this place. 




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The other officers of the bank are Mr. Jo- 
seph Selhvood, president, and Dr. George 
L. Loope, vice-president. The capital stock 
is $50,000. Mr. Prince is also a director in 
the Gogebic Powder Company. 

In political matters, Mr. Prince takes an 
active and earnest interest. He was ap- 
pointed City Treasurer to fill a vacancy, and 
is chairman of the Republican County Com- 
mittee. 



aHASE S. OSBORN. State Game 
and Fish Warden for the State of 
Michigan, and editor of the Sault 
Ste. Marie News, is one of the 
most prominent citizens of this section of 
the State, a leader in political and business 
life and a prominent journalist, who has ex- 
erted a strong influence in behalf of all that 
tends to the advancement and development 
of his adopted State. 

He was born in Huntington county, In- 
diana, January 22, i860, descending from a 
family of Danish and ancient English origin. 
The name Osborn originated in Denmark 
and was first spelled Osbjerne, the meaning 
of which is polar bear or god bear. About 
300 A. D. a Danish Jarl or Earl named 
Osbearne, invaded England at the head of 
an army of Norsemen, whence started the 
English family. The name on reaching 
America had become Osborne, but a division 
in the family arising over the American Re- 
volution, led the patriot branch to drop the 
final e, while the Tory branch retained it. 
A grandfather and granduncle of our subject 
were soldiers in the Colonial army, one serv- 
ing as a Captain and the other as a preacher 
under the immediate command of Washing- 
ton. His grandmother, during the war of 



1812, moulded bullets for the use of the 
Federal army in the defense of Washington 
city, when the British came up the Potomac. 
Her husband was a Lieutenant in the 
service. The paternal grandfather, Isaac 
Osborn, was a river trader, running between 
Cincinnati and New Orleans, and was 
murdered for his money on one of those 
trips. A native of New Jersey, he removed 
thence to New York in 1806, and afterward 
crossed the mountains, settling in Indiana. 
He married a Miss Pardee, a descendant of 
George, the "Settler," who was a passen- 
ger on the Mayflower. 

The father of our subject. Dr. George 
A. Osborn, was born in Madison, Indiana, 
February 28, 1823, was educated in the 
university of his native State, and is now a 
physician of State reputation, residing in 
South Bend, Indiana. He was reared in 
Ohio, and was a promoter of the ' ' under- 
ground railroads" in ante-bellum days. On 
the organization of the Republican party he 
joined its ranks and has ever since been one 
of its stalwart advocates, but has never 
sought office. He married Margaret A. 
Fannon, who was born in Circleville, Ohio, 
April 30, 1829, a daughter of John Fannon, 
who was a native of Virginia, but his father 
was born in the north of Ireland. The 
maternal great-grandmother of our subject, 
Martha McKenna, was born in Kentucky, 
and there married James McGrath, a native 
of the north of Ireland. The children of 
Dr.. and Mrs. Osborn are as follows: Eugene 
B., a resident of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; 
Stephen P., a farmer of Indiana; Emma, 
wife of David N. Reed, of Octagon, Indiana; 
Georgiana, wife of F. W. Brown, an at- 
torney of Chicago, connected with the 
Armour Packing Company; Chase S. ; Horace 
E. ; Charles R., a dealer in horses; and 



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William D. , who is with the firm of Stude- 
baker Brothers, of South Bend, Indiana. 

Chase S. Osborn was reared in La Fay- 
ette, Indiana, began his education in its pub- 
lic schools and completed it in Purdue Uni- 
versity, which he left at the age of seven- 
teen to enter a newspaper office. He had 
prevoiusly done newspaper work as corre- 
spondent and reporter on the La Fayette 
Home Journal. Later, going to Chicago, he 
did miscellaneous newspaper work until 
1880, when he went to Milwaukee and be- 
came the managing editor of the Signal. He 
subsequently filled an editorial position on 
the Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin, and in 
1883 he went to Florence, Wisconsin, where, 
in connection with James I. Toner, he pur- 
chased the Florence Mining News, editing 
it as an independent Republican paper, its 
columns being devoted to the development 
of the mining interests in that portion of the 
country. After the first year he purchased 
his partner's interest and conducted the 
paper alone for three years, when he sold 
out to Messrs. Campbell & Youngs, of Mil- 
waukee. He then returned to Milwaukee, 
and in April, 1887, established the Miner 
and Manufacturer, in connection with lead- 
ing newspaper men of that city, but man- 
aged and edited that paper only a few weeks 
when he sold out and became city editor of 
the Milwaukee Sentinel. He took this only 
as a temporary position and looked about 
him in search of another location. He vis- 
ited Sault de Ste. Marie, and, being much 
pleased with the place, purchased the News 
of William Chandler & Company, beginning 
its publication in November of the same 
year. His purchasing partner was Melville 
A. Hoyt, owner of the Milwaukee Daily 
News, and a year later Mr. Dingwall was 
admitted to partnership; but in 1889 Mr. 



Osborn bought out his partners and has 
since been sole owner. The News is the 
oldest and the leading Republican paper on 
the peninsula. 

Mr. Osborn has been a contributor to 
many periodicals and magazines, of articles 
mostly of a descriptive nature. He is a vig- 
orous and fluent writer, making every sen- 
tence count, and is a ready and entertaining 
speaker. His ably conducted paper has 
won a liberal patronage and the owner 
has become prominent in journalistic cir- 
cles. 

Mr. Osborn takes a very prominent part 
in political affairs and is a stalwart advocate 
of the Republican party. In 1889 he was 
appointed Postmaster of Sault de Ste. Marie 
by President Harrison, and held the office 
for four years. In 1892 he purchased the 
Sault de Ste. Marie Tribune, and consoli- 
dated it with the News, with the view of 
furthering the interests of the Republican 
party. In 1894 he was elected vice-presi- 
dent of the Michigan Press Association, and 
president of the Michigan Republican Press 
Association, composed of the daily and 
weekly Republican papers of this State. 
In January, 1895, he was appointed, after an 
excited contest of more than two hun- 
dred competitors, as State Game and 
Fish Warden, for a term of four years. 
He is chairman of the Assembly District 
Republican Committee, a member of the 
Republican Congressional Committee, and 
through the columns of his paper and upon 
the platform he also labors earnestly in sup- 
port of his party. He is also actively in- 
terested in several social organizations, and 
holds membership in La Sault de Sainte 
Marie Club, the Fellowcraft Club, of De- 
troit, Milwaukee Press Club and the St. 
Paul Press Club. He affiliates with the 



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Masonic fraternity, tiie Knights of Pythias 
and the Odd Fellows, having taken the En- 
campment degrees, and is also connected 
with the Protective and Benevolent Order 
of Elks. He has made a special study of 
the geology of the Lake Superior region, 
of the ornithology of Michigan, and is a 
member of the American Ornithologists' 
Union, the American Academy of Political 
and Social Science and of the Michigan 
Academy of Science. 

Mr. Osborn was married in Milwaukee 
May 7, 1 88 1, to Miss Lillian G. Jones, a 
daughter of Edward Jones, deceased, who 
was born in Wales and was formerly a man- 
ufacturer of Milwaukee. He married Louisa 
A. Irvine, a native of Dublin, Ireland, and 
and to them were born the following chil- 
dren: Frank P., a resident of W3-oming; 
Delia, wife of Frank Carney, of Milwaukee; 
Emma, wife of M. J. Hogan, a custom 
broker of ^(lilwaukee; Edward, of Chicago; 
and John A. and Mae, of Milwaukee. Mr. 
and Mrs. Osborn have four children, — Ethel 
L. , George A., Chase S. and Emily F. 



aM. BOSS, Mayor of Bessemer and 
County Inspector of Mines for 
Gogebic county, Michigan, was 
born in Pittsfield township, Wash- 
tenaw county, Michigan, January 2, 1850. 
Randal Boss, the father of this gentle- 
man, was a native of New York State, sup- 
posed to be of Holland descent, was by 
trade a blacksmith, and was one of the early 
pioneers of Washtenaw county, having come 
out here from the Empire State when a 
young man, in the year 1836. At the time 
of his death, which occurred at Ypsilanti, 
he was eighty-two years of age. Few of 
the early settlers of the county were better 



known or more highly respected than he. 
The mother of Mayor Boss was before her 
marriage Miss Lucetta T. Lytle, and she, 
too, is a native of New York State. Her 
ancestry is traced back to Scotland. She is 
now seventy-eight years of age and makes 
her home with her only child, the subject of 
this sketch. She had one other child, 
which died in infancy. 

C. M. Boss was reared in his native 
county. He had excellent educational ad- 
vantages, attended school and college, and 
completed his education in the University 
at Ann Arbor, where he graduated as a min- 
ing engineer in 1870. Immediately after 
his graduation we find him in Marquette 
county, in the employ of the State Geolog- 
ical Survey, under T. B. Brooks, the Assist- 
ant State Geologist. In this way he spent 
the summer and fall and in the winter of 
1 870-1 he was draughtsman in the State 
Geological Survey office. From the spring 
of 1 87 1 until the spring of 1873 he was 
with the Houghton & Onontagon Railroad 
Company, remaining with them until the 
completion of their road. The following year 
he was engineer for a mining company, in 

1875 was engaged in the surveys of the Me- 
nominee River Railroad, and after that was 
again employed as mining engineer. In 

1876 he returned to southern Michigan, and 
after a rest of a few months he began to 
fire on a locomotive engine on the Michigan 
Centra! Railroad, in which capacity he served 
one year. In 1878 he was employed as 
superintendent of mining operations in the 
district of Algoma, Ontario, Canada, and re- 
mained there a year and a half, after which 
he was engaged in land surveying in north- 
ern Michigan. In 1881 he went to Mil- 
waukee and took charge of a division of the 
Milwaukee & Madison branch of the Chicago 



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& Northwestern Railroad, and was thus em- 
ployed until the following year, when he re- 
turned to Washtenaw county and settled 
down to farming. That same year he was 
married. He did not, however, remain on 
the farm long, and the next year we find 
him engaged in merchandising in Ypsilanti. 
In the spring of 1S85 he went to Chicago in 
the employ of the Western Edison Electric- 
ity Company with which he remained until 
April of the following year. 

Since 1 886 Mr. Boss has been a resident of 
Bessemer, where he has become well-known 
as a mining engineer. He was appointed 
Inspector of Mines for Gogebic county in 
1890, and is still filling this position. To 
him belongs the distinction of being the last 
Village President and the first Mayor of Bes- 
semer. He was re-elected Mayor in 1894 
and is still the incumbent of the office, and 
he has also served in official capacities else- 
where. In 1874 he was elected President 
of the village of Michigamme, and from 1873 
until 1876 he was Land and Road Commis- 
sioner of that district. 

Mr. Boss' marriage has already been re- 
ferred to. That event occurred October i, 
1882, the lady of his choice being Miss Agnes 
B. Mitchell, a native of Oconto, Wisconsin, 
and a daughter of W. B. Mitchell. They 
have two children, Alward M., and Owen R. 

Fraternally, Mr. Boss is identified with 
the A. O. U. W., the K. O. T. M., F. and 
A. M., and R. A. M. Politically, he is a Re- 
publican. 



K./'^\ R- BUNDY, cashier and book- 

I I keeper of the Pabst mine, Iron- 

^^^_y wood, Michigan, is a native of 

Otsego county, New York, born 

December 25, 1850. 



His father, Delos Bundy, also a native 
of Otsego county. New York, and of English 
ancestry, was a farmer and merchant. 
Coming West, he took up his abode in 
Columbia county, Wisconsin, where he 
carried on farming and merchandising for a 
period of twenty years. In 1874 he re- 
moved to Bremer county, Iowa, and there 
passed the closing days of his life and died, 
being seventy-seven years of age. Mr. 
Bundy's mother was before her marriage 
Miss Elvira Jenks, and she, too, is a native 
of the Empire State, her native place being 
Cooperstown. She descended from a 
Quaker family who were among the early 
settlers of New York, and she is still living, 
now making her home with her daughter at 
Appleton, Wisconsin. 

The subject of our sketch is the second 
son and third born in his father's family, 
and at the time of their removal to Wiscon- 
sin he was four years of age. There he 
grew up, receiving his education in the dis- 
trict schools and the State University at 
Madison, spending three years in college. 
In 1870 he taught school at Newburg, 
Iowa. The following year we find him at 
Ishpeming, Michigan, where he accepted a 
clerkship in the store of B. M. Colwell, and 
remained there until 1875. That year he 
moved to Benson, Minnesota, where, until 
1880, he engaged in the drug business, and 
from there he went to St. Paul. In St. 
Paul he was in the employ of a book and 
stationery company, and, later, spent four 
years as a traveling salesman. In 1889 he 
engaged with the Metropolitan Iron and 
Land Company, and, as above stated, is 
now serving as cashier and bookkeeper of 
one of their mines. 

Mr. Bundy was married in 1879 to Miss 
Katharuie Ross, a native of Canada and a 



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At'il 



daughter of Alexander and Elizabeth (Curry) 
Ross, who were of Scotch orig^in. 

Socially, he is identified with the Masonic 
order, having his membership in the blue 
lodge at Ironwood and in the chapter at 
Bessemer. He is a Republican, and takes 
an active interest in public affairs. For 
five years he has been Alderman for the 
Eighth ward of Ironwood, having filled this 
position ever since the creation of the ward. 



aAPTAIN J. H. TAYLOR, one of 
the experienced mining men and 
pioneers of Ironwood, Michigan, 
was born in county Londonderry, 
Ireland, May 27, 1830, son of John Taylor, 
a Scotchman. 

In May, 1846, the subject of our sketch, 
an ambitious youth eager for adventure, left 
his native land and came to America, land- 
ing in New York city. From there he went 
to New Bedford, Massachusetts, where he 
remained until 1861, all that time being em- 
ployed in a factory and by the same com- 
pany. In 1 86 1 he came west to Michigan, 
and in the copper mines of this State began 
his mining career. He first worked in the 
Quincy mine as a common laborer one year. 
The following two years he served as surface 
foreman of the same mine. Then he crossed 
the river to Houghton, where he was em- 
ployed as surface foreman in the Elroy mine 
until i86g, or until the mine shut down, and 
from there went to Ishpeming, Marquette 
county, where he was captain in the New 
York mine from 1869 to 1872. The last 
named year he made a trip to the far West, 
— to Colorado, Utah and Nevada, — and re- 
mained about two years, enlarging his min- 
ing experience. On his return from the 
West, he was employed as mining captain 



in the Menominee range until August, 1883, 
being with the Commonwealth mine. We 
next find him at Crystal Falls, as superin- 
tendent of the Great Western mine, where he 
remained until the spring of 1885. Captain 
Taylor dates his identity with Ironwood 
from May 15, 1885, he having come here as 
captain of the German and Ashland mines. 
He mined the first ore that was shipped over 
the docks at Ashland, sunk the first shaft in 
Ironwood, and shipped the first ore from 
this place. He continued as captain until 
1 89 1, when he was made superintendent of 
the Ashland Mining Company, holding this 
position until January 15, 1894, when the 
company ceased operations. He is now 
president of the Shuniah Gold Mining Com- 
pany, which was organized under the laws 
of Wisconsin and which has a capital stock 
of $90,000. 

Mr. Taylor was married first in 1849 to 
Miss Sarah Rainey, by whom he has one 
child, Hugh R. His second marriage was 
in August, 1 89 1, to Mrs. Adda Ladux. 

Mr. Taylor cast his first vote for Presi- 
dent Pierce. When the Republican party 
was organized he gave it his support, and 
has since been a stanch Republican. He 
served four years as Supervisor of the First 
ward of Ironwood, and is now Chairman of 
the County Board of Supervisors of Goge- 
bic county. Fraternally, he is identified 
with the F. & A, M., I. O. O. F., and 
K. of P. 



HB. ROACH.— We are now per- 
mitted to touch briefly upon the 
life history of one who is to be con- 
sidered as one of the pioneer resi- 
dents of the Upper Peninsula, with whose 
progress he has been most intimately identi- 



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fied from the early days when its industries 
were practically summed up in the fishing 
enterprises carried on by its little bands of 
brave and sturdy men. He has attained to 
a marked success in temporal affairs and has 
gained to himself the respect and confidence 
of those among whom his active and useful 
life has been passed. 

Mr. Roach stands as one of the most 
honored business men of the thriving and 
thoroughly modern little city of Sault Sainte 
Marie, of which place he has been a resident 
since September 22, 1863, coming hither 
from Jefferson county, New York, in com- 
pany with the Hurslej'S, mentioned on other 
pages of this volume. His most conspicu- 
ous business association at the present time 
is as a member of the firm of F. W. Roach 
& Company, of this city. 

Our subject was born in Genesee coun- 
ty, New York, in the vicinity of Rochester, 
but grew to manhood in the county from 
which he emigrated on coming to Michigan. 
He began a seafaring life at the early age 
of thirteen, and up to the time of his de- 
parture for his new Western home he had 
traversed the chain of Great Lakes quite 
thoroughly. The company of settlers be- 
fore alluded to brought with them boats, 
nets and all other equipments essential to 
fishing, in which line of enterprise they en- 
gaged immediately upon their arrival in 
northern Michigan, our subject setting the 
first pound-net ever put into Superior 
waters. He was successful as to catches 
and markets and made money quite rapidlj'. 
He also realized very satisfactory returns 
from the handling of furs, in which line he 
made quite extensive purchases from the 
Indians during the winter of 1867-8. In 
the fall of 1870 Mr. Roach made a de- 
cided change in his field of business en- 



deavor. At this time the Government broke 
ground for the new canal, in the construc- 
tion of which he secured employment as 
foreman of a gang of men, under Barker & 
Williams. He remained on this work until 
July, 1873, when he received the appoint- 
ment as Inspector of Customs for the Supe- 
rior district, under Collector Lester McNight, 
which incumbency he retained for two years 
under this collector, after which he was 
reappointed to the position by Mr. McNight's 
successor and held the preferment until 
Grover Cleveland was installed in the pres- 
idential chair, when he was relieved by his 
Democratic successor. His entire service 
in this capacity covered a period of thirteen 
years. For the next two years he was en- 
gaged in farming and dairying, and in the 
spring of 1887 he disposed of much of the 
property which he had been accumulating 
all these years, and the proceeds of these 
various sales he utilized in part for the im- 
proving of the property which he had re- 
tained and in centralizing his finances for 
other safe investments, and in part for in- 
creasing his bank account. 

In 1887 our subject erected the fine two- 
story brick block occcupied by F. W. Roach 
& Company, the dimensions of the same be- 
ing 65 X 22 feet. In these commodious and 
eligibly located quarters the firm mentioned 
carry a comprehensive and well selected 
stock of gentlemen's furnishing goods and 
boots and shoes. Mr. Roach also has a 
mercantile establishment at the corner of 
Ashmun and Spruce streets, and between 
the two stores and on his little sailing yacht, 
Gladys, his time is divided during the course 
of the entire year. 

A. B. Roach was born on the 12th day 
of February, 1838, being the son of Richard 
Roach, who was a native of Ireland, which 



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country he left when fourteen years of age. 
The latter, with a younger brother, was in 
his youthful days apprenticed on board his 
uncle's East India trading ship, and on their 
first trip around Cape Horn the brothers 
were washed overboard. This experience 
so worked upon young Richard that when he 
finally returned to England he ran away 
from his home and the merchant ship, and 
made his way to the United States. He 
found employment on a farm in the State of 
New York, and in that State gradually made 
his way to a position of success and honor. 
During the remainder of his life he never 
heard a word from Ireland regarding his 
people. He married Diantha Beach, born 
in Vermont in 1802, a daughter of Major 
Ratus Beach, three of whose sons came to 
Michigan in 1828, and settled in Saint Clair 
county. Major Beach was a soldier in the 
war of i8i2i Our subject was the sixth in 
order of birth of eight children, and of this 
number six are yet living, namely: Leonard, 
a farmer in Barry county, Michigan; Thad- 
deus, a farmer at Gull Lake, same county; 
Albert, a farmer of Barry county, Michigan; 
A. B., the subject of this sketch; Orsnus, 
also a resident of Barry county; and Martha 
Ann, wife of Jacob Dingman, and residing 
in the Antelope valley, California. The 
father of these children died in 1885, at the 
age of seventy-two years, and their mother 
died about the year 1867, her death being 
caused by being accidentally thrown from a 
wagon. 

June 4, 1859, in Jefferson county. New 
York, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. 
Roach to Miss Fannie E. Taylor, who had 
come to this country from England the year 
before to live with her uncle, Andrew Taylor, 
who is a wealthy farmer of that county. To 
her sterling worth Mr. Roach attributes his 



prosperity in life. Of their eight children 
the following five are living: Frederick \V., 
who is an enterprising young business man 
of Sault Sainte Marie, being associated with 
his father in the mercantile firm of F. W. 
Roach & Company; Lillie, the wife of F. 
L. Higgins, of this city; and Frank H., who 
is County Treasurer of this county; Louise 
L. and Floyd H., at home. 

Mr. Roach retains a fraternal relation- 
ship with the Masonic order, having passed 
the chapter degrees, and in his religious 
adherency he is a member and communicant 
of the Protestant Episcopal Church, with 
which he has been identified for many years. 
A man who has played his part in life ac- 
cording to the strictest principles of honor, 
who has ever been charitable in his judg- 
ments of his fellow men and who has been 
successful in his efforts, Mr. Roach richly 
merits the esteem and confidence in which 
he is held as a pioneer of the " Soo. " 



aAPTAIN T. H. DAVEY, mining 
captain of the Ashley mine, was 
born in Ontonagon, Michigan, 
October i, 1865. His father, T. 
H. Davey, was a native of England, but 
located in Ontonagon in 1855, having been 
among the early pioneers. He now resides 
in Bessemer, this State. The mother of 
our subject, nee Emily Bowden, was also a 
native of England, and came to America 
with her parents when she was twelve years 
of age. 

Captain T. H. Davey, the eldest of their 
eleven children, ten of whom grew to years 
of maturity, began work in the copper mines 
when ten years of age, under Captain 
Hanis, now superintendent of the Quincy 
mine. He attended school during the winter 



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months. At the age of fifteen he began 
underground work, which he continued three 
years. He next spent one year in the Mass 
mine, went thence to the Stone mine, 
Tower, Minnesota, returned to the Mass 
mine for ten months, spent six months in 
the National mine of Ontonagon county, 
again went to the Mass mine and served as 
fireman in the stamp-mill six months, fol- 
lowed the same occupation in the Lucky 
Star mine of Negaunee eight months, spent 
one year in the Colby mine at Bessemer, 
was subsequently promoted to underground 
foreman in the same mine; from March until 
October, 1893, was mining captain of the 
Barringer mine at Mesaba; from that time 
until November, 1894, was foreman of the 
Colby mine, and since that time has had 
charge of the Ashland mine at Ironwood. 

In political matters, Mr. Davey affiliates 
with the Republican party. Socially, he is 
a member of the K. O. T. M., of Bessemer. 

He was married December 31, 1892, to 
Anna Kind, a native of Germany, but she 
came to America at the age of twelve years. 
They have one daughter, Irene Pearl. 



aAPTAIN W. W. McNAUGHTON, 
many years of whose eventful life 
were passed in traversing the un- 
beaten paths of the ocean and the 
Great Lakes, and who is now living in re- 
tirement at Sault Sainte Marie, Chippewa 
county, is a native of Digby, Nova Scotia, 
where he first saw the light of day on Oc- 
tober 22, 1825. His father, Michael Mc- 
Naughton, was born in Glasgow, Scotland, 
in the year 1779, having been a tanner and 
shoemaker by trade and occupation. He 
was married in Halifax, Nova Scotia, to 
Rebecca Clinher, who was a native of Han- 



over, Germany, and the daughter of a 
major in the English army at the time of the 
war of the Revolution. His command 
marched from the Boston Common, crossed 
Charlestown Neck, and charged the Patriot 
army on Bunker Hill. Upon the the death 
of Michael McNaughton, in 1840, his family 
sold their possessions at Digby and removed 
to Buffalo, New York, arriving there in 
June, 1847. 

Captain McNaughton began a sailor's 
life at the age of fifteen, shipping on board 
the Louisa Mallisa, a coaster from Nova 
Scotia to Boston, then on a coast and West 
India trader named the James Annon. He 
remained with this vessel for three years, 
after which he was employed on board the 
schooner Lioness, on which he concluded his 
career as a British subject. In this country 
he went out from Buffalo first on the 
schooner Washington Irving, plying Lake 
Erie and engaged in trading in staves and 
grain from Toledo to Buffalo. The brig 
Portage next secured his services, on the 
same waters; then followed in order a serv- 
ice on the Pilgrim and Saginaw, and finally 
the C. H. Winslow, on which last he acted 
as mate. Within the same season he sailed 
as captain of the Mary Myers, and the next 
spring he went out as mate of the schooner 
Outward Bound, from Chicago, later hold- 
ing a similar position on the Sultan, trans- 
porting lumber from Green Bay, Wisconsin. 
During the summer prior to his coming to 
Sault Sainte Marie he served on board the 
Ramsey Crooks. His initial trip to the 
" Soo " was in the interests of a dredge 
company, for whom he transported to this 
point some scows with which to dredge out 
Saint George's flats, — this being in the year 
1857. He remained in that service about 
five years, and in July, 1859, went to Port- 



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425 



age lake, Houghton county, to dig a chan- 
nel for Barton Williams, and when he re- 
turned to Sault Sainte Marie he engaged in 
the operation of tug boats on the river. He 
put up the first range lights on Cedar Point 
ranges, and Point of Parr ranges, before the 
Government assumed charge of that busi- 
ness on Lake Superior. In 1872, when the 
mercury was thirty degrees below zero and 
the river was frozen up, the Captain was 
running a tug when a storm came up. The 
schooner Cambridge was coming from Du- 
luth, and the Captain, having the only tug 
that could go out to the rescue, faced the 
storm, reached the vessel, connected with it 
by a line and towed it into Whisky Bay. 
The next morning he went out and took a 
crew off the vessel, then sunk, thus saving 
seven lives on this schooner. He concluded 
his business career as a sailor after a two 
years' service in running the Government tug 
Myra. His love for the water is too firmly 
fixed by long association to be readily eradi- 
cated, as is shown in the fact that he has 
built a small yacht with which he passes 
much of the summer season in taking out 
hunting and fishing parties and in making 
other trips of a miscellaneous order. 

Captain McNaughton is one of a family 
of twelve children, five of whom yet survive, 
namely: John P., of LaPorte, Texas; Mrs. 
Christian Van Tassel, of Fort Scott, Kan- 
sas; Mrs. Mary Gardner, of South Chicago, 
Illinois; W. W., our subject; and Mrs. 
Agnes Russell, of Argentine, Kansas. 

November 13, 1850, at Chicago, our 
subject took unto himself a wife, in the per- 
son of Miss Mary Clark, an orphan lady of 
English nativity, who came to this country 
when nine years old and first made her 
home with an uncle, and she first came to 
Chicago in 1848, when that city was smaller 



than the Sault is now. Of their children 
we make brief record, as follows: John; 
Agnes, wife of George Masters, of Cleveland, 
Ohio; Rebecca, wife of Joseph Ripley, of 
Sault Sainte Marie; Willie; Mary; Carrie, 
Deputy City Treasurer; Harry, Government 
Inspector of Dredges and a resident of Sault 
Ste. Marie; and George, at school. 

In politics the Captain was originally a 
Whig, but upon the organization of the Re- 
publican party he identified himself there- 
with and has since exercised his franchise 
continuously in its support. His first Pres- 
idential vote was cast for Zachary Taylor. 

In his personality Captain McNaughton 
is quiet and somewhat reserved, having none 
of the rough manners of the typical lake 
captain and none of the profanity equally 
characteristic. He is happy in his home 
life and is well equipped financially for a 
semi-retirement such as he is maintaining. 
He stands five feet six inches in height, 
weighs 1 50 pounds, and is well preserved 
and in excellent health. He is well known 
to the people of this section and enjoys a 
marked popularity, esteem and confidence 
in the community. 



,>^ EV. S. F. MARCEAU, pastor of 
1 /^ St. Louis parish of Calumet, Michi- 
\ , y gan, is an earnest and able worker 
in the church of his choice and is 
well known. The parish of which he has 
charge is a division of the Sacred Heart 
parish, from which it was set off in August, 
1884, its first pastor being Father Varmere, 
now of Marquette, Michigan, who was suc- 
ceeded by the present pastor. Father Mar- 
ceau, who was assigned to the charge on the 
1st of November, 1889. He has since 
labored faithfully and earnestly in the in- 



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terests of his congregation. The church, 
which is known as the French CathoHc 
Church, embraces a membership of 225 
families, and is in a flourishing condition. 
The services are held in French, for many 
of the residents of this community are 
French-speaking people. The house of 
worship is a neat structure and well fur- 
nished, and there is a small parish school 
attached to the church, in which French is 
taught to about seventy-five pupils. 

Father Marceau is a native of Canada, 
his birth having occurred in the British 
Dominion on the 21st of January, 1851. 
His early education was acquired in the 
parochial school near his childhood home, 
and at the age of sixteen he entered college, 
preparing for the ministry. There he con- 
tinued his studies for some time, and on 
completing the prescribed course was or- 
dained as a priest of the Catholic Church by 
Bishop Vertin at Marquette in 1885. Four 
years later he came to Calumet and has 
since been pastor of the French Catholic 
Church. He is well liked and esteemed by 
the people of his own congregation and has 
the respect of those of other denominations. 
He is well educated, a good writer and 
fluent talker, and is entirely devoted to his 
church. 



ai 



'ILLIAM COULSON WATSON 
is assistant superintendent of the 
Biglow Copper Mining Syndi- 
cate, which owns the Tamarack, 
Tamarack, Jr., Kearsarge and Osceola 
mines. In this region, where mining is the 
leading industry and where the greater part 
of the population is engaged in mining work 
in some form or other, it is not an easy 
thing to secure an important position like 



that which Mr. Watson fills and which can 
be obtained only through merit, capability 
and fidelity to duty. 

He is a son of Joseph Watson, a native 
of the north of England, who emigrated to 
America in November, 1861, and is now 
living in Chattanooga, Tennessee, at the ripe 
old age of eighty-five years, yet in the en- 
joyment of good health. He married Eliza- 
beth Green, who died in June, 1894, at the 
age of eighty years. In their family 
were eleven children, the eldest of whom, 
William Coulson Watson, was born in New- 
castle-upon-Tyne, England, on the 8th of 
April, 1837. His educational privileges 
were quite meagre, he attending a private 
school only until nine years of age, attend- 
ing a night school three winters, when he 
began working in the coal mines. He was 
thus cut off from many advantages which 
commonly fall to the lot of youth, but thus 
thrown upon his own resources he developed 
a self-reliance and force of character that 
have been of incalculable benefit to him in 
later years. At the age of sixteen he left 
the mine and was bound out to Patrick Reid 
to learn the carpenter's trade, serving a five- 
years apprenticeship with that gentleman. 
He then went to Liverpool, England, where 
he followed his trade until his emigration to 
America. 

The year 1862 witnessed his arrival in 
the New World. On reaching the shores 
of this country he at once made his way to 
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, where he was un- 
able to secure employment. After three 
months' ceaseless tramping, he then went to 
Keweenaw county, where he secured work 
as a carpenter at the ' ' Cliff" mine. There he 
continued for three years, when in 1865 he 
went to the National mine, serving there in 
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returned to the Cliff mine, where he re- 
mained until 1877, when, in October, he 
went to the Osceola mine as carpenter 
"boss." In 1878 he was made assistant 
superintendent of the Biglow Copper Mining 
Syndicate, has since served in that capacity, 
and has aided in opening up all the mines of 
the syndicate. 

Mr. Watson was united in marriage with 
Miss Jane Bone, a native of England, and 
they became the parents of seven children. 
He has for many years been Treasurer of the 
Masonic lodge, and has taken the Knight 
Templar degree and has become a member 
of the Mystic Shrine. As a citizen he is 
true to the best interests of the community 
with which he is connected, is public-spir- 
ited and progressive, and withholds his sup- 
port from no enterprise that is calculated to 
benefit the county, State or nation. From a 
financial sta,ndpoint his career has been one 
of success. Working his way upward he 
has overcome the difficulties and obstacles 
in his path and is now the possessor of a 
comfortable competence. 



>T^AMES F. SCANLAN, Postmaster of 
m Michigamme, Michigan, was born in 
A J Franklin township, Houghton coun- 
ty, this State, November 9, 1866. 
He is a son of John Scanlan, a native of 
Kilkenny, Ireland, who emigrated to Canada 
many years ago, and from there came to 
Michigan. 

James F. attended the public schools of 
his native place until he was thirteen. At 
that early age he entered the employ of 
George Huber, a butcher of Champion, 
Michigan, and remained with him a year and 
a half. After this he worked for lumber 
dealers, being employed at different places, 



and finally, in 1890, came to Michigamme 
as an employe of the F. W. Read Lumber 
Company, and since that time he has been 
a resident of this place. He has made 
many acquaintances here, and is as highly 
respected as he is well known. December 
4, 1894, he was appointed Postmaster of 
Michigamme, took up the duties of the office 
January i, 1S95, ^"^l has thus far given 
prompt and efficient service. He is a mem- 
ber of the A. O. U. W. 

Mr. Scanlan married Miss Blanche M. 
Kirk, of this place, and they have an infant 
daughter, Florence Irene by name. 



>j*OHN U. CURNOW, captain of the 
m East Vulcan Iron mines, was born at 
/• 1 Cornwall, England, December 30, 
1843, a son of John Curnow, who 
also was a native of that place. Attending 
school until he arrived at the age of si.xteen 
years, our subject then engaged in tin-min- 
ing, as a miner under ground, in Weal-Prov- 
idence mine, county of Cornwall. 

When twenty-two years of age he 
emigrated to America, locating at Lake 
Superior, Michigan, where he spent a short 
time with the Bay State Copper Company. 
The ne.xt six months he was with the Phoe- 
nix Mining Company, employed as a miner, 
and the following six months with the 
Franklin Mining Company, also as a miner, 
and then eight months as night captain for 
the same. On account of his ability as a 
miner he was next appointed second captain 
of the Pewabic mine, and at the end of four 
years was appointed first captain, which 
position he held eight years, for two years of 
which time he was also first captain of the 
Franklin mine. Then for about eighteen 
months he was engaged in silver-mining in 



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Georgetown, Colorado, after which he was 
appointed superintendent of the Old Abe 
gold mine one year, then for two years he 
was superintendent of the Sam's gold mine, 
both in Dakota, and finally he was appointed 
first captain of the East Vulcan Iron Mines, 
which position he is now filling. Formerly 
this mine gave employment to 500 men. 

Captain Curnow was married in New 
York city to Miss Eliza Shugg. In society 
relations he is a member of William Pitt 
Lodge, Sons of St. George. 



(D 



ARTIN M. FOLEY, Marshal of 
Houghton, Michigan, is a young 
man who is well fitted for the 
position he occupies and has dem- 
onstrated this fact on more occasions than 
one. 

Mr. Foley's father, Michael Foley, was 
one of the early settlers of Michigan and was 
for years prominently identified with Hough- 
ton county. He was born in county Liver- 
more, Ireland, and about 1849 emigrated to 
this country, settling in Michigan and engag- 
ing in mining and general merchandising. 
For five years he was sheriff of Houghton 
county. He died March 7, 1875. In 
his family were five sons and five daughters, 
the subject of our sketch being the eldest 
living son. 

He was born May 12, 1864, at Hough- 
ton, and until he was thirteen attended the 
public schools of this place. At that early 
age he was employed at the Franklin stamp 
mill, where he remained about one year. 
His next employment was as stage-driver 
for Mr. Richard M. Hoar, on the line be- 
tween Houghton and L'Anse, this being be- 
fore there were any railroads running into 
Houghton. When he was twenty he ac- 



cepted a position as depot baggagemaster 
for the Marquette, Houghton & Ontonagon 
Railroad, in which capacity he served most 
acceptably until 1889, when he took charge 
of the transfer for the Mineral Range Rail- 
road. In July, 1 88 1, he was appointed 
Marshal of Houghton, has been reappointed 
every year since, and has proven himself a 
most valued official. 

In August, 1893, $70,000 were captured 
by train robbers who held up a train on the 
Mineral Range Railroad, in collusion with 
the express messenger who had charge of 
the money while in transit from the banks at 
Houghton and Hancock to Calumet. The 
capture of the guilty parties was due to the 
prompt efforts of Marshal Foley. 

Mr. Foley was at one time Captain of 
Company K, Third Regiment, Michigan 
National Guards. This position he resigned 
in 1 89 1, and was then made Captain of the 
Hancock Rifles, an independent company in 
Hancock. He is county President of the 
A. O. H. , an officer in the A. O. U. W. , and 
a member of the K. of P. In politics he is 
a strong Republican. 



^y'^ R. A. B. LANG, one of the leading 
I I practitioners of medicine in Sault 
/^^J Ste. Marie, was born in Gray 
county, Ontario, October 28, 1848. 
His father, Dr. William Lang, was born in 
Hamilton, Scotland, in 1805, educated in 
Edinburg and London, in medicine and sur- 
gery, and after graduating at the University 
of Edinburg he entered the British navy, 
where, as surgeon aboard the Duke of York, 
he was stationed in India for some years. 
He came to America in 1S36, and was en- 
gaged in his profession until his death, in 
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age. He was one of the pioneer physicians 
of the city of Toronto, Canada. He mar- 
ried Susan Burnie, who died in 1887, at the 
age of si.xty years. They had eleven chil- 
dren, of whom seven are living. 

The subject of this sketch spent his early 
years in school in Owen Sound, and began 
reading medicine in the year 1873, in the 
office of his brother, Dr. Thomas D. Lang, 
deceased, and afterward completed a course 
at Trinity College, and graduated at the 
University of New York, in 1884. Entering 
practice, he was located at 1 54 East Twenty- 
eighth street, that city, until 1887, when he 
came to Sault Ste. Marie, attracted hither 
by the boom then in progress here. In his 
large practice he is assisted by Dr. Alex- 
ander McDonald, a graduate of the Detroit 
College of Medicine. 

In his political principles he coincides 
with the Republican party. In 1 893 he was 
elected Mayor of Sault Ste. Marie and 
served two years. He is a Royal Arch 
Mason, and is a popular and highly esteemed 
citizen. 



>>rr'OHN VIVIAN, supply clerk of the 
m Osceola mine, and a well known cit- 
A 1 izen of Opechee, claims England as 
the land of his birth. He was born 
in Cornwall February 1 1, 1S27, and is a son 
of Nicholas Vivian, who was born in the 
same county October 20, 1790. There for 
many years he was prominently connected 
with the mining interests and for some time 
was superintendent of the copper works of 
John Henry Vivian, Esq., father of Lord 
Swanzey. He thoroughly understood the 
business, being an expert in his line. His 
death occurred October 20, 1875, at the ad- 
vanced age of eighty-five years. 



The gentleman whose name heads this 
record acquired his primary education under 
the instruction of Rev. John Maber, who 
conducted a private school in the neighbor- 
hood where the Vivian family lived. The 
first position which John Vivian obtained 
was that of supply clerk under his father, in 
which capacity he served until twenty years 
of age, when he resolved to try his fortune 
in America. He had heard that better op- 
portunities and privileges were afforded 
young men in the New World and resolved 
to test the truth of these reports. Accord- 
ingly he crossed the Atlantic and located in 
Connecticut, beginning work in the Green- 
wich copper mine, but remained there only 
a short time, when he assisted in bringing 
into Boston the Cochituate Lake. When 
this work was completed he removed to 
Salem, Massachusetts, and secured a position 
as steward on the sailing vessel Potomac, 
going with the ship to Africa. There he 
shipped as steward on the sailing vessel Car- 
oline, of London, and went thence to Eng- 
land. He did not, however, tarry long in 
his native land, but soon again came to the 
United States and located in Pittsburg, 
Pennsylvania. There he entered the em- 
ploy of the Knapp & Wade Engine Manu- 
facturing Company, and on leaving their 
employ went to the Empire State, working 
in a lead mine in Ellenville, New York, for 
one year. 

On the expiration of that period Mr. 
Vivian came to the Lake Superior region 
and began working in the Cliff mine, con- 
tinuing his labors there for three years, 
when he was injured by a falling rock, 
which forced him to give up underground 
work. He then turned his attention to 
school-teaching, which he followed for two 
years, having at one time 1 12 scholars under 



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his charge. He was elected County Clerk 
in 1 860 and abandoned school-teaching in 
order to enter upon the duties of that office, 
which he faithfully performed for four years. 
He also held the office of Justice of the 
Peace for more than thirty years, serving 
until 1 89 1. He was a most able officer, 
meting out justice without fear or favor and 
doing all in his power in behalf of law and 
order. For seventeen years he has been 
supply clerk of the Osceola mine, and by his 
employers is held in the highest confidence 
and esteem, for his fidelity and trustworthi- 
ness merits their high regard. It was a 
fortunate day for him when he decided to 
come to America, for he has met with a fair 
degree of success in this country, has se- 
cured a pleasant home and won many warm 
friends. 

In the days of his early manhood Mr. 
Vivian married Miss Sarah Landor, grand- 
daughter of John Landor, who was born in 
Lancashire, England, about 1755, and was 
an assistant of the Messrs. Hornblower; the 
latter gentlemen erected one of the first 
steam engines in Cornwall. Mr. Vivian has 
eleven children and thirteen grandchildren. 



BRANK A. HEALY, the popular 
Postmaster of Ironwood, Michigan, 
dates his birth in Markesan, Green 
Lake county, Wisconsin, August 
II, 1852. Of his parentage and life, we 
make record as follows: 

Joseph W. Healy, his father, was a na- 
tive of Lincolnshire, England. He emi- 
grated to America in 1839 and located at 
Markesan, Wisconsin, he being one of the' 
early settlers of Green Lake county, where 
he resided for many years and where he was 
well known and highly respected. He was 



a miller and millwright, and many of the 
early mills of Wisconsin were erected by 
him. He died in 1883, at the age of fifty- 
seven years. Mr. Healy's mother, nee Sarah 
A. Downs, was born in New York, and is 
still living, now sixty years of age. When 
she was fifteen she came to Wisconsin with 
her parents. Her mother's maiden name 
was DeGotte and she was of French descent. 
Mr. and Mrs. Healy became the parents of 
nine children, eight sons and one daughter. 
The daughter and one son died when young 
and the others are still living. Frank A. is 
the eldest of the family. 

Frank A. Healy was reared in his native 
place and received a high-school education. 
At the age of eighteen he commenced clerk- 
ing for the firm of McCarteiry & Wheelan, 
lumber dealers of Fort Howard, Wisconsin, 
and remained there until the spring of 1875, 
when he went to Medford, that State, with 
Mr. Wheelan, continuing with him as super- 
intendent of a sawmill about two years. At 
the end of this time he entered into a part- 
nership with Mr. Alford Dodge, in the gen- 
eral merchandise business at Medford. Soon 
after he became identified with this place 
he was appointed Treasurer of Taylor 
county by Governor Taylor, and in the fall 
of the next year, 1876, was elected to the 
office by the Democratic party, and filled 
the same with credit to himself and his con- 
stituents. In 1884 he disposed of his in- 
terests in the merchandise establishment, and 
for a year and a half afterward was employed 
by the Exchange Bank of Medford. While 
a member of the firm of Dodge & Healy 
he was interested in the lumber business as 
well as general merchandising, and in May, 
1884, when the town of Medford was nearly 
all destroyed by fire, they suffered heavy 
loss. 



NORTHERN PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN. 



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In July, 1886, Mr. Healy came to Iron- 
wood, Michigan, as manager of a lumber 
yard for the firm of Hoxie & Mellon, in 
whose employ he remained one year. He 
then engaged as assistant cashier of the 
Bank of Ironwood and was thus occupied 
for two years. In 1891 he became identified 
with the Manhattan Life Insurance Com- 
pany, as general agent for northern Wiscon- 
sin and northern Michigan. This position 
he still holds. 

Ever since he took up his abode in Iron- 
wood Mr. Healy has been prominently iden- 
tified with its affairs, and is regarded as one 
of its leading citizens. He served as a mem- 
ber of the Board of Supervisors from April, 
1888, to April, 1893, and was a member of 
the Board of Education from July, 1888, to 
July, 1894, two years of this time being 
treasurer of the latter board. From April, 
1892, until April, 1893, he was Assessor for 
Ironwood. His appointment as Postmaster 
was made July 3, 1893, and in this office, as 
elsewhere, he is rendering a high degree of 
satisfaction. He is identified with the I. O. 
O. F., A. O. U. W., M. W. of A., and the 
Elks. 

Mr. Healy was married in October, 1874, 
to Miss Sarah J. Williams, a native of Wis- 
consin and a daughter of Morris L. and 
Phoebe (King) Williams. They have had 
six children, namely: Edna (deceased), 
Walter (deceased), Edith Maud, Ada Ma- 
rion, Frances Phoebe, and Angeline Mary. 



* ir ^ ON. JOHN Q. McKERNAN, Post- 

w'^m master of L'Anse, Michigan, dates 

\ , r his birth in Little Britain, New 

York, January 10, 1823. He is a 

son of John and Margaret (Massey) Mc- 

Kernan, both natives of the Emerald Isle, 



the former of county Monaghan and the lat- 
ter of Belfast. Their family was composed 
of seventeen children. 

At the age of six years the subject of our 
sketch removed with his parents from New 
York to Michigan, his father having bought 
a farm four miles north of Ann Arbor, and 
lived there until 1837, when they moved to 
Ingham county, same State. From an early 
age he was inured to hard work, and he at- 
tended school at such times as he was not 
required on the farm. He is one of the few 
men now living who came to the copper 
regions of Michigan in the '40s, and many 
and interesting are the experiences which he 
relates of his life here. It was in 1848 that 
he first came to the copper regions, when he 
went to work for the Cliff mine at Eagle 
River. He did carpenter work two years at 
this mine, and the next two years was em- 
ployed as mining carpenter and surface boss 
for the Albion mine. Then he built the 
dock at Eagle Harbor, erected houses and 
stamp mills and did general carpenter work, 
being thus occupied up to 1853, when he 
became surface and carpenter boss of the 
Albion mine at Houghton, continuing as 
such three years. From that time until 
1868 he was general manager of the R. Ed- 
wards saw and lumber mills, and for one 
year thereafter was carpenter boss at the 
South Pewabic mine. In 1869 we find him 
at Baraga, where, for the next four years, 
he was general manager of the Thomas Ed- 
wards mill, and from that place he came to 
L'Anse. Here he engaged in the brewing 
business with Henry Steinback. They built 
the brewery and operated it for six years 
under the firm name of L'Anse Brewing 
Company. It was then closed for a time, 
and when again opened it was under the 
firm name of Edwards & McKcrnan, Mr. 



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Steinback having sold out to Mr. Thomas 
Edwards. They continued its operation 
until 1883, when Mr. McKernan gave up 
brewing and accepted a position as carpen- 
ter and car repairer for the Marquette, 
Houghton & Ontonagon Railroad. This 
place he filled two years. 

Mr. McKernan has filled various import- 
ant public positions during his long life in 
northern Michigan. In 1849 he was elected 
Sheriff of Houghton county, which coun- 
ty at that time included all the counties 
this side of the "Soo," and he was the in- 
cumbent of this office for a period of four 
years. While in Houghton county he also 
served a number of terms as Justice of the 
Peace, School Inspector, and a member of 
school boards, — in the latter thirty years al- 
together, — and he has three times been 
elected a Justice of the Peace at L'Anse. 
He was Village President, Trustee fifteen 
years. Superintendent of the Poor eight- 
een years, and for eight years was In- 
spector of Schools in Houghton coun- 
ty. In 1855 he was one of three Commis- 
sioners appointed by the State Legislature 
" to lay out and establish a State road from 
Copper Harbor, in Houghton county, to 
the village of Ontonagon, in Ontonagon 
county." They surveyed and cut out this 
road and made it passable for teams (about 
1 10 miles). In 1879 he and Lewis M. Dick- 
ens and Richard Chynoweth, of Ontonagon 
county, were appointed commissioners by 
the State Legislature "to lay out, establish 
and superintend the construction of a State 
swamp land State road, from the village of 
Baraga, in Baraga county, to the village of 
Maple Grove, in Ontonagon county " (thirty 
and one-half miles). They made the road. 
These are the two principal roads in the 
copper district to-day. In 1867 he was 



elected a delegate to the State Constitutional 
Convention at Lansing, and in 1862, 1864, 
1866 and 1868 to the Legislature. He ac- 
cordingly represented Houghton county in 
the Michigan State Legislature in the ses- 
sions 1863, '4, '5, '7 and '9. He was first 
appointed Postmaster of L'Anse in 1885, and 
at that time served four j'ears, and in 1893 
he was again appointed. He is a Master 
Mason. 

Mr. McKernan chose for his life com- 
panion Miss Emma S. Pryor, and of the 
children born to them si.x are now living. 
One son, Philip R. , is engaged in the prac- 
tice of law at L'Anse. 



BRANK EUGENE CROCKER, who 
is acceptably serving in the office 
of Register of Deeds in Dickinson 
county, Michigan, is by birth a 
Western man, claiming the neighboring 
State of Wisconsin as the place of his 
nativity. He was born in Brown county on 
the iithof December, 1856, and is a son of 
Ephraim Crocker, an honest and respected 
citizen, who came, in 1850, from New York 
State to Wisconsin, where he has since re- 
sided. 

The gentleman whose name heads this 
record pursued his studies in the public 
schools until he had arrived at the age of 
eighteen years, after which he spent one 
year in a drug store, and for the following 
ten months pursued the study of law in the 
office of C. W. Monroe, of Fort Howard, 
Wisconsin. He did not continue this, how- 
ever, and in the spring of 1881 obtained the 
position of office clerk for the Menominee 
Mining Company, having had charge of the 
pay roll. The duties of this position were 
onerous, but he discharged them to the 



NORTHERN PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN. 



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complete satisfaction of all concerned. His 
first independent venture in life made him 
proprietor of a grocery store. In 1S89 he 
began operations along this line and three 
years afterward sold his stock of goods to 
the firm of James & Croll. 

Mr. Crocker is holding his position for 
the second term. In iiSgi, when the 
county of Dickinson was divided from 
Menominee county, he was appointed As- 
sistant Register of Deeds; being true to his 
duties and the trust reposed in him, the 
people recognized his worth and elected him 
to the same office in 1892, and again in 
1 894. In his political relations he is a 
stanch Republican, and socially is a member 
of the Knights of Pythias. He was united 
in marriage with Miss Evelyn L. Erwin, a 
native of Oakfield, Wisconsin, and they have 
two children. 



aHARLES MEESKE is the efficient 
and well-known secretary of the 
Upper Peninsula Brewing Company 
of Marquette, and is an energetic, 
wide-awake business man, whose well- 
directed efforts have been an important 
factor in bringing to this industry the success 
with which it is crowned. The business was 
established in 1875, and a brewery was pur- 
chased at Negaunee. The brewery, which 
is owned by the company at Marquette, 
was founded and built by George Rublein, 
one of the pioneers of Marquette county, 
who operated it for a few years, when it 
passed into the possession of Meeske & 
Hoch, who formed a stock company under 
the name of the Upper Peninsula Brewing 
Company, with Reiner Hoch as president 
and Charles Meeske secretary and treasurer. 
These two gentlemen, in connection with 

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N. M. Kaufman and Edward Breitung, con- 
stitute the board of directors. The pres- 
ent plant was erected during the last five 
years, and thej' now have one of the finest 
and best located breweries on the Upper 
Peninsula, situated about two miles from 
the center of Marquette, but still within the 
city limits. The capacity of this brewery is 
between twenty and twenty-five thousand 
barrels per annum. Mr. Meeske, who is 
secretary and treasurer of the company, has 
the entire management of the Marquette 
brewery, and has succeeded in building up 
an extensive business, which makes the 
stockholders' investment a paying one. 

As Mr. Meeske is widelj' and favorably 
known, we feel assured that the record of 
his life will prove of interest to many of our 
readers. He was born in Swinemuende, 
Germany, in 1850, and is a son of Gustave 
and Wilhelmina (Mollenhaur) Meeske, who 
spent their entire lives in that country. 
The father was a very prominent business 
man, connected \\ith many industries and 
the owner of a large brewery and hotel. 
The family numbered six children, namely: 
Paul, a captain on an ocean vessel, who is 
now living retired in Germany; Emily and 
Anna, who are still residents of the Father- 
land; Otto, whose home is in Muskegon, 
Michigan; Gustave, also of that city, repre- 
senting the Muskegon Brewing Company; 
and Charles. 

The last named acquired his education 
in the public schools of his native city, and 
there learned his trade in his father's 
brewery. He continued under the parental 
roof until he had attained his majority, and 
then determined to try his fortune in 
America, hoping he might better his finan- 
cial condition and more rapidlj- acquire 
wealth. Accordingly he bade adieu to 



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home and friends and crossed the Atlantic 
to New Yorlc, whence he came immediately 
to Oshkosh, Wisconsin, accepting a position 
as foreman in a brewery there, where he 
remained two years. In the meantime he 
had acquired some capital and now embarked 
in business for himself, carrying on opera- 
tions in Milwaukee until 1878, since which 
time he has been connected with the brewery 
in Marquette, while his partner, Mr. Hoch, 
is the manager of the brewery in Negaunee. 
They own forty-two acres of land on which 
the Marquette brewery stands, and an 
eighty-acre tract, which is commonly known 
as the old Mill farm. The officers and 
stockholders of the Upper Peninsula Brew- 
ing Company are also the officers and stock- 
holders of the Valley Milling Company, 
owning a mill which is located on Dead 
river, and which is continually in operation. 
It has a new roller process, is supplied with 
the latest improved machinery, and the 
product of the mill, being of excellent quality, 
finds a ready sale on the market. 

In 1876 was celebrated the marriage of 
Mr. Meeske and Miss Amelia Heineman, an 
estimable lady, who has been to her hus- 
band a true companion and helpmeet. They 
have a family of three children, a son and 
two daughters, — Charles, Ella and Flora. 

In connection with his other business 
interests, Mr. Meeske is a stockholder in 
the Ishpeming Street Railway Company, 
and a director in the Marquette Savings 
Bank, and is also interested in many mines. 
He has never sought office of any descrip- 
tion, preferring to give his time and atten- 
tion solely to his business interests, in which 
he has met with signal success. He has 
been connected with various industries which 
have added to the welfare of the com- 
munity, has taken a deep and abiding 



interest in everything that is calculated to 
prove of public benefit, and is one of the 
most prominent men on the Upper Pen- 
insula. 



K./^ EV. FATHER THOMAS J. AT- 
j/^ FIELD, pastor of St. Patrick's 
\ V Parish, Hancock, Michigan, was 
born in Marquette, this State, in 
the year 1857. He was educated at the 
Montreal College in Canada and at St. Fran- 
cis Seminary, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and in 
1880 was ordained by the present bishop. 
After his ordination he was assigned to the 
position of assistant pastor in Hancock, soon 
afterward was given charge of Champion 
and Michigamme, and from there was sent 
to Menominee. At Menominee he had 
charge of what now is divided into four 
parishes. From Menominee he went to 
Houghton. His connection with St. Pat- 
rick's parish at Hancock dates from 1888. 
St. Patrick's parish was organized in 
July, 1885. It was originally St. Ann's 
parish that was established in 1 86 1 by the 
Rev. Father Edward Jacker. At this writ- 
ing 450 families are registered in the parish, 
and the church and all its institutions are 
in a flourishing condition. Under Father At- 
field's management a new school and con- 
vent was built for the Sisters of St. Joseph, 
at a cost of $13,000, and St. Patrick's 
church has been completed and equipped, 
and a parsonage costing $4, 500 erected. 
This school is graded the same as the public 
schools, has about 340 pupils enrolled, and 
is in the hands of the Sisters of St. Joseph. 
In connection with the church is a society 
called the League of the Sacred Heart, for 
young ladies, St. Rose Sodality for girls, 
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taken first communion. There is also in 
connection with the church another society 
composed of young men, its object being 
social and literary amusement. This organ- 
zation has a membership of eighty-four, and 
has a library and reading room, and also 
billiard room. 

Father Atfield's work at Hancock, as 
elsewhere, has been characterized bj- great 
earnestness and attended with .signal suc- 
cess. 



aHARLES L. FICHTEL is an en- 
prising young business man of Calu- 
met, proprietor of a drug store. He 
has the honor of being a native of 
Michigan, his birth having occurred in Han- 
cock on the 4th of September, 1863. The 
family is of German lineage. The father of 
our subject, Charles L. Fichtel, was born in 
Germany and was by occupation a .stone- 
cutter, learning the trade in his younger 
years while still in hi.s native land. In the 
'50s he emigrated to America and took up 
his residence in Detroit, Michigan, but after 
a short time came to the copper country, 
where he spent the remainder of his life, 
his death occurring in December, ^889, 
when he was aged sixty-five years. 

In the public schools near his home 
Charles L. Fichtel pursued his studies until 
sixteen years of age, when he entered upon 
his business career, going to Lake Linden, 
where he secured a position with Louis 
Deschamps, a druggist, in whose employ he 
continued for a year. On the expiration of 
that period he returned to the city of his 
nativity and formed a connection with A. J. 
Scott, serving in his drug house as salesman 
for the long period of twelve years. Such 
extended service well indicates his fidelity 



to duty, his faithfulness to his employer's 
interests and the confidence and trust reposed 
in him. In 1887, while in the employ of 
A. J. Scott, he was elected City Treasurer 
against Henry Drittler, Jr., one of the 
strongest Democrats in a city stronglj- 
Democratic. He has twice been elected 
delegate to the Republican State conven- 
tions, and has always taken an active in- 
terest in local as well as national politics. 

On leaving the employ of Mr. Scott, 
Mr. Fichtel entered into business on his 
own account in partnership with Dr. J. E. 
Scallon, which connection existed for two 
years. During that time Mr. Fichtel 
also served as express agent. He then 
removed to Calumet and opened the drug- 
store which he now owns. He carries a 
large, complete and well-assorted stock of 
everything found in a first-class establish- 
ment of the kind, and is doing a good busi- 
ness, receiving from the public a liberal 
patronage which he well deserves. He has 
the qualities. essential to a successful mer- 
chant, — energy, enterprise and good man- 
agement, — and has achieved a success that is 
but the fitting reward of his own labors. 
Socially he is connected with the Knights of 
Pythias and the Ancient Order of United 
Workmen, — an esteemed member of both 
organizations. 



*w ^ ENRY J. F. HICKLER, a mem- 

l'''"\ her of the prominent dredging firm 

1 . ^ of Hickler Brothers, Sault Ste. 

Marie, has been identified with the 

northern peninsula of Michigan ever since 

1 880, and engaged in the business of dredging 

under Government contract on the St. Mary's 

river improvement. Their first work was the 

deepening of the channel from the rapids to 



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Sailor's Encampment, a distance of thirty- 
five miles, creating a depth of sixteen feet. 
The period of time required for this work 
was three years. The firm next began on 
a section of the Hay Lake channel; and 
after that other contracts were taken, con- 
tinuing to the present time. They are now 
engaged in deepening the Canadian channel 
at the rapids. Some five years after engag- 
ing in the business of dredging on this 
peninsula, the company also entered the 
machine and repair business at the Soo, and 
this department of their work also has grown 
to be one of the prominent industries of the 
place, giving employment to a force of 
twenty men. 

Mr. Hickler was born in Buffalo, New- 
York, August 1 8, 1 86 1, educated there, and 
when a lad in his early 'teens he went aboard 
one of the tugs belonging to his father, J. 
Hickler, a dredging contractor, who estab- 
lished his business in 1876. He has had 
important work in his line at Montreal, and 
is yet in active service, although sixty-five 
years of age and a man of considerable 
means. In his youth Mr. Hickler, Sr. , 
learned the carpenter's and shipbuilders 
trades, and from his accumulations as a 
tradesman he at length drifted into his 
present large business. This family is of 
German origin, the paternal grandfather of 
our subject having been born in Germany. 
Mr. Hickler's mother's maiden name was 
Catherine Ludwick. The children of Mr. 
and Mrs. J. Hickler are: Thomas, a mem- 
ber of the firm of Hickler Brothers and a 
leading business man of the "Soo; " Martha, 
now Mrs. Charles Mensch, of Buffalo; Clara; 
John, also a member of the firm of Hickler 
Brothers; Mrs. Laura Mead and Pauline 
Hickler, both of Buffalo. 

The International Hotel, one of the 



largest hotels in the Lake Superior country, 
is owned by the Hickler Brothers. It was 
erected in 1888, on the Canada side of the 
rapids, and will accommodate 200 guests. 

Mr. Hickler is a member of the City 
Council, representing the Fourth ward, 
elected in 1894, as a Republican. He is 
serving the city's interests as a member of 
the committees on ordinances (of which he 
is chairmanj, sewers and finance. 

He was married in Buffalo, New York, 
June 5, 1882, to Miss Mary Bloy, a daugh- 
ter of W. and Catherine (Quarryman) Bloy. 
Mr. and Mrs. Hickler have two children, — 
Chester H., ten years of age, and Marion, 
one year old. 



HNDREW JACKSON, Clerk of the 
Sault Ste. Marie Canal and Locks 
and a popular and highly esteemed 
citizen, was born in Henry county, 
Ohio, October 29, 1844. His education 
was of the practical kind, being obtained 
largely in the printing-office while a type- 
setter, etc., beginning at the age of fourteen 
years, in the office of the Napoleon (Ohio) 
North-West, and later in the office of the 
Toledo Blade, and after the war he was em- 
ployed in the office of the Cincinnati En- 
quirer. His father, William J. Jackson, is 
a resident of Cleveland, Ohio, and during 
his active life was a civil engineer of consid- 
erable reputation, having had charge of the 
public works of Ohio for over thirty years. 
He was born in Ireland in 1820 and was 
brought to the United States when an in- 
fant. He was educated at Norwalk, Ohio, 
and learned his profession at Maumee City, 
Ohio. He married Susan D. Berlin, a na- 
tive of Tonawanda, New York, whose father 
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NORTHERN PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN. 



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Maumee portion of the Buckeye State. 
Four of their five children are living, 
namely: Albert S., a civil engineer of 
Piqua, Ohio; Mrs. A. M. Bowdel, also of 
Piqua; Daniel T. , bookkeeper for A. Teach- 
out & Company, of Cleveland, Ohio; and 
Andrew, whose name heads this biographical 
notice. 

The last named, during the late war, en- 
listed in the Sixty-eighth Ohio Volunteer 
Infantry at Napoleon and was commissioned 
Second Lieutenant of Company F, and in 
the field was promoted to the position of 
Regimental Adjutant, serving on the staff of 
Major-General M. D. Leggatt, of Cleveland, 
when that gentleman was a colonel com- 
manding a brigade belonging to the Seven- 
teenth Army Corps. Mr. Jackson partici- 
pated in the engagements at Fort Donelson, 
Corinth, first and second Shiloh, Matamora, 
Vicksburg, and was stationed in Washing- 
ton, District of Columbia, during the last 
few months of the war, where he was con- 
nected with the muster department. 

In 1865 he went to Cincinnati, where he 
was confidential clerk for Boyle & Roach, 
contractors for city work and railroad build- 
ing, and from that city he came to Sault 
Ste. Marie in 1873, and was cashier for the 
same firm, who had a contract for putting 
in the lock of 1881. He remained in con- 
nection with this work until it was com- 
pleted, when he was appointed assistant su- 
perintendent of the canal, the superintend- 
ent being Captain Spalding, and he served 
in that capacity until January i, 1882, when 
he received the appointment to his present 
position, which he has ever filled most ac- 
ceptably and creditably. 

Being an influential Democrat, he was 
elected to the State Legislature of 1879-80 
to represent the counties of Chippewa, 



Mackinac, Schoolcraft and Cheboygan. 
In the legislative body he was a member of 
the committees on State and military affairs. 
He was especially interested in the transfer 
of the Sault Ste. Marie canal to the United 
States Government. He was also chairman 
of the Board of Supervisors who built the 
courthouse, president of the Board of Edu- 
cation when the high-school building was 
erected; was the first president of the Edi- 
son Soo Electric Company, one of the orig- 
inal stockholders and a director of the Sault 
Savings Bank, one of the organizers of the 
Soo National Bank, and is president of the 
Soo Ferry Company, organized in 1888. 

He was first married at University Place, 
Tennessee, in 1870, to Miss Barbara Shoupe, 
who died at Piqua, Ohio, in 1871. For his 
second wife he married, in Sault Ste. Marie, 
November 9, 1887, Miss Helen J. Myers, 
from Hillsdale, Michigan, and a daughter of 
W. H. Myers, a contractor. Their only 
child is Barbara J., born January 6, 1892. 

Mr. Jackson is a Scottish-rite Mason, a 
Knight Templar and a Noble of the Mystic 
Shrine. 



EON. H. O. YOUNG, Prosecutmg 
Attorney of Marquette county, is 
one of the most prominent citizens 
not only of Ishpeming but also of 
the northern peninsula. In the legal and 
political world he has been a prominent fac- 
tor and has risen to a position in both that 
can be obtained only through merit. Being 
a skilled lawyer, he has done much toward 
molding the history of the Upper Peninsula 
during the past si.xteen years, and wherever 
known is honored for his genuine worth. 

He was born in New Albion, New York, 
August 4, 1850, a son of Hon. Horace C. 



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Young. The family is of English origin 
and was founded in America by the great- 
grandfather of our subject, who sailed from 
that country to the New World and estab- 
lished his residence on the island of Martha's 
Vineyard, Massachusetts. His grandfather, 
Henry Young, was born at that place and at 
length moved to the Empire State. Hon. 
Horace C. Young was a native of Fenner, 
Madison county, New York, born in 1806, 
and in life became a railroad builder and 
superintendent. He married Miss Laura 
P. Walker, who was born in Vermont in 
1807, a daughter of Gideon Walker, who 
was an officer in the war of 1 8 1 2 and was 
at the capture of Fort Erie; soon after the 
surrender he was murdered by the Indians. 
He also was of English descent, and mar- 
ried Miss Barbara Olin, a native of the 
Green Mountain State and a daughter of 
Judge Gideon Olin, the first State Treasurer 
of Vermont and a man very prominent in the 
history of the Colonies. Of Welsh descent, 
he belonged to a family that has furnished 
many leading and influential people to this 
country. He was a member of the com- 
mittee of safety in Vermont during the Rev- 
olutionary war, and was also Judge of the 
Supreme Court of that State for many years; 
his son John occupied the same position. 
Another son, Abram B., was for many 
years a congressman from the Green Moun- 
tain State. 

The parents of our subject were married 
in Madison county. New York, and moved 
to Cattaraugus county, same State, where 
they spent their remaining days. The abil- 
ities of the father brought him prominence in 
public life, and he served in both branches 
of the New York Legislature. In politics he 
was first a Whig, and when that party dis- 
solved and the Republican party sprang into 



existence he joined its ranks and continued 
to march under its banner for the remainder 
of his life. He was a member of the mil- 
itary commission appointed by Governor E. 
D. Morgan of New York during the Civil 
war. His death occurred in 1879, and his 
wife, who long survived him, passed away 
in 1890. They were the parents of six chil- 
dren. The subject of this sketch is the only 
son and the youngest of the family. 

Mr. Young was reared in Cattaraugus 
county. New York, acquiring his education 
in the common schools and in Chamberlain 
Institute in Randolph, same State. When 
a young man of twenty-two he emigrated 
W^est. Ambitious, energetic and deter- 
mined, and believing that in the newer 
West he might have better opportunities 
for advancement than in the older States of 
the East, where population and consequent 
competition were greater, he took up his 
residence in Ishpeming, in 1S72, and was 
engaged for three years in merchandising in 
Republic, Marquette county, but since 1879, 
when he was admitted to the bar, he has 
been engaged in the practice of law. He 
formed a law partnership with George W. 
Hayden in 1883, since which time the part- 
nership has continued with mutual pleasure 
and profit. The firm of Hayden & Young 
is now among the first in Marquette 
county. A liberal clientage attests the con- 
fidence reposed in him by the public. 

In his political views he is a stalwart 
Republican, and has always closely identified 
himself with his party interests. He made 
his first political speech when only eighteen 
years of age, and has since been prominent 
as an advocate of Republicanism. Fre- 
quently he has been sent as a delegate to 
conventions, attending each State conven- 
tion excepting two ever since 1876. For 



NORTHERN PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN. 



44' 



eight years he was a member of the Repub- 
lican State central committee, and during 
nearly the whole of that period was the 
only member from the Upper Peninsula. 
Called to office on various occasions, he 
has demonstrated his deep interest in the 
public welfare by the faithful discharge of 
the duties devolving upon hiiu. In 1879 he 
was elected to represent his. district in the 
State Legislature. In 1886 he was elected 
Prosecuting Attorney of Marquette county, 
and has filled that position to the present 
time by successive re-elections. In 1880 he 
was Supervisor of the United States census 
for the Upper Peninsula, and he has also 
been City Attorney of Ishpeming. 

In these days, when there is so much 
corruption in politics, a man may win office 
unworthily, but he can not long continue 
in positions of public trust. Therefore, 
when we see one who has long been in pub- 
lic position we know that fidelity and ability 
won him the distinction. Such a man is 
Mr. Young. In the advancement of the 
city he has also been a prominent factor, 
especially interested in establishing the 
public library. He was one of a committee 
of three, — his associates being A. W. Myers 
and B. W. Wright, — appointed by the City 
Council to secure this library, and Mr. 
Young personally selected almost all the 
volumes now upon the shelves of what is 
at present the finest public library on the 
peninsula. His own law librarj' is volumi- 
nous and well selected. Besides his high 
standing in his profession and as an honest 
officer, he is a man of broad information. 

For his wife he married Miss Mary J. 
Marsh, a native of Cattaraugus count}'. New 
York, and a daughter of Vermont parents. 
She received her education in Chamberlain 
Institute and also at Syracuse, New York, 



and is a most cultured and refined lady. 
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Young is noted 
for its hospitality, and their many friends 
are always sure to receive there a hearty 
welcome. 



ca 



* W. RICHARDSON, Marquette, 
Michigan, is probably the best 
posted lumber inspector in this 
great State, that ranks first in 
the lumber industry; as such he has gained 
marked prestige. He was reared in the 
lumber business, has been engaged in it all 
his life, and at this writing is not only a 
lumber inspector but also a shipper and 
commission merchant as well. 

Born in Vienna, Elgin county, Canada, 
February 22, 1843, Mr. Richardson is a son 
of Z. S. W. and Mercy J. (Balcom) Richard- 
son, the former a native of Canada and the 
latter of Massachusetts. Mr. Richardson 
comes of an ancestry in which he may justly 
take pride. His paternal grandfather was 
a Welshman who crossed the Atlantic and 
settled in Canada at an early day and passed 
the rest of his life on a farm, his life being 
such as to command the respect of all who 
knew him. Of the Balcoms, we record that 
they were old Puritan stock, many repre- 
sentatives of the family having figured 
prominently in the early wars of this coun- 
try. They removed from New England to 
Erie county, Ohio, at an early day, and, as 
in the East, were among the leading citizens 
of the community in which they resided. 
Elizabeth Balcom, the maternal grand- 
mother of Mr. Richardson, was a sister to 
the mother of Thomas A. Edison, the 
renowned inventor; and his paternal grand- 
mother was a cousin of General Wolfe, the 
brave young British commander who was 



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killed at Quebec. Z. S. \V. Richardson, as 
already stated, was a native of Canada. 
He was born near Toronto, removed to El- 
gin, and subsequently took up his abode in 
Cleveland, Ohio, where he and his wife 
passed the remainder of their lives. He was 
for some time engaged in mercantile pur- 
suits, but later gave his attention to the 
lumber business, which he carried on in 
Cleveland for a number of years. He and 
his wife were the parents of seven children, 
five of whom are now living, namely: Will- 
iam W., whose name initiates this article; 
Alva A., a resident of Berkeley, California; 
Mary E., widow of J. E. French, of Oregon; 
Kahlly I., wife of Riley Rathborn, Lincoln 
Nebraska; and Aleanor J., widow of Charles 
Bartow, a resident of Oregon. 

W. W. Richardson was partly reared in 
Canada and was educated there and in Ohio, 
his advantages being limited to the common 
schools. At the age of eighteen he started 
out in life for himself. When he was 
twenty-one he came to Michigan, and at 
Saginaw was for two years employed as 
lumber inspector, returning at the end of 
that time to Cleveland. For ten jears he 
was City Inspector there, one year of that 
time also being Government Inspector, and 
during his residence there he was, from i 870 
until 1874, a partner in the lumber business 
with Captain William ^^'^adsworth. On 
leaving Cleveland, he returned to Michigan, 
and with a brief exception has since then 
been inspector at different points in this 
State. From 1888 until 1890 he was in- 
spector for the Diamond Match Company. 
The following eighteen months he was in 
Ashland, Wisconsin. Since September, 
1892, he has made his home in Marquette, 
but his business calls him to all parts of the 
Upper Peninsula 



Mr. Richardson is well posted in polit- 
ical matters and takes a commendable inter- 
est in public affairs, as a Republican. 
While a resident of the city of Cleveland he 
was initiated into the mysteries of Freema- 
sonry, and still has a membership in the 
order there. He is also identified with the 
A. O. U. W. and the K. O. T. M. 

In 1 864 he married Miss Harriet A. 
Harrington, of Saginaw, Michigan, and they 
have an only child, a daughter, Carrie M., 
who is the wife of George W. Hoag, of 
Marquette. 



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' ALTER FITCH. —The Champion 
Iron Compan\', of which Mr. 
Fitch is agent and superintendent, 
is the owner of e.xtensive mines 
at Beacon, Michigan. The company was 
organized in 1868 to operate at this point, 
and the mine was then opened and actively 
operated until July, 1893, when it was 
closed down and remained in a state of in- 
activity until January i, 1895, when opera- 
tions were resumed in two shafts. The 
companj' owns 15,000 acres of land in Mar- 
quette county. The mine has nine shafts, 
six of which are capable of production, and 
the maximum depth is 1,200 feet. They 
mine cr\stalline iron ores of magnetic and 
specular varieties, and the total product of 
the mine up to the present time is 3,000,000 
tons, the ores being shipped to Cleveland, 
Ohio, and other Lake Erie ports. The 
present officers of the Champion Iron Com- 
pany are: Joseph S. Fay, Jr., of Boston, 
Massachusetts, president; W. E. Stone, also 
of Boston, vice-president; W. B. Bosson, of 
Boston, secretary; and^^'. Fitch, (jf Beacon, 
Michigan, agent and superintendent. Grant 



NORTHERN PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN. 



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S. Barber, mining engineer and chemist, 
who was a student in the State University of 
Ann Arbor, has been connected with the 
company for four years. 

The former agent, Alfred Kidder, of Mar- 
quette, held the position from 1874 until 
1893, when he retired. It was under his 
management that the mine reached its ca- 
reer of prosperitj'. Before he assumed con- 
trol the career of the mine had been a 
checkered one, and at the time he took 
charge an indebtedness of half a million dol- 
lars hung over the company, owing largely 
to inefficient management in previous years; 
but rapidly mastering the situation he placed 
the business on a paying basis, wiped out 
the debt and the company was started on a 
career of almost phenomenal prosperity. 

The successor of Mr. Kidder, — the present 
manager, — Walter Fitch, is a native of Lon- 
don, England, born in 1854, and acquired 
his education in the public schools of that 
city. The first twenty years of his life were 
passed there, when he resolved to make a 
home beyond the Atlantic. He sailed for 
America in 1874, and made his way to Mich- 
igan. In 1881 he became agent for the 
Pascoe & Dalliba mines at Champion, now 
closed, and in 1884 he formed a connection 
with the Champion Iron Company in the 
capacity of superintendent. Since 1893 he 
has served both as superintendent and agent, 
and though his duties are onerous and his 
responsibilities great, he is equal to the 
work, and by his able discharge of the tasks 
which fall to him he has won the confidence 
and respect of the officers of the compan\" 
and of all with whom he has been brought 
in contact. All the newer improvements of 
the mines have been added during his term 
as superintendent. When in full working 
force between fi\e and si.\ hundred men are 



employed and it will thus be seen that the 
superintendent is no sinecure. 

In the community where he resides Mr. 
Fitch is regarded as a leading and represen- 
j tative citizert In his political affiliations he 
is a stalwart Republican, and has served as 
Township Supervisor of Champion township, 
while at this writing he is president of the 
Board of Education of that township. 



'^rr* t)- BARRY, City Attorney of Iron- 
^ wood, was born in Ingham county, 
/I 1 Michigan, October 14, 1862. His 
father, Phillip D. Barry, was a na- 
tive of Ireland, and came to America at the 
age of twenty years. The mother of our 
subject, ncc Bridget Corcoran, also a native 
of Ireland, came to this country when fifteen 
jears of age, and was reared on a farm 
in Williamston township, Ingham county, 
Michigan, where they still reside. They 
were the parents of five children, four of 
whom are living: Robert D., a farmer 
of Ingham county; Mary, wife of Louis 
Ording, also a farmer of that county; J. D., 
the subject of this sketch; and Annie, at 
home. 

J. D. Barry was reared to farm life at 
his native place, attending the district 
schools during the winter, until 1876, when 
he entered the high school of ^^'illiamston. 
He next went to Valparaiso, Indiana, and 
entered the Northern Indiana Normal 
School, graduating at that institution with 
the class of 1882. After teaching school in 
Bunker Hill township, Ingham county, 
Michigan, for two years, Mr. Barry entered 
the law office of Cahill, Ostrander & Baird, 
at Lansing, Michigan, where he remained 
until 1885, and in that year entered the law 
department of the Michigan University at 



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Ann Arbor, graduating in 1887. For the 
following year he was engaged in the law 
office of Tarsney & Weadock, at Saginaw, 
Michigan, also practiced alone in that city 
one year, and from 1889 to 1892 he served 
as municipal Judge of the city of Saginaw. 
In the latter year Mr. Barry came to Iron- 
wood, and engaged in the practice of his 
profession, and since 1894 he has held the 
office of City Attorney. 

February 9, 1 89 1 , our subject was united 
in marriage with Jennie McKelvey, a native 
of Wallaceburg, Canada, daughter of Robert 
and Mary McKelvey. To this union have 
been born two children; John B. and 
Helen M. Mr. Barry affiliates with the 
Democratic party, and the family are mem- 
bers of the Catholic Church. 



>-7*0SEPH BOSCH, president of the 
m Bosch Brewing Company, of Lake 
^ 1 Linden, Michigan, is a native of 
Baden, Germany. He was born on 
the nth of February, 1850, and is a son of 
Joseph and Mary (Gleirscher) Bosch, who 
came to this country in 1854 and settled in 
New York city, where they remained until 
1862. In that year they removed westward, 
locating in Port Washington, Wisconsin, 
where the father engaged in the manufacture 
of beer until 1867, the year of his arrival at 
Lake Linden, Michigan. In this place he 
spent his remaining days, his death occur- 
ring in 1875. His wife died in 1870. Their 
family numbered a son and two daughters, 
our subject being the youngest. 

Joseph Bosch, of this sketch, was only 
four years of age when with his parents he 
crossed the Atlantic to America. His edu- 
cational privileges were extremely meager. 
He attended school to a very limited extent, 



in New York. When a mere boy he started 
out to earn his own livelihood and has since 
been dependent on his own rescources, so 
that whatever success he has achieved in 
life is due entirely to his own efforts. He 
worked with a pick and shovel and after 
coming to Wisconsin he learned the brewing 
business, under the direction of his father, 
with whom he remained until 1867. In that 
year he came to the Lake Superior country, 
and located at Lake Linden, where he 
secured a position in the stamp mill of the 
Calumet & Hecla Mine Company. There 
he remained until 1872, when he went to 
Milwaukee, where he was employed in the 
Schlitz brewery for some time, going thence 
to Cleveland, Ohio, and on to Louisville, 
Kentucky. He made this trip for acquiring 
a better knowledge of the brewing business. 
In 1874 he returned to Lake Linden and 
established a brewery, which he conducted 
alone until 1876, when he admitted to part- 
nership Joseph Wertin, Sr. , Joseph Wertin, 
Jr., and George Wertin, Mr. Bosch retain- 
ing a half interest and conducting the busi- 
ness under the name of Joseph Bosch & 
Company, until 1 894. In that year he pur- 
chased the interest of Joseph Wertin, Sr. , 
who had died, and Joseph Wertin, Jr., and 
formed a stock company, which was organ- 
ized under the name of the Bosch Brewing 
Company, our subject having the controlling 
interest. This is one of the largest and 
best breweries in the State. It is an exten- 
sive plant with good buildings, supplied with 
all modern improvements and has a capacity 
of 25,000 barrels annually. 

The business ability of Mr. Bosch is by 
no means limited to one line of undertaking, 
and the material prosperity of Lake Linden 
has been largely promoted through his 
efforts. He is president of the First Na- 



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tional Bank of Lake Linden, which he 
helped to organize in 1888. In 1885, in 
company with N. Reding, he bought out the 
D. W. Sutter general merchandise store, 
which he conducted under the name of N. 
Reding & Company until 1892, when our 
subject bought out his partner's interest and 
continued the business under his own name 
until 1893, when it was incorporated under 
the name of the Poull Mercantile Company. 
Mr. Bosch, however, still owns a controll- 
ing interest in the business. He is regarded 
as one of the most prominent men in the 
upper mining region, and has taken an act- 
ive part in all public enterprises for the ad- 
vancement of his town. He is liberal, gi\- 
ing freely of his time and means to support 
all worthy enterprises, and is a charitable 
and benevolent man, always ready to extend 
a helping hand to the need}'. 

On the 20th of May, 1887, nearly the 
whole town of Lake Linden was swept away 
by a disastrous fire, and Mr. Bosch lost his 
brewery, store and residence, but fortunately 
much of this was covered by insurance. 
With characteristic energy he at once began 
to rebuild and now has a nice residence and 
other buildings. He possesses good busi- 
ness ability, and the enterprising and pro- 
gressive spirit which characterizes the West, 
and his life has been one of success. 

In his political views, Mr. Bosch is a 
moderate Republican. For four years he 
was president of the village of Lake Linden, 
and his interest in the public welfare and his 
well known devotion to duty made him a 
faithful officer. 

In 1875 Mr. Bosh was united in mar- 
riage with Miss Mary Wertin, who died in 
1888, leaving one child, Mary J., born De- 
cember 3, 1875. He was again married 
July 23, 1890, his second union being with 



Kate Kemp, by whom he has three children: 
Antoinette, born May 29, 1891; Martha 
W. , born February 22, 1893; and Joseph 
M., born May 8, 1894. Mr. and Mrs. 
Bosch are members of the Catholic Church. 



aHAKLES A, MAYWORM, the only 
merchant in Houghton, Michigan, 
who deals exclusively in boots and 
shoes, is a native of Elgin, Illinois, 
burn February 18, 1865, son of Frank A. 
Mayworm, who is a German by birth, a shoe- 
maker by trade, and now a resident of Lake 
Linden, Michigan. Charles attended the 
public school until he was seventeen, and 
while going to school spent his leisure time 
in learning the trade of shoemaker in his 
father's shop. Afterward he worked two 
years for his father. Then he went to Han- 
cock, Michigan, and worked one year for 
Mr. Ziegler, at the end of which time he 
engaged in business for himself at Perkins- 
ville, Houghton county, and remained there 
five years. His next move was to Hough- 
ton. Here he had a repair shop for a year 
and a half, then he added a general stock 
of boots and shoes, and since then he has 
conducted a prosperous business. 

Mr. Mayworm is manager of the Armory 
Opera Honse; is First Lieutenant of Com- 
pany F, Fifth Regiment, Michigan National 
Guards, and is a Master Mason. 

He married Miss Kate Hummel, of 
Houghton. 



ON. W. W. WENDELL, an attor- 
ney of Ontonagon, was born in 



1 P Holly, Michigan, January 7, 1852. 
• His father, Joseph C. Wendell, 

was a native of Niagara county, New York, 



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and remained there until he came to Oak- 
land, Michigan, in 1837. His death oc- 
curred at the latter city in 1877, at the age 
of sixty-six years. His father, John A. Wen- 
dell, was also a native of New York, of Hol- 
land Dutch descent, and was a farmer by 
occupation. The mother of our subject, 
Morrilla Coffeen, was born in New York, a 
daughter of Alvin A. Coffeen, a native of 
Vermont, and of Irish and Dutch descent. 
Mrs. Wendell still resides in Holly, aged 
seventy-nine years. 

W. W. Wendell, the fifth of seven chil- 
dren, five sons and two daughters, was 
reared and educated in Holly and also grad- 
uated at the literary department of the 
State Normal in 1876. He afterward had 
charge of the Clinton and Hudson schools. 
In 1885 Mr. Wendell graduated at the law 
department of the Ann Arbor University, and 
from 1887 to 1890 he was engaged in the 
practice of law at Northville, Wayne coun- 
ty, Michigan. In the latter year he was 
elected to represent the Second district of 
Wayne county in the Legislature. In 1891 
Mr. Wendell was appointed Prosecuting At- 
torney for Ontonagon county, and located 
in this city the same year, where he has 
ever since resided. 

In his social relations he is a member of 
the R. A., the K. of P., the K. O. T. M. 
and is a thirty-second degree Mason. Po- 
litically, he allies himself with the Demo- 
cratic party. 



>^OHN H. COMSTOCK, Ontonagon, 
^ Michigan, was born at Portsmouth, 
f% J Ohio, May 15, 1847, and the follow- 
ing summer moved to Milwaukee, 
Wisconsin. He was educated in Milwaukee 
and graduated at the high school of that 



place in 1862, when fifteen years of age. 
For several years he was carrier for the 
Milwaukee Sentinel and Wisconsin, and after 
leaving school ran as newsboy for some 
months on the old Milwaukee & LaCrosse 
Railroad, now a part of the Chicago, Mil 
waukee & St. Paul system. He left Mil- 
waukee in March, 1863, and located at 
Oconto, Wisconsin, where he worked in the 
woods, on the drive and in the mills until 
the fall of 1868, when he became associated 
with Albert Bosworth of Fond du Lac, Wis- 
consin, and established the lumber firm of 
Bosworth & Comstock, afterward succeeded 
by the firm of Comstock & Simpson. In the 
fall of 1874, this firm was dissolved, and 
from that time until 1880 he operated a 
farm on the Oconto river. He then became 
interested in the lumber firm of Mayhew 
Brothers, and as their manager carried on a 
logging and manufacturing business at Green 
Bay and West Depere, Wisconsin, and Me- 
nominee, Michigan, continuing until the fall 
of 1886, when he suffered an injury in the 
woods, which rendered it necessary to close 
the firm, the business of which had been 
very successful. From this time until Sep- 
tember, 1889, he traveled, visiting most of 
the countries of Europe and every State and 
Territory in the United States, Quebec, On- 
tario, Manitoba and Vancouver island. In the 
winter of 1893-4 he traveled through Mexico 
as far as Vera Cru2. 

Mr. Comstock's identity with Ontonagon, 
Michigan, dates from September, 1889, 
when he was appointed general manager of 
the lumber interests of the Diamond Match 
Company, which position he still holds. 
During the winter of 1 894-5 he organized 
and controlled one of the largest, if not the 
most extensive, pine lumbering operations 
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between December i, 1894, and April 1, 
1895, aggregating a trifle over 180,000,000 
feet! 

In his political views, Mr. Conistock is 
in harmony with the principles advocated by 
the Republican party, and by that party he 
was chosen Presidential Elector in the fall 
of 1892 to represent the northern peninsula 
of Michigan. For two terms he served as 
President of the village of Ontonagon. He is 
a Knight Templar, a member of the Mystic 
Shrine and a thirty-second degree Mason. 

Such, in brief, is a sketch of the life of 
one of the substantial business men and 
worthy citizens of Ontonagon. 



^»T*AMES CORGAN. — The business and 
m official record of the history of the 
A 1 growth and development of Ontona- 
gon would be incomplete were no 
mention made of this gentleman, who has 
been for many years a leading and influental 
citizen of the Upper Peninsula and an im- 
portant factor in its progress and advance- 
ment. His friends throughout the community 
are many and will gladly receive this account 
of the life work of one who stands so high 
in their regard. 

Mr. Corgan was born in Vaughan town- 
ship. Peel county, Canada, July 26, 1849, 
and is a son of Charles Corgan, a native of 
Ireland. He was bookkeeper and flax-buyer 
for the firm of Jackson Clark & Company of 
Belfast, Ireland, and also taught school in 
Canada for a number of years, coming 
to America when a young man. Subse- 
sequently he engaged in farming and manu- 
facturing lumber and furnishing planks for 
the Government roads in Canada. In 1864 
he came to northern Michigan, locating at 



Copper Harbor, where he was employed by 
the Clark Mining Company, with whom he 
continued an efficient and trusted employe 
for many years. He was lighthouse-keeper 
at Manitou island and Copper Harbor, and 
for many years carried on a hotel at the lat- 
ter place. He thus became widely known 
throughout northern Michigan and was a 
highly respected man, winning friends 
wherever he went. His death occurred in 
Copper Harbor when in the sixty-ninth 
year of his age. His wife, who bore the 
maiden name of Mary Mooney, was also 
born on the Emerald Isle, and her death 
occurred in her sixty-fourth year. In the 
family were ten children, — six sons and 
four daughters. 

James Corgan, who is the fourth child 
and third son, was reared under the parental 
roof and began his education in the public 
schools near his Canadian home. He came 
with his parents to northern Michigan in 
1864, then fifteen years of age, and re- 
mained at home until twenty-three years of 
age, completing his education within that 
time at the schools of Copper Harbor. His 
first employment after leaving the parental 
roof was in the machine shop of Penberthy 
& Frunkey, of Hancock, Michigan, and after 
a short time engaged with W. W. & E. T. 
Williams, dredging at L'Anse, Michigan. 
After two years he secured a position as 
teacher in the schools of L'Anse, where he 
spent the winter. 

While at that place Mr. Corgan was 
married, November 30, 1872, to Miss Mary 
Raher, a native of the Emerald Isle and a 
daughter of Captain Raher. He afterward 
moved to Manitou island, having charge of 
the lighthouse at that place until 1875, 
when he was transferred to Gull Rock, 
where he continued until 1883. In that 



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year he was sent to Ontonagon, where he is 
still in the service. He first began this 
work in 1866, when he took the place of 
his brother, who was drowned, and there 
remained until 1869, when he resigned in 
order to attend school. For twenty-four 
years he has been in the Government service 
in this capacity, and his care and watchful- 
ness make him a most trusted employe. 
During the winter season he has also been 
engaged in merchandising at Red Jacket 
and Ontonagon, and in 1874 he built a 
steam tug. When he first came to Ontona- 
gon he was also engaged in the fishing busi- 
ness, having a number of men employed 
with a steam tug and others with small boats. 
He shipped his fish to Chicago, Buffalo and 
Detroit and carried on that enterprise until 
1888, when he sold out and embarked in 
the mercantile business in Ontonagon, in 
partnership with his brother, to whom he 
sold out two years later. Mr. Corgan then 
invested his capital in real estate, and after 
two years again bought out. his brother and 
started a general merchandise store under 
the firm name of James Corgan & Sons, 
which he continued until 1892, when he 
sold out. The previous year he built the 
only opera house in the city, known as the 
Corgan Opera House, in 1893 erected a 
business block, and in 1S94 the post-office 
building. 

In 1893 Mr. Corgan was called upon to 
mourn the loss of his wife, who died on the 
1 2th of February and was mournd by many 
friends, for she was an estimable lady and 
gained the love of all who knew her. In 
the family are eight children: William J., 
James P., Charles F., Hugh, May E., 
Harry, Mattie and Hyerman. 

In his political views Mr. Corgan is a 
stalwart Republican, recognized as one of 



the leaders of his party in this locality. For 
two years he has served as a member and 
chairman of the Board of Education, and was 
also connected with the board for two more 
years, doing all he could to raise the standard 
of the schools. While at Copper Harbor he 
was honored with a number of offices, serv- 
ing as Deputy Postmaster, Township Clerk, 
Commissioner of Highways, and was also 
Deputy United States Marshal for a time. 
He is president of the Catholic Mutual Be- 
nevolent Association of Ontonagon, was in- 
strumental in the organization of the fire 
department and has served as its chief engi- 
neer. While serving on the School Board, 
in connection with Judge Haire, he organ- 
ized the new township school-district sys- 
tem, and through his efforts the free-book 
system of Ontonagon was secured. He is 
indeed a friend to the cause of education, 
which he regards as one of the essentials in 
producing good citizens, and his labors are 
untiring in the interests of the schools in 
this community. He is an ardent supporter 
of the cause of temperance, and throughout 
his entire life has never tasted into.xicants of 
any kind, nor does he use tobacco. 

Such, in brief, is the record of one of 
the valued and honored citizens of Onto- 
nagon, but it tells something of the straight- 
forward upright life that is well worthy of 
emulation. Wherever found he has been 
the same courteous, honorable gentleman, 
devoted to the best interests of the com- 
munity with which he is connected and to 
its moral, intellectual and material welfare. 
Through the legitimate channels of business 
he has guided his craft to the harbor of 
prosperity, and is now the possessor of a 
handsome competence. His public career 
is without a blemish and his friendship is 
prized most by those who know him best. 



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•alter S. GOODLAND, an at- 
torney of Ironwood, was born in 
Sharon, Walworth county, Wis- 
consin, December 22, 1862. His 
father, John Goodland, was a native of 
Taunton, Somersetshire, England. He was 
born August 10, 1831, and came to America 
in 1849, at the age of eighteen years. He 
settled in Wisconsin in 1854, where he has 
resided ever since with the exception of a 
few years in Chicago, and has taken a 
prominent part in the public life of central 
Wisconsin for many years. He has held 
numerous offices of trust and is now serving 
as Judge of the Tenth judicial district of that 
State. The mother of our subject, nee 
Caroline M. Clark, was a native of New 
York, of English descent, but is now de- 
ceased, having died October 26, 1893. They 
were the parents of nine children. 

Walter Samuel Goodland, the sixth child 
and third son, moved with his parents to 
Chicago when three years old and thence to 
Appleton, Wisconsin. He graduated at the 
high school of that city, and also .spent one 
year in Lawrence University at that place. 
After teaching school five years he began the 
study of law with his father and was admit- 
ted to the bar by Judge George H. Meyers, 
at Appleton, March 9, 1886. He located 
at Wakefield, Michigan, in March of the fol- 
lowing year, and soon established the Wake- 
field Bulletin, which he continued to pub- 
lish for about a year, and then moved to 
Ironwood, in March, 1888, and founded the 
Ironwood Times, which he continued to 
publish until May, 1895. In November, 
1894, he resumed the practice of law, open- 
ing an office at Ironwood. March 30, 1895, 
he was appointed to the position of Post- 
master of the city of Ironwood by President 
Cleveland, and is now serving in that capac- 



ity. In political matters our subject affili- 
ates with the Democratic party. Socially 
he is a member of the I. O. O. F. and Ma- 
sonic order, and organized, and was Captain 
of, the Curry Rifles, Company H, Fifth 
Regiment Michigan National Guards, for 
two years. 

On April 26, 1883, he was united in 
marriage, at Oshkosh, Wisconsin, to Miss 
Christena Lewis, a native of England, who 
had removed to that city with her parents at 
about the age of twelve years. Five chil- 
dren have been born to this union, — Mary, 
John, Kenneth (deceased), Rudyard and 
Mabel (deceased). 



EON. JAMES MERCER is a gen- 
tleman whose long identity with 
Michigan and prominent connec- 
tion with its affairs render him a 
fit subject for biographical honors in this 
volume. 

Born at Norwood Hill, London, Eng- 
land, September 9, 1830, he was brought 
by his parents to America in 1833, locating 
in Michigan before it was a State. Of his 
ancestry little is known beyond the history 
of his parents. His father, Robert Mercer, 
was born in Sussex, England, of Norman 
descent, and by occupation a timber mer- 
chant, carrying on business in London for a 
number of years. The mother of our sub- 
ject was before her marriage Miss Sarah 
Hathaway Treacher, London being her na- 
tive place. On their arrival in America, 
they took up their abode in Michigan, as 
already stated, but subsequently removed to 
Canada, where the father died, at the age of 
sixty-four years. The mother was eighty at 
the time of her death. In their family were 
ten children, five sons and five daughters. 



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all of whom reached maturity, James being 
the youngest. He was three years old when 
they came to Michigan, went to Canada 
with his parents and remained with them 
there, attending school until he was sixteen. 
Going then to Detroit, he launched out for 
himself, securing a clerkship there and re- 
maining thus occupied four years. When 
he was twenty he became a steamboat clerk 
and was in the lake service until 1853. In 
this way he drifted up on the shore of Lake 
Superior. Locating at Houghton, he was 
employed as clerk for the copper mines of 
this place from 1853 until the spring of 
1857. The latter date found him in Onto- 
nagon. Here he became a steamboat agent 
and also engaged in docking and dealing in 
supplies, and in this he has continued up to 
the present time and has been very success- 
ful in his operations. 

Politically, Mr. Mercer started out as a 
Whig. When the Republican party was 
organized he joined it and has remained 
a consistent member of the same ever since. 
In 1880 he was elected to the Michigan 
State Legislature as Representative for the 
district of Ontonagon, Keweenaw, and Isle 
Royale counties, and in 1882 he was hon- 
ored by election as Senator for the Thirty- 
second district of Michigan. Both as a Rep- 
resentative and Senator he acquitted himself 
most creditably. Mr. Mercer has also ren- 
dered valued service in local offices. When 
the village of Ontonagon was organized 
he was elected its President and served as 
such three terms; also served as School 
Director. For a number of years he 
has been prominently identified with the 
Masonic lodge. 

He was married June 7, 1857, to Miss 
Grace M. Hill, a native of New York, who 
was reared in Detroit, Michigan. Her 



father. Dr. Hill, was a prominent physician 
of that city, and her mother was before her 
marriage a Miss Reese. They both died 
when she was small and she was reared by 
an uncle. Dr. Whiting, and died in October, 
1893. Mr. Mercer has four children living, 
as follows: Mary W., wife of J. G. Parker, 
Jr., Ontonagon, Michigan; Robert Guy, a 
resident of Chicago, married Miss Bessie 
Parker, eldest daughter of Captain John G. 
Parker, of Ontonagon; John Walter, super- 
intendent of the Monte Christo mines, Monte 
Christo, Washington; and Harry Talman, 
attending school. 



>rr'UDGE NORMAN W. HAIRE, Iron- 
M wood, Michigan, dates his identit}' 
A w with this place from 1892. He has, 
however, resided in northern Michi- 
gan for a number of years and is well known 
here, where, as an educator, lawyer and 
Judge, he has come in contact with many of 
the leading people of this part of the State. 
A sketch of his life will therefore be of in- 
terest to many, and briefly is as follows: 

N. W. Haire was born in the town of 
Columbia, Jackson county, Michigan, Feb- 
ruary 24, 1855. His father, Frederick H. 
Haire, is a native of Yates county. New 
York, born in 1824, son of Robert Haire, 
who was of Scotch-Irish origin. The former 
is a retired farmer and is now living at 
Jackson, Michigan. Frederick H. Haire 
and his wife, whose maiden name was Lucy 
J. Smith, and who was born in New York in 
1 83 1, are the parents of four children, 
namely: N. W. , the subject of our sketch; 
Martha C, wife of William H. Hunt, of 
Onondaga, Michigan; Perry J., a merchant 
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Kate M., wife of Ion D. Eddy, a farmer of 
Charlotte, Michigan. 

The subject of our sketch spent the first 
four years of his hfe in his native place. 
Then the family removed to Hillsdale coun- 
ty, Michigan, where they resided until he 
was ten, their next move being to Ononda- 
ga, Ingham county. Until he was seventeen 
he attended the district schools in winter 
and worked on the farm in summer; from 
that time until 1876 his time was divided 
between teaching and attending school, and 
in 1876 he entered the Michigan University 
at Ann Arbor, where he graduated in 1880, 
with the degree of A. B. Soon after his 
graduation he was married, and the follow- 
ing year he was appointed superintendent of 
the Rockland schools in Ontoangon county, 
which position he filled until 1883. At that 
time he returned to Ann Arbor and studied 
law in the University, and in the office of N. 
W. Cheever, and graduated in 1885. Re- 
turning to Rockland, he resumed teaching 
and also engaged in the practice of law, 
continuing both until 1887, when he aban- 
doned the former occupation. In the fall of 
1886 he was elected Prosecuting Attorney 
for Ontonagon county, which at that time 
included Gogebic, and the following summer 
removed to Ontonagon, which place contin- 
ued to be his home until the spring of 1892. 
In the spring of 1891 he was appointed Cir- 
cuit Judge for the Thirty-second Judicial 
Circuit to fill a vacancy, the appointment 
being made by Governor Winans. In the 
fall of the following year he was elected to 
fill the unexpired term, and the next spring 
was re-elected for a term of six years, the 
election being without opposition. This 
circuit includes the counties of Gogebic and 
Ontonagon. 

Since 1892 Judge Haire has resided in 

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Ironwood, and since 1893 has occupied his 
present commodious and attractive home, 
which he built that year. He was married 
July 3, 1880, to Miss Lydia U. Moore, 
daughter of Parley P. and Abigail (Culver) 
Moore, natives of New York. Her father 
died when she was three years old. She 
was born at Bunker Hill, Ingham county, 
Michigan, June 21, 1856, and had excellent 
educational advantages. She is a graduate 
of the Ann Arbor high school, and was a 
student of the Michigan State University in 
the class of 1881. For three years she 
taught in southern Michigan and one year 
was teacher in the Leslie high school. The 
Judge and Mrs. Haire have two children: 
Mildred M., born August 6, 1884, in Ann 
Arbor; and Paula L. , in Ontonagon, June 
25, 1890. 

Politically, Judge Haire is a Republican. 
Fraternally, he is identified with the B. P. 
O. E. , K. of P. and the various branches of 
the F. & A. M., having his membership in 
the blue lodge at Rockland, in the chapter 
at Hancock, in thecommandery at Calumet, 
and in the Mystic Shrine at Grand Rapids. 



aAPTAIN JAMES PIPER, of the 
Sildon mine and a resident of Bes- 
semer, Michigan, since 1888, was 
born in Middletown, Connecticut, 
July 3, 1857. His father, also named 
James, was a native of Cornwall, England, 
and was by occupation a miner, which he 
followed all through life. He came to 
America when a young man and located in 
Connecticut, afterward made several moves, 
and finally located at Ishpeming, Michigan, 
where, about 1879, he retired from business 
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years. Our subject's mother, whose maiden 
name was Martha M. Edwards, was also 
born in England. She has been a resident 
of America since her early girlhood and is 
now living at Bessemer. This worthy couple 
had a family of four sons and one daughter 
who grew to maturity, James being the eld- 
est son. All the sons followed their father's 
occupation. 

When James was a small boy his parents 
went to North Carolina and subsequently re- 
moved from there to Port Henry, New 
York, he being reared principally at the lat- 
ter place, where he attended public school 
until he was fifteen. At that age he began 
working in the iron mines near Port Henry, 
where he was employed until he was twenty. 
In 1876 he came to Ishpeming, Michigan, 
and the following six months worked in the 
iron mines at Spur mountain. His next 
move was to Colorado, where he spent 
about a year working in the Comstock mine. 
Returning to Michigan at the end of that 
time he resumed mining at Spur mountain, 
where he was employed for two years, or 
until the mine was closed. From that time 
until 1888 he was in Minnesota, and since 
1888, as already stated, he has been identi- 
fied with Bessemer. Here he was employed 
as mining captain by James Selwood, who 
opened the Colby mine, and continued with 
him until the following year, when the lease 
ran out. His next engagement was with 
the Colby Mining Company, or the Penekee 
& Gogebic Development Company, with 
which he has since served as a mining 
captain. At one time he had as many as 
700 men under his charge, but at this writ- 
ing he has charge of only 375. 

Mr. Piper was married April 5, 1881, to 
Miss Jennie E. Walton, a native of New 
York and a daughter of John Walton, of that 



State. They have two children, — William 
L. and Gordon W. 

Politically Mr. Piper is a Republican. 
For the past four years he has been a mem- 
ber of the City Council. Fraternally he is 
identified with Bessemer Lodge, No. 390, 
F. & A. M. ; and with the A. O. U. W. at 
Bessemer. He is a man of sterling integ- 
rity and excellent business ability, and as 
such is respected by all who know him. 



H 



'LFRED MEADS, a successful busi- 
ness man, real-estate dealer, owner 
of mining lands and the editor 
and publisher of the Ontonagon 
Miner, was born in Brighton, England, on 
the 8th of January, 1831. His father, George 
Meads, was a baker by trade, who estab- 
lished business in Brighton in 18 19. That 
business is still carried on by his son and 
grandson, under the firm name of Meads & 
Son. The mother of our subject bore the 
maiden name of Ann Parker and was also a 
native of England. In the family were 
nineteen children, eight of whom grew to 
mature years, while six are now living, 
ranging in years from fifty-five to seventy- 
four. 

The gentleman whose name heads this 
record spent his early years under the paren- 
tal roof, and at the age of fifteen was ap- 
prenticed to a jeweler, serving for a term of 
five years, during which period he thorough- 
ly mastered the business, becoming an ex- 
pert in his line. He then determined to 
come to America and shortly after attaining 
his majority he carried out his purpose, em- 
barking for his destination in the spring of 
1852, reaching Cleveland, Ohio, on the istof 
May. He there began business as a watch- 
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in that city until 1859, when he came to On- 
tonagon, Michigan, arriving at his place of 
destination on the 8th of Way. Here he 
bought out a jewelry store and successfully 
carried on business for about eighteen years, 
building up a large trade and winning a 
place among the leading merchants of the 
city. His store was complete in all its 
appointments, and his fair and straightfor- 
ward dealing, his courteous treatment and 
his earnest desire to please his customers 
won him a liberal patronage and brought 
to him a handsome competence. When al- 
most two decades had passed he resolved to 
devote his energies to other pursuits and ac- 
cordingly sold out. 

Mr. Meads now engaged in mining and 
real-estate dealing, and is still engaged along 
that line. He owns a number of residences 
and some good business property in the 
city, and has outside properties that make 
him one of the largest landholders in 
the Upper Peninsula. In connection with 
a partner he sold 4,080 acres of land. He 
is agent for and a heavy stockholder in the 
Ridge and other copper mines, which are 
now in operation,- and has other extensive 
mining interests. In 1869 he purchased the 
Ontonagon Miner, which was established in 
1855 and is the oldest paper on the lake; 
and his able management has made it a pop- 
ular paper, well patronized, its circulation 
steadily increasing. 

Mr. Meads takes quite a prominent part 
in public affairs and is a stalwart supporter 
of the Republican party, casting his first vote 
for Abraham Lincoln. He has been hon- 
ored with a number of public offices, having 
served as Judge of the Probate Court of On- 
tonagon; as President of the village; as Col- 
lector of Internal Revenue; as Collector of 
Customs, and is now County Agent of the 



State Board of Correction and Charities. 
In all these various positions he has ever 
discharged his duties with promptness and 
fidelity, true to the best interests of the com- 
munity and the confidence reposed in him. 
He belongs to Cleveland Lodge, I. O. O. F. , 
and in all the relations of life he is an hon- 
orable, upright man, whose well spent life 
has gained him the confidence and good 
will of those with whom he has been brought 
in contact. Various offices have occupied 
his attention and all have been managed 
with the same fidelity to principle. In what- 
ever place or position found he is ever an 
honorable gentleman, courteous and pleas- 
ant, and in the history of his adopted county 
he well deserves representation. 

Mr. Meads was married in Cleveland in 
185s to Miss Maria Parker, a native of 
England, who came to America in 1855, 
settling in Cleveland. They are now the 
parents of five children, namely: Hattie A., 
at home; George A., who is now in Califor- 
nia; Clara, at home; Alex P., a graduate of 
the Michigan Mining School, located at 
Houghton, Michigan; and Elizabeth, who 
completes the family. 



vy^ R. BYRON TAYLOR, Menominee, 

I I Michigan, is well known as the 

/^^J popular Homeopathic physician of 

this city. A brief sketch of his life 

is as follows: 

Dr. Taylor was born in a log house at 
Iron Ridge, Wisconsin, April 3, 1852, the 
younger of the two children of Oliver and 
Loana (Tuttle) Taylor, the former a native 
of New York State and the latter of one of 
the New England States. They are now 
residents of Hartford, Wisconsin. The Doc- 



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tor's sister, Marion, is the wife of J. J. Falk- 
ingham and lives at Alameda, California. 

The subject of our sketch was reared in 
his native State and was educated in the 
high school at Horicon, the Madison Univer- 
sity, and in a business college at Milwaukee. 
The medical profession being his choice, he 
entered the Hahnemann College at Chicago 
and graduated with the class of 1879. Im- 
mediately after his graduation, he came to 
Menominee, Michigan, and entered upon 
his professional career, and here he has es- 
tablished a large and lucrative practice, he 
being now the oldest physician of his school 
in the city. He keeps well abreast with the 
advancement the science of medicine is 
making. Recently he prepared and read 
an able paper before the Sanitary Conven- 
tion of Menominee. 

Dr. Taylor was married in 1876 to Clara 
J. Warner, a native of Hazel Green, Wis- 
consin, born August 19, 1852, daughter of 
Theodore and Eliza J. (Langley) Warner. 
Her father was a native of New York, of 
Welsh origin, and her mother was born in 
Indiana, of English descent. They were 
among the early settlers of Prairie du Chien, 
Wisconsin ; both are now deceased. In their 
family were three children, namely: Mary 
E. Sawyer, Horicon, Wisconsin; Mrs. Tay- 
lor; and William, of Menominee. The Doc- 
tor and his wife have had six children, four 
of whom are living, — Earl, Bessie, Robert, 
and Raymond. Those deceased were Harold 
and Fred. 

The Dr. and Mrs. Taylor are members 
of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He 
has a fine barytone voice and has for years 
been a member of the choir. Socially, he 
is an A. O. U. W. ; politically, a Democrat. 
He was elected Mayor of Menominee in 1 890 
and served four years, has also served as 



Coroner and Health Officer, and at this 
writing is Secretary of the Board of Pension 
Examiners. He was at one time brought 
out as a candidate for State Senator by the 
Democratic party, but was defeated by a 
comparatively small number of votes, his op- 
ponent being the Hon. Joseph Fleshiem, one 
of the most popular men in the peninsula. 
Personally, Dr. Taylor is a man of pleas- 
ing presence. He has the happy faculty of 
winning the confidence and favor of all with 
whom he comes in contact, both profession- 
ally and otherwise. 



aLAUDE W. CASE, secretary and 
manager of the Newberry Furnace 
Company, Newberry, Michigan, is 
at the head of one of the leading 
enterprises of this section of the country, 
and we take pleasure in making personal 
mention of him in this work. Before pro- 
ceeding to a sketch of his life, however, we 
present some facts touching on the large 
establishment with which he is connected. 

But few towns, if any, of the size of 
Newberry can boast of so complete a fur- 
nace as the one referred to in the above 
paragraph, the Newberry Furnace, which 
was established in the spring of 1882, with 
means furnished by the following gentle- 
men: Francis Palms, John S. Newberry, 
James McMillan, and other Detroit capi- 
talists, James McMillan being its first presi- 
dent. Its capital stock was $400,000. 
Until 1888 it was known as the Vulcan 
Furnace Company, and that year it was 
succeeded by the Newberry Furnace Com- 
pany. The capacity of the plant is seventy- 
five gross tons of charcoal pig-iron per day, 
and the product is consumed by the car- 
wheel and malleable-iron trades. From 



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the time of its establishment the furnace 
was in practically continuous operation 
until the panic of 1893, when it was closed 
temporarily, opening in January, 1894, but 
again closing the following May, so to remain 
till the return of business confidence. 

Mr. Case entered the employ of New- 
berry & McMillan, Detroit, Michigan, as 
bookkeeper, on December 15, 1884. He 
continued as such until 1888, when he was 
elected secretary of the Newberry Furnace 
Company, and in 1890 became its manager 
also, and removed to Newberry in Novem- 
ber of that year to take active charge of the 
business of the company. Its present corps 
of officers is as follows: James McMillan, 
president; Truman H. Newberry, vice-presi- 
dent; William C. McMillan, treasurer; and 
Claude W. Case, secretary and manager, 
Mr. Case being the only officer residing in 
Newberry. He is thoroughly acquainted 
with the business in its every detail, and in 
short is the right man in the right place. 

Mr. Case was born in Brighton, Livings- 
ton county, Michigan, September 3, 1861, 
son of the late Spaulding M. Case, who 
figured as one of the early pioneers of 
Brighton. Spaulding M. Case was born in 
the Empire State, in the year of 181 5. 
While he received only a limited education, 
he possessed a shrewd business capacity and 
was for many years successfully engaged in 
merchandising at Brighton. His political 
views were those of the old Whig party, and 
he served as a member of the Michigan 
House in 1851. His death occurred in June, 
1867. Little is known of his ancestors save 
that his father was an Englishman. Our 
subject's mother was Serena, nee Lawson, 
born in Connecticut in the year 1835. She 
was a daughter of John Lawson, atone time 
a resident of New York city and subse- 



quently a pioneer farmer of Livingston 
county, Michigan. Only two children com- 
posed the family of Spaulding M. and Serena 
Case, — Claude W. and Fred S., the latter 
being paying teller in the People's Savings 
Bank in Detroit. The brother, Fred S. 
Case, was born in Brighton, August 14, 
1865. 

At the age of fourteen Claude W. began 
clerking in a dry-goods store at Lansing. 
Later on he was engaged in bookkeeping and 
general office work for manufacturing estab- 
lishments and jobbing houses, and in 1884 
became connected with Newberry & McMil- 
lan at Detroit, coming from there to his 
present location in 1890, as already stated. 
Since becoming a resident of Newberry he 
has been closely identified with its best in- 
terests in various capacities aside from his 
immediate business. He has served as vil- 
lage President and member of the Board of 
Supervisors. He was largely instrumental 
in securing the location, at Newberry, of the 
Upper Peninsula Asylum for the Insane, and 
as a fitting recognition of his efforts in this 
direction Governor Rich appointed him 
Chairman of the Board of Building Commis- 
sioners, and the sagacity of the Governor's 
choice has been well e.xemplified in the 
ability and fidelity displayed by Mr. Case. 
As a further recognition of his valuable serv- 
ices, on April 17, 1895, Governor Rich ap- 
pointed Mr. Case member of the regular 
Board of Trustees of the same institution 
for the long term of six years. Mr. Case is 
also secretary and treasurer of the Newberry 
Water & Light Company, organized here 
in 1895. 

He was married in Howell, Michigan, 
September 17, 1889, to Lillie Belle Spencer, 
born at Fowlerville, Michigan, February 25, 
1862, daughter of the late Dr. Henry N. 



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Spencer, who was a practitioner in Michi- 
gan for forty years, having come to this 
State from western New York, where he 
was born, in the year 1826. Her mother, 
iicc Electa Jane Brown, was born in Amherst 
Isle, Canada West, in the year 1829. Their 
children are Mrs. George W. Dennis, De- 
troit; Rev. C. B. Spencer and H. P. Spen- 
cer, of Denver, Colorado; and Mrs. Case. 
Mr. and Mrs. Case have two daughters: 
Ruth Margaret, born November 30, 1890; 
and Dorothy Serena, born July 4, 1894. 
Mr. Case is a Steward in the Methodist 
Episcopal Church. 



'^Y'OHN TREGEMBO, captain of the 
m Pabst mine, Ironwood, Michigan, 
^1 is another one of the prominent min- 
ing men of this district who dates 
his birth in Cornwall, England, that event 
having occurred September 30, 1847. 

At the early age of eight years he began 
working in the tin mines of his native land, 
following the occupation of his father, who 
was a miner all his life. In 1869 young 
Tregembo emigrated to America and came 
direct to Michigan, his first location being at 
Ishpeming, where he was employed in the 
Lake Superior mine one year. After this he 
went to Nevada and California and was en- 
gaged in the gold and silver mines of the 
West for several years, meeting with fair 
success. He developed the Tower mine 
and sold the same for $10,000. A few years 
later his wife was taken ill and he returned 
with her to England, where she died in 1887. 
On returning to America, he again located 
at Ironwood, Michigan, and he became 
identified with Ironwood, where he has since 
resided. His first work here was under Cap- 
tain Trebilcock, as timber boss, which he 



continued two years. Since then he has 
occupied his present position as captain of 
the Pabst mine. His long experience in 
mining operations has gained for him a wide 
knowledge of the business and he is regarded 
as an authority on the subject. 

Mr. Tregembo was married in 1873 to 
Miss Jane James, a native of England. 
She died, as above stated, in 1887, and left 
a family of five children, — Minnie, John J., 
Henry, Stephen and Thomas, — who are now 
in England, where they have been since her 
death. 

Mr. Tregembo is a Republican. At one 
time he represented the Eighth ward of 
Ironwood on the County Board of Super- 
visors. 



^"V* D. HOLLISTER, Postmaster of 
•^^^k* Crystal Falls, was born in Tomah, 

K ^ ^ Wisconsin, July 21, 1861. His 
father, S. D. Hollister, Sr. , was 
born and reared in Burnt Hills, New York, 
of English descent. About 1854 he moved 
to Tomah, Wisconsin, where he laid out 
the town site, was elected the first Post- 
master, and engaged in the real-estate busi- 
ness. He afterward moved to Sparta, in 
the same county, where he served as County 
Clerk six years, and next became a whole- 
sale druggist in Chicago, Illinois. In 1880 
Mr. Hollister came to Iron county, Michi- 
gan, and assisted in locating Crystal Falls, 
and was elected the first Clerk and Registrar 
of Deeds in the county. He also opened 
the Great Western, old Crystal Falls and 
Fairbank mines in the interest of the Crys- 
tal Falls Iron Company, Mr. Hollister hav- 
ing come to the city with George Runkel, 
the general manager of the company. In 
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own account, and three years afterward 
opened what is now called the Hollister 
mine, which he operated until 1S90. In 
June of the following year he removed to 
Johnson, Florida, where he now owns an 
orange grove. In his social relations he is a 
Royal Arch Mason. The mother of our 
subject, Emeline (Braman) Hollister, was 
born and reared in Chicopee, Massachu- 
setts, and is of English descent. She also is 
still living. S. D. and Emeline Hollister 
have had six children, five of whom still 
survive. 

S. D. Hollister, Jr., their second child 
and second son, completed his education at 
Sparta, Wisconsin. He removed with his 
parents to Chicago and studied telegraphy 
in the Western Union Telegraph office, re- 
maining there two years. In 1881 he came 
to what is now Crystal Falls, receiving the 
position of timekeeper for the Crystal Falls 
Iron Company, and also scaled the logs that 
were cut in what is now the streets of this 
city and sunk shafts for the company. Mr. 
Hollister next took charge of the company's 
lumber-yard and subsequently becam efore- 
man of the sawmill, remaining in that posi- 
tion about one year. For the following two 
and a half years he was employed as book- 
keeper for the Great Western Iron Com- 
pany, of Crystal Falls, spent one year as fore- 
man of Runkle's sawmill at Rapid City, South 
Dakota, was next bookkeeper for the Kim- 
ball mine, of this city, for the following two 
years was a clerk in the Lockwood Hotel, 
was made superintendent of the Hollister 
iron mine for one year, and was next en- 
gaged in the livery business three years. 

In political matters Mr. Hollister is a 
prominent worker in the Democratic party. 
He was appointed Township Clerk to fill a 
vacancy, and in 1893 was made Postmaster 



of Crystal Falls, which position he still con- 
tinues to fill. Socially he is a member of 
Crystal Falls Lodge, No. 385, F. & A. M. ; 
of Crystal Falls Chapter, No. 129, R. A. M. ; 
of Hugh McCurdy Commandery, No. 43, 
and of Medinah Temple, Mystic Shrine. 

Mr. Hollister was married in 1893 to 
Mary E. Runkel, who was born in Tomah, 
Wisconsin, on July 29, 1863, a daughter of 
George and Eliza (Lockwood) Runkel. 
They have had four children, — lone, Zilpha 
(deceased), Solomon C. and Emeline. 



aAPTAIN JOHN G. PARKER is en- 
titled to distinction as being the 
oldest lake captain in northern 
Michigan and also as the oldest 
settler in Ontonagon. His life has been an 
eventful one, and his history is therefore of 
especial interest in this connection. 

Before presenting a sketch of Captain 
Parker's life, we look briefly at his ancestry. 
Tracing back the agnatic line, it is found 
that his forefathers were among the early 
settlers of New England and occupied 
prominent and influential positions there. 
Ezra A. Parker, the Captain's father, was 
born in Winchester, New Hampshire, in 
1794, and died in Ontonagon, Michigan, 
August 28, i860. His father, Colonel Ezra 
Parker, was born in New Hampshire, April 
17, 1770, and died May 5, 1843. Colonel 
Parker's wife was before her marriage Miss 
Caroline Goldsborough. She was born in 
Bennington, Vermont, August 27, 1769, 
and died February 8, 1834. Ezra Parker, 
the great-grandfather of our subject, was 
born in Newton, Massachusetts, in 1731, 
and died in Winchester, New Hampshire, 
March 11, 1810. He was married in 1755 
to Miss Sarah Pratt, who was born in 1735 



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and died February 2, 181 3. The great- 
great-grandfather of Captain Parker was 
named John. This John Parker was born 
in Newton, Massachusetts, in 1700, and his 
wife, nee Sarah Bent, was also a native of 
that State, their marriage occurring in 
1725. He died in 1775. Of Captain 
Parker's mother, we record that her maiden 
name was Mary Farr; that she was born in 
Washington City, and that she died in 
Ontonagon, Michigan, in January, 1865, 
in the sixty-fifth year of her age. Her 
father. Major Farr, was of English descent 
and a native of Virginia. He carried 
the chain at the time the survey of the city 
of Washington was made, and in the war of 
1 8 1 2 he was a drummer boy. For many 
years he was a resident of Sodus, Wayne 
county. New York, where he was a fisher- 
man. In 1838 he removed to Wisconsin 
and located in what is now Elm Grove, 
where he passed the residue of his life and 
died. It was at Sodus, New York, that the 
Captain's parents were married. After their 
marriage he returned with his bride to Win- 
chester, New Hampshire, and in 1827 re- 
moved from there to Portland, Maine. He 
was by occupation a sailor. In 1831 he 
went to Canada, in 1837 returned to 
Sodus, New York, and the following year 
came out west to Wisconsin. In Wiscon- 
sin he settled down to the life of a farmer, 
locating on a farm one mile west of Neenah, 
whence he subsequently removed to Onto- 
nagon, Michigan, where he died. He and 
his wife were the parents of two sons, — Asa 
A. and John G. A biography of Asa A. 
Parker will be found on another page of 
this volume. 

John G. Parker was born in the town of 
Winchester, Cheshire county. New Hamp- 
shire, July 22, 1 82 1, and was seventeen 



years of age at the time his parents removed 
to Wisconsin. His education was received 
in Winchester, Portland and Toronto, in 
which cities, as already stated, his parents 
sojourned for a time. After their settle- 
ment in Wisconsin he remained on the farm 
with his father until 1843, when, in the fall 
of that year, he went to Keokuk, Iowa, and 
spent the following winter in getting out 
square timber. In the spring he rafted his 
timber down the river to St. Louis. At St. 
Louis he took passage on a Missouri river 
steamboat bound for Council Bluffs, — the 
John All, — but the passage was delayed for 
a time on account of the high waters. In 
a single day Captain Parker counted no less 
than fifty buildings floating down the river. 
When the high waters had subsided he 
shipped on the steamboat Old Mossuna, 
Captain Taylor, which made the trip from 
New Orleans to St. Louis in four days, five 
hours and thirty minutes, including all the 
stops. He continued on the river from the 
summer of 1844 until 1846, when he came 
to the Sault Ste. Marie with Captain Cal- 
vin Ripley, and shipped with him on the 
schooner Fur Trader, being employed as 
a common sailor. The following year he 
was made mate of this vessel, and continued 
as such until 1849, when he bought a half 
interest in it in company with the Minne- 
sota Mining Company. He ran this vessel 
from the Sault Ste. Marie to Ontonagon and 
south-shore ports, carrying copper down and 
freight up. In 1852 he sent this vessel to 
Eagle Harbor with a load of lumber from 
Ontonagon, Captain James Alexander in 
charge, and at that port the vessel went 
down and was lost. In 1 850 Captain Parker 
built the first frame house ever erected 
in Ontonagon. This house still stands. 
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iam H. Stevens and Levi Hannah, he 
erected the first sawmill of this place, and 
for about a year operated this mill. In 
March, 1853, he left for Milwaukee, in com- 
pany with Simon Mendlebaun, C. C. Doug- 
las, a Mr. Baraga and James Burdashaw, 
each with a dog train, the object of their 
visit to Milwaukee being the purchase of a 
schooner. This they accomplished, buying 
the George W. Ford. Captain Parker took 
charge of the vessel at once. At Milwaukee 
she was loaded for Ontonagon, and this trip 
was a memorable one in the Captain's ex- 
perience, the portage at Sault Ste. Marie re- 
quiring no less than two weeks' time and be- 
ing accomplished with great difficulty. He 
ran this vessel for a period of seventeen 
years, traversing Lake Superior, Lake Mich- 
igan, and smaller adjacent lakes. The 
George W. Ford was lost at Eagle Harbor 
in 1870, while in charge of one of Captain 
Parker's crew. 

Captain Parker's experience on the 
water covers a period of twenty-live years, 
and his residence at Ontonagon has been 
nearly twice that long. He is now the old- 
est living captain that ever sailed on Lake 
Superior. For a long time during his early 
evperience here he purchased his own car- 
goes, and he built a house for the purpose 
of storing supplies. For the past thirty 
years he has been engaged in merchan- 
dising in Ontonagon. He not only built the 
first house and the first mill at this place, 
but he also cast the first vote at the first 
town meeting held here. The Captain has 
always voted with the Democratic party and 
has filled various positions of local import- 
ance, among other offices filling those of 
County Superintendent for the Poor and 
Township Treasuer. 

Captain Parker was married December 



18, 1 85 1, to Miss Eleanor Beebe, a native of 
Bennington, Vermont, born July 31, 1826. 
She died September 5, 1889. Of their fam- 
ily, composed of three sons and two daugh- 
ters, we make record as follows: Charles 
A., a farmer, is located at Ramsey, Mower 
county, Minnesota; Reuben A. and John 
G. , both of Ontonagon, the latter engaged 
in farming; Mary Bessie, wife of Guy Mer- 
cer, resides in Chicago; and Grace M., the 
youngest, is unmarried and presides over 
her father's home. 



>T^UDGE A. A. PARKER, Probate 
m Judge of Ontonagon county, was 
A J born in Winchester, New Hampshire, 
January 6, 1820, a son of Ezra A. 
Parker, a native of the same State, of 
English descent and a soldier in the war of 
1812. The mother of our subject, nee Mary 
Farr, was born in Fairfax county, Virginia, 
of English descent. Her father, Bennett 
Farr, was a native of the same county, and 
was a chain-bearer for surveyors, having 
also assisted in the surveying of Washing- 
ton. He was a soldier in the war of 18 12. 
Ezra A. and Mary Parker had two sons: 
A. A., the subject of this sketch; and Captain 
John G. 

In November, 1830, at the age of ten 
years, the former was sent to his uncle, 
Reuben A. Parker, at Little York, now 
called Toronto, to complete his education, 
where he graduated seven years afterward as 
a surveyor. He spent the following year in 
Buffalo, New York. In the spring of 1838 
Mr. Parker took the old Anthony Wayne, a 
steamer, for Chicago, walking from there to 
Lockport, Will county, Illinois, at which 
place the engineer's office of the Illinois and 



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Michigan canal was located, and where he 
found employment as flagman and chain- 
bearer, receiving $6 per week. In 1840 he 
removed to Milwaukee, and from 1843 to 
185 1 he was engaged in building telegraph 
lines in Wisconsin and Illinois. In 1851 
Mr. Parker came to Ontonagon, and con- 
ducted the first sawmill on the Ontonagon 
river, following that occupation until in 
January, 1854. He then fitted up a dog 
team and went to the head of Lake Supe- 
rior along the southern shore, a distance of 
160 miles on ice, but the journey was made 
principally on snow shoes. He pre-empted 
160 acres of land, paying for the same at 
the land office on Willow river, or Hudson, 
Wisconsin, and in the following spring he 
returned to his land and commenced to lay 
out the town of Superior City, in company 
with Robert Slaughter, of St. Paul, and 
Benjamin Brunson, of Prairie du Chien. 
Mr. Parker drove the first stake at the head 
of Lake Superior for town-site purposes, 
March i, 1S54. In the following summer 
he sold his interest in Superior City and 
began work for the Canada & Liverpool 
Silver Mining Company, their land having 
been located on the north shore of Lake 
Superior. He remained with this company 
four years. Returning to Ontonagon, our 
subject built and conducted a small grocery 
until 1867. During the time he was with 
the Canada & Liverpool Mining Company 
he secured a piece of land at the mouth of 
Pigeon river, on the Minnesota side, and in 
1867 he moved with his family to that place, 
where he was engaged in farming, stock 
raising, fishing and the fur trade. In 1875, 
with the help of Indians, Mr. Parker built a 
twenty-ton schooner, and in the same year 
moved all his effects to this city, securing 
the position of bookkeeper with the Rich 



Brothers. He has served as Postmaster of 
Ontonagon four years, was appointed Pro- 
bate Judge of the county in 1888, and elected 
to that office in 1892 for four years. 

Mr. Parker was married in 1864, to 
Caroline L. Prince, a native of Buffalo, 
New York. They have had seven children, 
namely: Mary, wife of E. G. Emmons, a 
hardware dealer of Houghton; Kate J.; 
Aldis F. ; George T. , who was drowned in 
Lake Superior; Caroline, Walter P., and 
Lottie. 



(D 



A. POWERS, as County Clerk 
of Ontonagon county, Michigan, 
occupies a position of distinctive 
importance and is entitled to 
specific recognition in this work, which is 
devoted to a portrayal of the lives of the 
representative men in his county. 

He was born in New York city, Novem- 
ber 19, 1845, descending from good old 
Irish stock. His father, Patrick C. Powers, 
was born on the Emerald Isle, and in 1845 
emigrated to America and located in New 
York city, where he was employed in work 
at his trade, that of carpenter. The follow- 
ing year he removed to Vermont, subse- 
quently to Toledo, Ohio, from there to St. 
Paul, Minnesota, thence to Superior City, 
Wisconsin, and finally, in 1858, to Han- 
cock, Michigan. At the last named place 
he died, in 1877, at about the age of fifty- 
five years. The mother of our subject was 
by maiden name Miss Ellen McKeogh, and 
she, too, was a native of Ireland. She died 
in 1873, aged about fifty years. In their 
family were five children that reached adult 
age,— four sons and a daughter, — M. A. 
being the eldest. 



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In the fall of 1858 young Powers went 
to Hancock and from that time until 1862 
worked in the mines at that place. At the 
close of his experience there, while em- 
ployed in the stamp mill of the Franklin 
Mining Company, he had the misfortune to 
lose his left arm. After this he went to 
Montreal, Canada, and took an academy 
course, graduating there in 1864. Return- 
ing to Houghton in the fall of that year, he 
made his home there until May, 1865. In 
the fall he came to Ontonagon as clerk in 
the Biglow House, remained as such until 
spring, and then accepted the position of 
assistant bookkeeper for the Evergreen Bluff 
and Knowlton Mining companies; in the fall 
of 1 866 became bookkeeper for D. T. Welch 
& Company at Greenland, this county, with 
whom he remained until 1868, when he was 
elected County Clerk and Recorder of Deeds 
for Ontonagon county, and has been re- 
elected to this office ever since. His long 
continuance in this office is ample evidence 
of his efficiency and popularity. For some 
time past he has spent his leisure time in 
the study of law and has recently been ad- 
mitted to the bar as an attorney. Before 
leaving Mr. Power's official career, we fur- 
ther state that he served two terms as 
Treasurer of Greenland township and was 
for four years a Trustee of the village of On- 
tonagon. 

He was married in 1874, to Miss Emma 
Scheider, a native of Ontonagon county and 
a daughter of Henry and Frederica (Eichlen) 
Scheider, pioneers of this county. Mr. and 
Mrs. Powers are the parents of seven 
children, — Daisy, Gussie, Jay, Walter, Roy, 
Minnie and Sarah. 

Like most of the enterprising men of 
this place, Mr. Powers is connected with a 
number of fraternal organizations, having a 



membership in the I. O. O. F., K. O. T. 
M. and K. of P. He is a stanch Republi- 
can. 



>T^OHN ROBERT FOSTER, one of 
■ the progressive and valued citizens 
^1 of Luce county, Michigan, is serving 
in the capacity of Treasurer of Co- 
lumbus township, and is a well known edu- 
cator, who for the past five years has suc- 
cessfully engaged in teaching in McMillan. 
He is still a young man and his ability and 
traits of character make us free to predict for 
him a successful future. 

Mr. Foster is a native of Ontario, his 
birth having occurred in Little Briton, on 
the 24th of August, 1 87 1. His parents 
were James and Frances Foster, and some 
of the mother's ancestry were soldiers under 
Cromwell. When about a year and a half 
old, our subject was taken by his parents to 
Port Huron, Michigan, where he remained 
until the spring of 1886. Then at the age 
fifteen he removed to Newberry, Michigan, 
with Ellison A. Bryant, an uncle, for he 
was now an orphan, his mother having died 
when he was only six years of age, while 
the father's death occurred when John R. 
was a child of eight years. Almost a dec- 
ade has passed since Mr. Foster located in 
Luce county, where he attained his majority, 
and as a means of livelihood took up the 
teacher's profession, having for the past five 
years had charge of the schools of McMillan 
in Columbus township, where he is recog- 
nized as an able educator, his labors giving 
good satisfaction. 

In the spring of 1892, when twenty-one 
years of age, Mr. Foster was appointed to 
fill out the unexpired term of the Treasurer 
of Columbus township. Luce county; in the 



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spring of 1894 he was elected to the same 
office; and in April, 1895, was re-elected, so 
that he is the present incumbent. In his 
political views he is a stalwart Republican 
and an ardent advocate of protective tariff. 
Socially, he is connected with the Masonic 
fraternity and the Independent Order of 
Odd Fellows. His friends speak of him in 
terms of highest commendation and he is a 
popular and genial young man. 



^y^'lL.LIAM LOCKWOOD, foreman 
mm I for the Chicago Lumber Com- 
mjL^ pany, residing at Munising, and 
one of the directors of the Munis- 
ing School Board, is a lumberman of more 
than thirty years' experience, having first 
launched out into this business as an em- 
ploye of W. R. Burt, in the Lower Penin- 
sula, during the early '60s. His winters he 
spent in the woods and his summers in the 
construction of the dam, and in handling 
timber during the driving season. His next 
employer was the A. Press Company of 
Tawas, Michigan, in Iosco county; and on 
leaving them in 1884 he entered the service 
of the Chicago Lumber Company in the 
northern peninsula, as camp foreman, in 
which capacity his services have been ap- 
preciated, as proved by his long continuance 
in that position. 

Mr. Lockwood was born in Western, 
New Brunswick, near the line of the State 
of Maine, February 18, 1838. His father, 
Benjamin Lockwood, a lumberman, was 
also a native of New Brunswick, of Scotch 
parentage, his father, a native of Scotland, 
coming to New Brunswick at an early period, 
and was a farmer. Benjamin Lockwood 
married Jane Duncan, and their children 
were William, now of Munising; Robert, 



now residing in New Brunswick; James, and 
two others. Benjamin Lockwood died in 
1883, aged eighty-three years, and his wife 
in 1886. His mother died in 1892. 

Mr. William Lockwood, our subject, 
secured a limited school education and re- 
mained with his parents, aiding in their 
support, until he came to Michigan. He 
was united in marriage with Jane Bath, at 
Marquette, Marquette county, in 1891. She 
was born in Cornwall, England, in 1865. 
The children by this marriage are Ethel, 
Jane and Benjamin. 

In his views of national questions Mr. 
Lockwood coincides with the Republican 
party; and in his social relations he is a 
member of the order of K. O. T. M. 



I 



^^ AMUELBUTTERFIELD, Detour, 
•^^^k* Michigan, is one of the thrifty 

T\^J pioneers of this locality. He is 
second only to Thomas Sims in 
point of residence here, and, like Mr. Sims, 
came from England. 

His birth occurred in Cambridgeshire, 
England, January, i, 1837. His father was 
Samuel Butterfield, a corn merchant, who 
died in 1854; his mother, Mary Elizabeth 
(Strickland) Butterfield. Our subject was 
the sixth born in their family of eight 
children. He was educated in the common 
schools and when sixteen years old was ap- 
prenticed to the miller's trade. Not liking 
the milling business, however, he worked at 
this trade only a year, and then entered the 
Government employ at Detford, in the sup- 
ply and victualing yards, where ships were 
fitted out for Crimean service. When the 
war ended Mr. Butterfield was thrown out 
of employment by reason of a reduction of 
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making the Atlantic voyage on the City of 
Washington and landing in safety at New 
York. He visited at Buffalo, Detroit and 
Drummond Island, at the last named place 
having two English friends. He remained 
on the island a few months, a portion of 
that time employed as fisherman for Samuel 
Chambers. Soon he got together a small 
outfit and the next year engaged in business 
for himself. He has carried on business in- 
dependently ever since. For the past ten 
years he has been buying fish in company 
with T. C. Anthony. They handle 1 50 
tons yearly. During the whole of his ca- 
reer in this country Mr. Butterfield has pros- 
pered very materially and to-day he is rated 
as one of the substantial men in Detour. 

Mr. Butterfield was married in Detour, 
in February, 1862, to Miss Levina, daughter 
of Murray Seaman, who came to this place 
from Beaver Island, New York. Their 
children are Alva, who is sailing a fishing 
tug; Elizabeth, now Mrs. McClarney, of 
Detour; Agnes, wife of William Lewis, of 
this place; and Nora. 

Officially, Mr. Butterfield has filled a 
number of positions. He has been Super- 
visor of Detour township si.x years, has 
been Treasurer of the township the same 
length of time, and for many years has been 
a Justice of the Peace. His political affilia- 
tions are with the Republican party. Fra- 
ternally, he is identified with both the I. O. 
O. F. and F. & A. M. He has a mem- 
bership in Bethel lodge of the latter organ- 
izotion at Sault Ste. Marie. Mr. Butterfield 
has, indeed, a remarkable physique. He is 
six feet two inches in height, weighs 210 
pounds, and has never been sick a day in 
his life. He is a man of sterling integrity 
and is esteemed for his many excellent 
traits of character. 



>^OSEPH L. RIPLEY, Assistant 
fl United States Engineer on the St. 
A 1 Mary's river and canal improvement, 
was born in St. Clair county, Michi- 
gan, January 3, 1854, and his boyhood and 
youth were spent in Pontiac, this State, 
where he received a superior public school 
education, graduating at the high school 
there in 1872. After graduating he spent a 
few months in Sault Ste. Marie, and, return- 
ing to the Lower Peninsula, he entered the 
literary department of the University of 
Michigan, and graduated in June, 1876, 
having completed the course in civil en- 
gineering. From that time to 1877 he was 
engaged in survej'ing and relocating tracts of 
pine land on the Upper Peninsula. He 
was appointed United States Assistant En- 
gineer in June, 1877, under Alfred Noble, 
the engineer in charge of the construction of 
the lock of 1881 ; now he has special charge 
of the twenty-foot and twenty-one-foot 
channel and the Hay Lake improvements, 
and of the deepening of the canal prism. 

Mr. Ripley's father, Volney A. Ripley, 
— who was the son of Abner Ripley, — in his 
younger days studied law, was afterward 
admitted to the bar in Albany, New York, 
the State of his birth, and in 1840 came to 
Michigan, locating in St. Clair county. At 
length he abandoned the profession of law 
and engaged in the manufacture of lumber 
on Black river, in Sanilac county, then at 
Saginaw, and also at Carp river, near Mack- 
inac. He died at Mackinac in 1866, at the 
age of fifty-eight years. He married Miss 
Maria Klein, the daughter of Isaac Klein, 
who died, in 1894, at Algonac, Michigan, at 
the advanced age of ninety-seven years. 
He was a Disciple minister and came from 
New York State to Michigan. His surviv- 
ing children are: L. V., of Eau Claire, 



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Wisconsin, was a land-looker and farmer in 
Chippewa county, and brought the first 
buggy and mowing machine into the county; 
he is now in the employ of H. W. Sage & 
Company. M. T. , at Sault Ste. Marie, a 
pine-land dealer; Charles, captain and 
owner of the ferry International, Sault Ste. 
Marie; Mary L. , a teacher of the high school 
in that city; Norman, Inspector of Govern- 
ment dredging; Joseph; Ida M., a teacher 
in the public schools of Sault Ste. Marie; 
and Lillian, a resident of Los Angeles, Cal- 
ifornia. 

February 5, 1881, in Sault Ste. Marie, 
Mr. Ripley, our subject, married Miss Re- 
becca McNaughton, a daughter of W. W. 
McNaughton, and their children are: Eva, 
born April 11, 1882; Florence, May i, 
1885; Alice M., January 6, 1887. Mr. 
Ripley is a fine gentleman and in his pro- 
fession is far advanced, capable of any posi- 
tion in his line. 



Sp» INUS STANNARD, a retired mer- 
I i chant of Rockland, Michigan, has 
1 jj ll been identified with this place since 
1 861, has been a prominent factor 
in the town, and until 1892 figured as one 
of its leading business men. By virtue of 
the position he has occupied here all these 
years he is justly entitled to representation in 
this work, and we take pleasure in present- 
ing the following biography of his life: 

Linus Stannard is of Eastern birth. He 
first saw the light of day in Connecticut, 
June 19, 1840, and in that State both his 
parents and grandparents were born. His 
father, Linus Stannard, a farmer by occupa- 
tion, has been deceased for several years, 
and his mother, iicc Eliza Jane B. Walker, 
is still living, having attained her seventy- 



ninth year. Her father, Noah Walker, was 
a Lieutenant in charge of the post at Say- 
brook Point during the war of 1812, his ap- 
pointment to this position being made by 
John Cotton Smith, Governor of the State 
of Connecticut. Noah Walker's father was 
an English soldier. 

Having thus briefly glanced over his an- 
cestry, we now come to the life of our im- 
mediate subject and find that he was the 
first born in his father's family. He was 
reared and educated in his native State, re- 
ceiving a common-school education only. 
At the early age of eleven years he went to 
Wolcott, Connecticut, and was there em- 
ployed in farm work, receiving for compen- 
sation his board and $30 a year, buying his 
own clothes out of this amount. When he 
was eighteen he went to Norwich, where he 
accepted a position as clerk, and remained 
thus occupied until the fall of 1861, when 
he came out to Michigan and located in 
Rockland, Ontonagon county, having come 
here to take charge of the general store for 
the firm of Willard & Day. He had charge of 
this store until the following June. Then, 
in company with a partner, he bought the 
store. Two years later he purchased his 
partner's interest and subsequently associated 
himself with George Bogardus, under the 
firm name of Stannard & Bogardus, and 
continued as such until Mr. Bogardus' death 
two years later. Since then until 1892 Mr. 
Stannard carried on the business alone, 
having a large trade and being prospered in 
his operations. July 4, 1892, much of the 
town was swept away by fire and his store 
went up in flames, and since then he has 
been retired from active business. 

Mr. Stannard was married, October 8, 
1863, to Miss Minnie Roehm, a native of 
Wurtemberg, Germany, who had been a 



Northern peninsula of Michigan. 



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resident of America for several years. They 
are the parents of seven children, viz. : 
George W. , a general merchant of Rockland; 
Asa F. and William L. , merchants at Wake- 
field, Michigan; Ella L. ; Charles S., Daisy 
and Linus, all at home. 

During his residence here Mr. Stannard 
has invested to some extent in real estate 
and has acquired considerable land. He 
casts his ballot and influence with the Demo- 
cratic party, has ever taken a deep interest 
in all matters pertaining to the welfare of 
his town, and at this writing he is Supervisor 
of the township, — an office which he has 
filled several terms. In Masonic circles, 
Mr. Stannard has for years been promin- 
ent and active. He maintains a mem- 
bership in Rockland Lodge, No. 108, F. & 
A. M. ; Ontonagon Chapter No. 20, R. A. 
M. ; and Montrose Commandery, No. 38, K. 
T. , at Calumet. 



Vy w ^ ILBER H. STEWART, of the 
MM I firm of Stewart Brothers, pub- 
^JL^ lishers of the Weekly Recorder, 
Ewen, Michigan, has been a res- 
ident of Ewen since June, 1892, and is 
ranked with the leading and most progres- 
sive men of the town. 

Mr. Stewart was born in Ouebeb, Can- 
ada, July 6, 1867. In 1878 he went to 
Iowa with his parents, and there at the age 
of fifteen was apprenticed to the trade of 
printer. When he was twenty he became 
editor and manager of the Grundy County Re- 
publican, at Grundy Center, Iowa. The 
following year, 1888, we find him engaged 
in publishing the Tribune at Britt, Iowa, and 
in the spring of 1890 he came from the last 
named place to the upper peninsula of 
Michigan, locating at Ishpeming, where he 



accepted a position on the staff of the Ish- 
peming Daily Press. In June, 1892, with 
his brother, R. Ernest Stewart, he estab- 
lished the Weekly Recorder at Ewen. On 
the 20th of July, 1893, the Recorder build- 
ing, plant and accounts were destroyed by 
fire, entailing a loss of no less than $7,000. 
The paper, however, was at once re-estab- 
lished and its enterprising publishers have 
since continued its issue. 

Since coming to Ewen Mr. Stewart has 
been thoroughly identified with its best in- 
terests, always taking initial steps in its 
growth and progress. 



HE. SHUSTER, City Attorney of 
Ontonagon, was born in Shiawas- 
see county, Michigan, November 19, 
1855. His father, Samuel Shuster, 
was a native of Ohio, was a farmer by occu- 
pation, and he still resides in Shiawassee 
county. His grandfather was a native of 
Pennsylvania. The mother of our subject, 
formerly Elizabeth Mains, was born in Ohio, 
a daughter of Timothy Mains, a native 
also of that State, and of French descent. 

A. E. Shuster, their second child, was 
reared in his native place, attending his first 
school in a log school-house in Rush town- 
ship, Shiawassee county, after which he 
spent two years at the high school in Owos- 
so, and in 1880 graduated at the Northwest- 
ern Ohio Normal School. He afterward 
taught about seven years, — three years in 
Ohio and four years in Michigan. In 1889 
Mr. Shuster came to Ontonagon and had 
charge of the schools here for two 
years. Since 1893 he has served as 
County Commissioner of Schools. In 1894 
Mr. Shuster was admitted to the bar of On- 
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gaged in the active practice of law in this 
city, and has been appointed Circuit Court 
Commissioner. He is meeting with marked 
success in his chosen profession, as he is 
rapidly acquiring a large and desirable prac- 
tice. 

In December, 18S5, our subject was 
united in marriage with Mary L. Shay, a 
native of this State, and a daughter of John 
Shay, of Shiawassee county. They have one 
daughter, Glea. Mr. Shuster allies himself 
with the Republican party. Socially, he is 
a Master Mason, being a member of the 
lodge in Ada, Ohio, No. 344, and of the 
chapter in Ontonagon, and he is also a mem- 
ber of the K. O. T. M. 



^./^R. F. B. MELOCHE, a promi- 
I I nent physician and druggist of On- 
^^^J tonagon, was born in Essex coun- 
ty, Canada, just across the river 
from Detroit, November 16, 1867, a son of 
Daniel and Elizabeth (Bousmier) Meloche, 
natives also of that country, and both still 
reside there. The father was a fisherman 
and contractor by occupation. 

F. B. Meloche, the eleventh of thirteen 
children, was reared in his native place, and 
attended the Assumption College of Sand- 
wich, graduating at that institution in 1881. 
When a boy he entered a drug store in that 
city, and became a first-class pharmacist. 
March 22, 1893, Mr. Meloche graduated at 
the Medical College of Detroit, after which 
he went to Belding, Michigan, where he was 
appointed City Physician and Health Officer, 
and was also proprietor of a drug store. 
In 1894 he became a resident of Ontonagon, 
where he again opened a drug store and is 
also one of the leading medical practition- 



ers of the city. In his political relations, 
the Doctor is prominently identified with 
the Republican party. 



V-yr^ILLIAM KNIGHT is one of the 
mm I most prominent business men of 
^jL^ the northern peninsula and be- 
longs to that class of citizens to 
whom this region owes her present prosperity 
and advanced position. He is manager of 
the Dead River Mill Company and makes 
his home in Marquette, where he has resided 
since 1891. He was born in the city of 
Philadelphia, on the 9th of April, 1845, 
and is a son of A. L. and A. F. (Sisinger) 
Knight, the former a native of New Jersey, 
born of English parentage, while the latter 
is a native of Pennsylvania and is of Ger- 
man lineage. The paternal grandfather, 
William Knight, was a soldier in the Revo- 
lutionary war, and the family were early set- 
tlers of Philadelphia. 

The father of our subject was a manu- 
facturer and removed to Baltimore county, 
Maryland, where he purchased and improved 
a paper mill and engaged in the manufacture 
of paper for some years. During his later 
years he laid aside all business cares and 
rested in the enjoyment of the fruits of his 
former toil until his death, which occurred 
in Saint Paul, Minnesota. His widow is still 
living, in that city. 

William Knight, the only child of the 
family, was reared in Baltimore, acquiring 
his education in its public schools, and at an 
early age became connected with the lumber 
trade, which was then the main business in 
the city. From an humble position he worked 
his way steadily upward by gradual advance 
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its departments, so that when he began 
business elsewhere his thorough knowledge 
enabled him to command a good position. 
In 1869 he sought a home in the West, lo- 
cating in St. Paul, Minnesota, where in con- 
nection with others he carried on the lumber 
trade, being one of the well known lumber 
merchants of that city until 1S88, when he 
went to the Pacific coast and located in 
Tacoma, Washington. There he carried on 
a timber and logging business until 1891, 
and is still interested in the trade on Puget 
Sound. 

Coming to Marquette, as above stated, 
he has since had charge of the Dead River 
mill, being manager of the company. The 
mill, which is located at Presque Isle bay, 
was erected in 1890, and this business is a 
branch of the Cleveland Sawmill and Lum- 
ber Company, of Cleveland, Ohio. Its 
capacity is about 200,000 feet of lumber per 
day and the force of men employed averages 
175 hands. The lumber is all shipped to 
Cleveland, two boats being chartered for 
this purpose with a capacity of over 2,000,- 
000 feet. In addition to his business in- 
terests, Mr. Knight is a stockholder and 
director in the Cleveland Sawmill and Lum- 
ber Company, one of the largest lumber 
concerns in the country, in manufacturing 
lumber on an extensive scale and owning 
immense tracts of timber land, including 
25,000 acres on Puget Sound and 50,000 
acres on the Upper Peninsula. Their busi- 
ness transactions are very large and are 
constantlj' growing in size and importance. 

Mr. Knight is a most successful and 
thorough lumber man, persevering and 
enterprising, and whatever he undertakes 
he carries forward to successful completion. 
He was the organizer of the Dead River 
Mill Company, and the prosperity which 



has attended this concern is all due to his 
efforts and capable management, combined 
with a thorough knowledge of everything 
connected with the lumber trade, that 
enables him to manage affairs to the best 
advantage. He is also vice-president and 
director of the Mineral Range Railroad, and 
is interested in Chicago street railways, both 
electric and elevated lines, besides having 
quite extensive interests in St. Paul. 

In 1869 Mr. Knight married Miss Katha- 
rine Virginia Chew, of Augusta, Georgia, 
youngest daughter of Benjamin Franklin 
and Lucy Vassar, ncc Beaufort, of true old 
Southern stock. Mr. and Mrs. Knight have 
four children: Lucy Chew, William, Edith 
and Harold. Mr. Knight is a Republican, 
but has no inclination for politics, preferring 
to give his time and energy to his business 
interests, in which he has met with such 
excellent success. 



^VOHN D. CUDDIHY ranks among the 
fl foremost business men of Red Jacket 
A 1 and belongs to that class of enter- 
prising, progressive citizens to whom 
the West owes much of her present pros- 
perity and greatness. There are men in all 
communities who take the lead in public 
affairs and are the controlling spirit that 
guides the work of advancement and upbuild- 
ing. Such a man is this gentleman, and 
throughout the community in which he re- 
sides he is held in the highest esteem. 

His father, Michael Cuddihy, a native of 
Ireland, left the Emerald Isle in 1853 and 
sought a home in America. He first located 
on Portage Lake, where he engaged in min- 
ing, and at the time of the gold excitement 
at Leadville, Colorado, he removed to that 



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place, where he was killed in 1879, in the 
Little Chief mine. 

His son, the subject of this sketch, was 
born in Houghton, Michigan, on the 15th of 
January, 1857, and acquired his education 
in the public schools of Hancock and Calu- 
met, Michigan, pursuing his studies until 
fifteen years of age, when he left the school- 
room to enter upon a preparation for a busi- 
ness life. He began learning telegraphy in 
the office of the Mineral Range, and when 
he had mastered the profession he was as- 
signed to a position in the Eagle River office, 
where he remained until the spring of 1874. 
He then returned to Calumet, and, aban- 
doning telegraphy, turned his attention to 
mercantile pursuits. He entered the employ 
of Edward Ryan as assistant bookkeeper and 
continued to acceptably fill that position 
until 1879, when he was promoted to the 
position of head bookkeeper. 

In 1 888 he was made general manager of 
the entire business in Calumet and is now 
serving in that responsible position. The 
store carries a stock valued at $80,000, the 
largest in Houghton county, and this im- 
mense establishment and the vast volume of 
business that is carried on is all under the 
immediate supervision of Mr. Cuddihy, 
whose excellent executive and managerial 
ability well fits him for the place that he 
now fills. He has an able corps of sales- 
men, and other assistants and has made this 
enterprise a most paying investment, the 
trade steadily increasing until it has now as- 
sumed very extensive porportions. In pur- 
chasing he makes careful selections of his 
goods, buying with a view of pleasing his 
patrons; and his courteous, gentlemanly 
treatment and the honorable business policy 
which he follows has secured a most liberal 
patronage, while the public reposes in him 



the utmost confidence. In connection with 
his mercantile interests Mr. Cuddihy is con- 
nected with other business enterprises and 
is now a director and one of the promoters 
of the First National bank of Calumet and 
of the Northern Building & Loan Association 
of Hancock, Michigan. 

In his political views Mr. Cuddihy is a 
stalwart Democrat, recognized as one of the 
leaders of the party in Michigan, and is now 
serving as a member of the State Democratic 
committee. He was elected and served as 
Recorder of Red Jacket in 1880, and was 
President of the village for six consecutive 
years, from 1 886 to 1 892. He is public-spirit- 
ed in an eminent degree, and his devotion to 
the welfare of the community in which he 
lives was demonstrated during his term of 
office by a faithful performance of the duties 
devolving upon him and by his earnest desire 
to promote all movements conducive to the 
public benefit. Socially he is a member of 
the Ancient Order of United Workmen and 
was Vice Commander of the Select Knights 
of that order in 1892-3. His life has been 
well and worthily spent, and his prosperity 
is all the result of his own well directed 
efforts, his enterprise, business sagacity and 
clear judgment. His career has ever been 
straightforward and honorable, and all who 
know him esteem him for his sterling worth 
and strict integrity. 




HOMAS O. STEPHENS, who oc- 
cupies the responsible position 
of foreman of the boiler-making 
department of the Calumet & Hecla 
Mining Company of Calumet, Michigan, is 
one of the worthy citizens that England has 
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NORTHERN PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN. 



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born in that country, on the loth of Febru- 
ary, 1 85 1, and is a son of WiUiam Stephens, 
who was born in the same country, and, 
having emigrated to America, is now mining 
captain in the employ of the Calumet & 
Hecla Mining Company, at the South Hecla 
branch. 

Thomas O. Stephens spent only two 
years in the land of his nativity, being then 
brought by his parents to the New World. 
He attended the public schools of Hancock, 
Michigan, until fourteen years of age, when 
he started out in life for himself. Whatever 
success he has achieved is due entirely to his 
own efforts, for since that time he has de- 
pended upon his own labor for a' livelihood. 
He first secured work as an office boy in the 
office of the mining captain of the Quincy 
mine, of Hancock, where he remained for 
three years, coming then to Calumet, where 
he secured a situation in the machine shop 
of the Calumet & Hecla Mining Company. 
He worked there and also ran a hoisting 
engine until 1878, at which time he went to 
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and entered the 
boiler shop of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. 
Paul Railroad Company, in order to learn 
the trade. He applied himself diligently 
and continued his labors there for four 
years, during which time he thoroughly 
mastered the business, becoming an expert 
workman, so that on his return to Calumet 
he was employed by the Calumet & Hecla 
Mining Company as boiler-maker. He was 
then their only employe of the kind, but as 
their business grew more help was secured 
and at this writing Mr. Stephens is at the 
head of their boiler-making works and the 
manager of a force of ten workmen. The 
position which he fills is a responsible one, 
but he is well fitted for it, and the Calumet 
& Hecla Mining Company numbers him 



among their most trustworthy and faithful 
employes. 

Mr. Stephens was united in marriage 
with Miss Mary Hoskin, an estimable lady 
of Ontonagon, Michigan. They have a 
wide acquaintance in this community, and 
their many excellencies of character win 
them the high regard of all with whom they 
are brought in contact. Mr. Stephens is a 
member of Calumet Lodge, No. 134, I. O. 
O. F., but takes no very active part in 
public life, desiring to give his best energies 
to his business. He has worked his way 
upward from an humble position to one of 
responsibility and through all the years has 
merited the confidence and trust reposed in 
him by his employers, for he is ever honor- 
able and upright in all transactions. 



x^/^ EV. P. GIRARD, pastor of the 
I ^T Sacred Heart Catholic Church of 
\ W Champion, Michigan, is a native of 
Poitiers, France, born in 1844. His 
education was obtained in a college of 
Poitiers, and having resolved to enter the 
work of the Catholic ministry he was or- 
dained as a priest in the city of his birth in 
1867. He then served as a diocesan mission- 
ary at Poitiers for some time and in 1884 
sailed for the New World, locating first in 
Montreal, Canada. Two years later, in 
1886, he came to Marquette county, Michi- 
gan, and was given charge of some Catholic 
churches in the diocese of Marquette before 
he had charge of Sacred Heart Church at 
Champion. This congregation was organ- 
ized in 1873, under the administration of 
Rt. Rev. Bp. Mrak, of Marquette at that 
time. The church has a membership of 1 50 
families. The house of worship was erected 
under the direction of Rev. H. Bourion, now 



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of Menominee, Michigan, completed by Rev. 
E. Atfield, now of Hancock, this State, and 
blessed in 1884 by Rt. Rev. Bp. J. Vertin, 
of Marquette. The building is a substantial 
structure, well furnished and decorated and 
has three altars. The congregation is a 
strong one, and this is one of the leading 
Catholic churches in this section of the State. 
Father Girard is a man of scholarly attain- 
ments, devoted to his work, and Sacred 
Heart Church, under his able leadership, is 
now in a flourishinir condition. 



^'^EORGE I-vEMP is one the most 
■ ^^\ prominent men on the Upper Pe- 
\^^ ninsula, and a representative of 
one of the leading pioneer families; 
and the name Ivemp is here synonymous 
with industry, integrity and unblemished 
character. 

Mr. Kemp has spent his entire life in 
this locality. He was born in Sault Ste. 
Marie, Michigan, August 2, 1847. The 
first school he attended was a subscription 
school taught by Guy H. Carleton, and 
later the union school of Ypsilanti, Mich- 
igan. On leaving Ypsilanti he secured a 
position as brakeman, running between De- 
troit and De.xter. He spent the two suc- 
ceeding years in the Ann Arbor high school, 
where he obtained an education that fitted 
him for the practical duties of life. In his 
early 'teens he was employed as bell boy in 
the Tremont House at Marquette. After 
returning to Sault Ste. Marie he secured a 
clerkship with Thomas Ryan, and later with 
L. P. Trempe, with whom he remained un- 
til appointed toll receiver under Guy H. 
Carleton on the old State ship canal for two 
years. For the ne.xt five years he was book- 



keeper in the employ of Barker, Williams 
& Bangs, contractors on the canal of 1870. 
About twenty years ago he embarked in the 
business of forwarding and shipping, in 
which he has achieved signal success. He 
is owner of the Union Docks at this point, 
by which perhaps more vessels pass than 
any other dock on the lakes except Detroit. 
His well-managed affairs, his keen discrim- 
ination, energy and enterprise have brought 
him to a high degree of prosperity, and thus 
he has worked his way up from limited cir- 
cumstances to affluence. He is President 
of the Sault Savings Bank and a director in 
the First National Bank of this city, and is 
also largely interested in the News Block. 

Mr. Kemp is a thirty-second degree 
Mason and belongs to Bethel Lodge, Soo 
Chapter and Grand Rapids Consistory. He 
also affiliated with the Ivnights of Pyth- 
ias fraternity. In his political views 
he is a stalwart Republican. He served 
as Township Supervisor for two years, 
was appointed County Clerk for one year, 
was Clerk of the Village Council one term, 
and was elected County Treasurer in 1886, 
serving four years. In all these various 
positions he has discharged his duties with 
a promptness and fidelity that has won him 
the highest commendation. He is devoted 
to the best interests of the community and 
is public-spirited in an eminent degree. His 
business interests are extensive and for his 
success in life he deserves great credit, as he 
started out for himself empty-handed. He 
struggled with perverse fortune, overcame 
the difficulties which were to be encountered, 
surmounted all obstacles and in the end has 
achieved a fortune and to-day is one of the 
wealthiest men of the Upper Peninsula. He 
is a type of that class of American citizens, 
enterprising and progressive, who advance 



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473 



the public welfare while promoting individual 
prosperity. 

Januarj' i, 1874, Mr. Kemp was united 
in marriage to Viola F. Heichhold, eldest 
daughter of Alexander Peter Heichhold. 
Their children are Alexander Peter, Harry 
Bell, Guy Carleton, Dayton Glenn and Jay 
Brenton. 

Mr. Kemp's grandfather, Lawrence 
Kemp, Sr. , was a Continental soldier in the 
war for independence and served as one of 
the minute-men at the battle of Lexington. 
Ever faithful to his duty and the cause of 
the Colonies, he won promotion to the rank 
of Captain and his memory has been sacredly 
cherished through all the years since the 
freedom of the nation has been established. 
In civil pursuits this old soldier and patriot 
was a farmer, as were his sons. The family 
name is of German origin and was originally 
spelled Kempf, but the final letter was 
dropped after a time and the present spell- 
ing has since been used. 

Lawrence Kemp, Sr. , married Dorothy 
Stebbins, of Deerfield, Massachusetts, and 
their son, also named Lawrence, became 
the grandfather of our subject. He married 
Mehitable Ellis, and to them were born the 
following children: Sumner, who died at 
sea; Lawrence, who died in Massachusetts; 
Abner, who died in Steuben county, In- 
diana, where he was engaged in the busi- 
ness of stock dealing; John and Benjamin, 
who died in the Bay State; Lucinda, who 
became the wife of Orrin Dole and died near 
Bellevue, Ohio; Joseph and Noah. 

Joseph Kemp, the father of George, was 
born in Shelburne, Massachusetts, August 
30, 181 3, and was educated very sparingly 
in the country schools of his native State. 
When fifteen years of age he emigrated 
westward, and joined his married sister 



in Ohio, with whom he made his home 
while he worked as a farm hand throughout 
the neighborhood. It was a newly settled 
county and he thus became familiar with the 
experiences of frontier life, a fitting prepara- 
tion for his future career in Michigan. On 
the loth of June, 1840, he married Harriet, 
daughter of Captain Elias Bell, a farmer, 
and a soldier of the war of 181 2, who was 
also descended from one of the early New 
England families, his people having lived in 
Connecticut. Joseph Kemp pursued the 
occupation of a farmer in Ohio and suc- 
ceeded as well as possible in those days of 
limited means and crude machinery. 

In 1845 he came to the Upper Peninsula 
of Michigan on a prospecting tour, intending 
to bring his family hither if conditions and 
circumstances were favorable. The brig 
Ramsey Crooks, belonging to the American 
Fur Company, on her return trip from the 
South with supplies for the Northern trad- 
ing posts, numbered him among her passen- 
gers, and he was soon in this region, then 
wild and sparsely settled. Pleased with the 
country, however, he decided to locate at 
the Falls of St. Mary's river, and was 
joined by his family, who left their old 
home in Huron county in the spring of 1846 
and on the i6th day of April stepped from 
the propeller, Chicago, to the wharf at 
Sault de Ste. Marie. Mr. Kemp began the 
business of fishing and trading in furs and 
other commodities to be gained in the west- 
ern wilds and was thus employed until 
1849, when he removed his family to Lime 
Island, which he had recently purchased, 
and commenced the cultivation of his land. 
This was about the first attempt made to 
grow hay, wheat and potatoes on the Upper 
Peninsula, most of the settlers being fisher- 
men or lumbermen, and depending upon 



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outside markets for their supplies. In 1853 
he again took up his residence in Sault de 
Ste. Marie and for several years was em- 
ployed in locating land which the State had 
granted to the Canal Company. Following 
this he was lightkeeper at Whitefish Point 
from 1862 until 1865, and was Deputy Cus- 
toms Inspector at Pigeon river and Sault de 
Ste. Marie for many years, ending with 1875. 
He returned then to his farm, which covered 
the whole of Lime Island, and was its 
"Governor," as he frequently laughingly 
said, for the succeeding ten years. He then 
laid aside all business cares, terminating an 
active career that covered more than half a 
century. His was also a useful career. 
He was progressive and enterprising and 
was quick to note and introduce improve- 
ments connected with his business and in all 
his dealings was the soul of honor and in- 
tegrity. He was prominently identified 
with the development of this region, aiding 
in its upbuilding and advancement; and 
everything calculated to promote the gen- 
eral welfare has received his support and 
co-operation. 

Mr. Kemp has been a witness of the 
wonders of the age: his life spans the most 
eventful period of the world's history. He 
was born in the year of Perry's victory dur- 
ing the war with England, when came the 
famous message, ' ' We have met the enemy 
and they are ours." He has seen the estab- 
lishment of our great canal systems since 
the building of the Erie canal, witnessed the 
introduction of railroads which now cross 
and recross every State in the Union, an- 
nihilating distance by means of rapid transit, 
has seen the wonderful improvements made 
in machinery of all descriptions and has 
witnessed the discoveries and inventions 
connected with electricity from the time 



when Morse first placed the telegraph be- 
fore the public up to the present with the 
long distance telephones, the phonographs, 
electric lights and the machinery run by this 
invisible power, which also in a large de- 
gree is taking the place of steam for loco- 
motion power. He watched the progress of 
our armies in the war with Mexico, and 
when the Union was threatened he an.x- 
iously waited for news from the front, for 
his beloved country was in peril and he had 
sent one of his sons to do battle for the old 
flag, and to-day he glories in the country of 
forty-six States under one federal head and 
acknowledging the supremacy of the stars 
and stripes. 

Education has kept pace with the won- 
derful strides of progress and newspapers 
are found in every home, while religion has 
carried her banners into the dark corners of 
the world bringing the enlightenment and 
civilizing influences of Christianity to the 
benighted. In Michigan the change has 
been no less marked, all the business inter- 
ests have been introduced and the upper 
peninsula has become transformed from a 
sparsely settled region into one of bustling 
activity. The millions upon millions of 
feet of lumber he has seen cut down until 
within ten years the lumber industry will al- 
most be a thing of the past. He saw the 
first boat go over the Portage into Lake 
Superior. That was in 1846; and as the in- 
dustry began to assume proportions in the 
Upper country the transfer of cargoes be- 
came an important business at Sault de Ste. 
Marie; and where formerly there was one 
boat a week there are now four hundred. 

To Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kemp were 
born the following children: Christine is 
the widow of Guy H. Carleton. Joanna is a 
teacher in the public schools of Sault de 



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475 



Ste. Marie. Joseph B., of Detroit, enlisted 
in Company F, Fifth Michigan Infantry, 
August 28, 1 86 1, became Sergeant and was 
promoted to the rank of First Lieutenant 
June 10, 1864, and Captain, May 8, 1865, 
and brevet Captain United States Volun- 
teers, April 9, 1865, for gallant and meritor- 
ious service during the campaigns terminat- 
ing with the surrender of Lee's army. He 
was a prisoner of war at Andersonville from 
June until November, 1864, and captured 
the colors of a Virginia regiment at Orange 
Court House in 1864. He was mustered 
out July 5, 1865. George, whose name 
heads this record, and Lewis complete the 
family and are living in Sault de Ste. Marie. 
The father cast his first presidential vote for 
William Henry Harrison and on the organ- 
ization of the Republican party joined its 
ranks and voted for the illustrious grandson 
of the old Tippecanoe hero. Physically, he 
has been a robust, vigorous man, of very 
temperate habits, strongly antagonistic to 
narcotics and stimulants. This, no doubt, 
has been an important factor in the preser- 
vation of his health. He is now an hon- 
ored old man, respected by all who know 
him and in this connection he well deserves 
mention. His wife died in Ann Arbor, 
Michigan, August 3, 1S74, at the age of 
fifty-five. 



,>^^ H. GARNER, of the firm of Ma- 
I I son H. Quick & Company, hard- 
ly ^ ware dealers at Manistique, School- 
craft county, was born in Welland 
county, Canada, December 3, 1842, being 
the son of Jacob and Lucretia (Atwell) Gar- 
ner, the former of whom was a native of 
Canada, the latter having been born on the 
Hudson river, in the State of New Y(;rk. 



The father was a soldier in the war of 181 2, 
having beeen a farmer by occupation. He 
died in Welland county, Canada, as did also 
the mother. Jacob Garner was twice mar- 
ried, the issue of the first union being eight 
children, and of the second two. The chil- 
dren of the second marriage were: N. H., 
the subject of this review: and Sophia, now 
the wife of Charles W. Hellems, of Saint 
Catherines, Ontario, Canada. 

Our subject was reared to mature years 
in his native county, where his educational 
opportunities were those afforded by the 
common schools, and as he grew up on the 
farm and early began lending his assistance 
in the cultivation of the same, his scholastic 
training was necessarily limited in scope. 
He remained on the farm until he had at- 
tained the age of about thirty years, when 
he engaged in general merchandising at 
Ridgeville, Ontario, where he was thus con- 
cerned for a period of ten years, after which 
he disposed of his interests there and came 
West, locating at Manistique, Michigan, in 
1883, where he engaged in the hardware 
business in partnership with J. B. Lewis, 
which association continued for three years. 
He was then retired from active commercial 
life for two years, and then resumed business 
alone and thus continued until January, 
1S94, when he sold out, by reason of im- 
paired health, which necessitated a season 
of rest and recuperation. In September, 
1894, he again resumed his connection with 
the mercantile enterprises of Manistique, 
the present partnership being at that time 
consummated. The firm carry a comprehen- 
sive and select line of hardware and control 
a good business. Mr. Garner is a thorough 
and practical business man and the store is 
conducted under his supervision. 

Politicall)' Mr. Garner is a supporter of 



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the Republican party and its principles, and 
his fraternal affiliation is with the Knights 
of the Maccabees. 

He was married in 1865 to Miss Nar- 
cissa Rice, a native of Canada, and they are 
the parents of six living children: Conrad 
L. is deceased; Elsie B. ; Velma L. ; Frances 
M., wife of Judge V. I. Hixson, of Manis- 
tique; Percie G. ; Hugh P. ; and Tacy G. 
Mr. and Mrs. Garner are members of the 
Methodist Epicopal Church. 



VI. HIXSON.— That absolute 
ability and worth do not fall short 
of public appreciation, and that 
mere youthfulness is no longer con- 
sidered a bar to advancement to position of 
eminent responsibility and trust, is most 
clearly demonstrated in the career of the 
subject of this review, — a leading attorney 
of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, and 
one holding marked preferment as Judge 
of Probate for Schoolcraft county. 

Virgil I. Hixson is a native of the Wol- 
verine State, having been born in Ionia 
county, April 25, 1870, the son of William 
and Sarah (Frost) Hixson, the former a 
native of the State of New York and the 
latter of Michigan. The father is a farmer, 
and retains his residence at Portland, Ionia 
county. William and Sarah Hixson are the 
parents of three living children, namely: 
Phoebe, wife of E. P. Mains, of Ionia; Sarah, 
who remains at the parental home; and 
Virgil I. 

Our subject secured his preliminary edu- 
cational discipline in the public schools of 
his native county, after which he entered 
the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, 
where he pursued a special course of study 



in the literary department and also com- 
pleted the prescribed course in the law de- 
partment, in which latter he was graduated 
in the year 1891. Within the same year he 
was admitted to the bar, and in May, 1892, 
he took up his abode in Manistique, where 
he has since been successfully engaged in 
the practice of his profession and where his 
rise in public preferment has been rapid and 
noteworthy. He was elected Prosecuting 
Attorney in the fall of 1892, and subse- 
quently resigned this position and in the 
spring 1 894 was elected Judge of Probate, 
to fill a vacancy. He is also Clerk and 
Attorney of the village. His hold upon 
public favor is all the more phenomenal 
when the fact is taken into consideration 
that he is an ardent and active worker in the 
ranks of the Democratic party, while the 
political complexion of the county is mani- 
festly Republican, and that he has the 
peculiar distinction of being the only Demo- 
crat holding office in the county. His ability 
as a lawyer, his mature and comprehensive 
judgment, and his fidelity to trusts imposed 
have been sufficiently potent to insure his re- 
tention in high official incumbencies. 

Fraternally, our subject is identified with 
the Masonic order, the Knights of the Mac- 
cabees, the Modern Woodmen of the World 
and the Good Templars. 

Mr. Hixson's marriage was celebrated 
October 11, 1893, when he was united to 
Miss M. Frances Garner, of Manistique, a 
daughter of N. H. Garner, a well known 
business man of that place, concerning 
whom individual mention is made elsewhere 
in this volume. Judge and Mrs. Hixson 
have one child, Blanche. They are zealous 
members of the Methodist Episcopal Church 
and in the local organization our subject is 
serving as Steward. 



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477 



,>^EV. FATHER JOSEPH E. 
|/^ NEUMAIR, pastor of the Holy 
\ . P Rosary Roman Catholic Church, 
Lake Linden, Michigan, is a young 
man of marked ability and education, whose 
life has been wholly consecrated to the 
work of the Master, and who has already 
been the means of accomplishing sub- 
stantial results in his field of labor. He 
is well deserving of personal considera- 
tion in this volume, and we take pleasure in 
making the following reference to his life. 
First, however, we present a brief history of 
the church in which he is officiating. 

The Holy Rosary Church of Lake Lin- 
den, Michigan, was organized in 1888. On 
October 12 of that year the church, school 
and parsonage were dedicated by Bishop 
Vertin, and on the same day the bell 
was blessed in honor of St. Joseph. The 
church is nicely furnished and has three 
altars. One hundred and twenty-five fam- 
ilies are registered in the parish, two-thirds 
of whom are " Germans, the others being 
Irish. The parochial school has 1 1 5 pupils 
enrolled, has six grades, and employs three 
Sisters as teachers. Other organizations in 
connection with the church are the D. R. C. 
C. v.. Catholic Order of Foresters, and the 
A. O. H., all of which are in a flourishing 
condition. 

Father Neumair, who has had charge of 
this church since February 22, 1895, was 
born in Germany February 13, 1866. His 
primary education was obtained in the Gov- 
ernment schools of his native land, which 
he attended from his sixth to his thirteenth 
year, after which he took a four-years 
course in a Latin school there. In 1883 he 
came to America and entered St. Vincent 
College in Pennsylvania, where he remained 
eight years. He was ordained July 2, 1891, 



in Marquette, Michigan, by the present 
bishop, and since his ordination has been in 
active work. His first charge was the 
Sacred Heart Parish in Detour, Michigan. 
From March, 1892, until February, 1895, 
he was pastor of St. Patrick's Parish in On- 
tonagon, and, as already stated, has occu- 
pied his present position since February, 
1895. During his ministration at Ontona- 
gon a new church was erected, completed 
in February, 1894, at a cost of $7,500, 
and since that time the church has been 
called the Holy Family. In the short time 
he has served as pastor of the Holy Rosary 
Church he has made his influence felt. This 
congregation being composed largely of 
Germans, he conducts services in German 
one week and in English the next, the 
change being greatly appreciated by an au- 
dience of this character. 



HJ. BOYINGTON, proprietor of the 
Boyington Hotel, Iron River, Mich- 
igan, is one of the popular and 
well-known landlords in this sec- 
tion of the country. By his excellent busi- 
ness ability, his genial hospitality and his 
many estimable traits of character, he is 
especially fitted for the business in which he 
is engaged. Some personal mention of his 
life is appropriate here, and is as follows: 

A. J. Boyington was born in Belfast 
township, Allegany county. New York, 
September 30, 1841. His parents, Asahel 
and Esther (Sanford) Boyington, both 
natives of Vermont, were married in New 
York State and for a time lived in Alle- 
gany county. In 1S42 they came west to 
Wisconsin and located in Jefferson county. 
The father was by trade a stone-mason and 
bricklayer. He helped to build the first 



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brick block erected in the now prosperous 
city of St. Paul. He lived to the advanced 
age of eighty-three years, and his good wife 
lived to a still greater age, she being ninety- 
four at the time of her death. They had a 
family of five sons and four daughters, all of 
whom are living. All of the sons were in 
the Civil war. The subject of our sketch is 
the youngest son and next to the youngest 
of the family. He was about a year old at 
the time of their removal west, and in Wis- 
consin he was reared, receiving his educa- 
tion in the common schools. He remained 
at home until he was eighteen years of age, 
when he bought his time, paying his father 
$200 for the same. 

When the great war between the North 
and the South came on, our young friend 
had not yet attained his majority, but he 
was one of the first to enter the ranks which 
went out in protection of the Union. He 
enlisted in 1861, at White Water, Wiscon- 
sin, in Company H, Thirteenth Wisconsin 
Volunteer Infantry, as a private, and with 
his command went South, where he par- 
ticipated in many of the principal engage- 
ments of the war. In 1 864 he veteranized 
in the same company and regiment. No- 
vember 2, 1864, while near Huntsville, 
Alabama, he had the misfortune to lose his 
left arm, it being shot off by a bushwhacker. 
He was then in hospital for some time. 
After receiving an honorable discharge from 
the service, he returned to his home in 
Jefferson county, Wisconsin. 

The war over, Mr. Boyington engaged 
in farming in Jefferson county, and was thus 
occupied for two years. In 1868 he bought 
a hotel in Hebron, Wisconsin, which he ran 
until 1870 and then sold it. About 1872 he 
went to Montana, where for three years he 
was engaged in prospecting for gold, return- 



ing to Wisconsin in 1875. He was married 
in 1875 and that same year located in 
Menominee, Michigan, where he engaged in 
business and where he resided for a period 
of eight years. In 1883 he made another 
move, this time to the far West, and for 
one year made his home in Seattle, Wash- 
ington. At the end of that time he returned 
to Menominee; went shortly afterward to 
Iron Mountain, being one of the first settlers 
in the town and remaining there three years; 
and his next and last move was to Iron 
River. Here he built a large hotel, which 
soon afterward went up in flame, and, it 
being uninsured, he was left heavily in debt. 
He was not discouraged, however, and with 
renewed energy he set about the work of re- 
building his hotel, determined to liquidate 
all claims and again secure a sure footing. 
In his efforts to do this he has met with 
signal success. To-day he owns a fine 
hotel, comprising forty-five rooms, furnished 
and equipped throughout in first-class style; 
has in connection with his hotel a livery 
establishment; and also owns a farm of 160 
acres, eighty acres of which are improved, 
and he is not in debt to any one. 

Mr. Boyington was married in 1875 to 
Miss Lefa Wait, a native of Waukesha 
county, Wisconsin, and they have one son, 
Philip L., at home. 

A veteran of the late war, Mr. Boying- 
ton is, of course, a member of the G. A. R. , 
his membership being in Lyon Post, in 
Menominee, Michigan. 



If 



lest 



E\'I S. RICE, Postmaster and an 
attorney at law, Bessemer, Michi- 
gan, has been connected with the 
interests of this town from its earl- 
existence and has been a prominent 



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479 



factor in bringing about its growth and de- 
velopment. 

Mr. Rice was born in Lapeer county, 
Michigan, November 5, 1855. His father, 
M. H. Rice, is a native of Massachusetts 
and a member of one of the first famihes of 
that State. Micajah Rice, the grandfather 
of our subject, was also a native of the old 
Bay State, and was a soldier in the Revolu- 
tionary war. His wife lived to the advanced 
age of ninety-eight years, and was a pen- 
sioner of that war. He died at the age of 
eighty-six. It was in front of their house 
that the battle of Concord was fought. Of 
the mother of Mr. Rice, we record that her 
maiden name was Miss Olive Lilly and that 
she was born in New York. Her father, 
Alford Lilly, was a native of New York, of 
Scotch and English descent, and a relative of 
Congressman Lilly. Mr. M. H. Rice and 
his wife are both living, each having passed 
their three-score years and ten, he being now 
seventy-four and she seventy-one years of 
age. They have had five sons, four of whom 
grew to manhood, Levi S. being their third 
born. 

Mr. M. H. Rice was one of the early 
settlers of Wisconsin. In 1 844 he came out 
to this State and in Waupaca county took 
up land from the Government, his father 
having given him a land warrant which the 
latter had received during the Re\olutionary 
war. Here he settled and developed a fine 
farm. In 1855 his wife came up into Michi- 
gan on a visit, and it was while she was in 
Lapeer county that the subject of our sketch 
was born. He was reared on his father's 
farm in Wisconsin, receiving his education 
in the district schools of Waupaca county. 
At the early age of thirteen he started out in 
life on his own responsibility. At first he 
worked by the month in the woods. In 



1876, having attained his majority, he took 
a homestead claim in Marathon county, 
Wisconsin, and there improved a nice farm, 
remaining on it until 1885, when he came 
to Bessemer. At that time there was only 
one log house in the town. He built the 
Bessemer House and for one year kept hotel, 
at the end of that time selling the property. 
In 1887 he was elected Justice of the Peace, 
one of the first to fill that office here. He 
early took a deep interest in securing good 
roads for this community, and contracted 
for and built a number of roads. He was 
the originator of the bill to have the Black 
River State road built, which road is four- 
teen miles in length, and which was built by 
him in 1 89 1. In the meantime he devoted 
his leisure to the study of law, and that 
same year (1891) was admitted to the bar. 
He was the first Supervisor of the township 
of Ironwood when it constituted the whole 
county of Gogebic. Mr. Rice is a member 
of the City Council of Bessemer at this writ- 
ing, and during the whole of his residence 
here he has been recognized as a leading spirit 
in the town. The construction of the main 
sewer of Bessemer was under his super- 
vision. 

Politically, he allies himself with the 
Democratic party. During Mr. Cleveland's 
first administration he was appointed Deputy 
United States Marshal, under D. R. Waters, 
of Grand Rapids. His appointment as Post- 
master of Bessemer was made in 1894. Mr. 
Rice has been an Odd Fellow since 1876, 
was one of the charter members of Gogebic 
Lodge, No. 389, and is District Deputy of 
the order. He is also a member of the 
Elks order. Lodge No. 196, of Lansing, 
Michigan; and of the A. O. U. W. 

He was married in 1S75 to Miss Lillic J. 
Hull, a native of Wisconsin and a daughter 



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of Nelson Hull, a veteran of the late war 
and a member of the G. A. R. Mr. and 
Mrs. Rice have had four daughters and two 
sons, namely: Arthur, Calla, Lulu, Olive, 
Mertle, and Guy. Mertle and Guy died at 
the ages of two and eight years respectively. 



@USTAV L. ZIEBUR, City Clerk of 
Bessemer, Michigan, has been 
identified with the interests of this 
city for the past ten years and is 
recognized as one of the leading spirits of 
the place. 

Mr. Ziebur was born in Germany, Janu- 
ary 28, 1863, son of Michael and Louisa 
Ziebur, natives of Germany. In the year 
1878 his parents emigrated with their family 
to America and settled on a farm in Sha- 
wano county, Wisconsin, where they still 
reside. Farming was their occupation in 
the old country. At the time of their com- 
ing to America, Gustav L. was fourteen 
years of age. He had attended school some 
in his native land and he completed his 
studies in the public schools of Shawano 
county. He remained at home until he at- 
tained his twentieth year, when he went out 
to make his own way in the world. At first 
he was employed in the lumber woods in 
Wisconsin, in 1885 he went to Kane and 
Du Page counties, Illinois, and worked on 
farms, and still later he was employed as 
clerk in a general store at Shawano. He 
came to Bessemer, Michigan, in 1886, where 
for some time he clerked in a general store. 
Then he received an appointment on the 
police force, and while serving as policeman 
he also kept books for Garhardt Brothers, 
contractors and builders. In 1893 he was 
appointed City Clerk to fill a vacancy, and 



in 1 894 he was re-appointed to this position, 
in which he is still serving most acceptably. 

Although comparatively a young man, 
Mr. Ziebur has accumulated some property. 
He is interested in a meat market at Iron- 
wood, located on East McLeod avenue, 
which is conducted under the firm name of 
G. L. Ziebur & Company, and which is in 
a prosperous condition. 

He was married in 1890 to Miss Meta 
Schade, a native of Germany. 

In fraternal organizations, Mr. Ziebur is 
prominent and active. He is a member of 
the K. O. T. M., in which he has passed 
the chairs and served as representative to 
the Grand Lodge; is Noble Grand in the I. 
O. O. F. , No. 389, of Bessemer; and is, also 
a member of the K. of P. at this place. 



HEV. ANGELUS HAFERTEPE, 
pastor of Sacred Heart Parish of 
Calumet, Michigan, is a native of 
Germany, born in Voltlage, Amt 
Furstenau, Osnabrueck, Hanover. He was 
a child of only two years when he was 
brought to America. He acquired his edu- 
cation in Cincinnati, Ohio, and was ordained 
on the 15th of June, 1878, by Archbishop 
J. B. Purcell as a priest of the Catholic 
Church. His first assignment made him 
pastor of the church of his denomination in 
St. Maurice, Indiana, and he remained in 
charge of that parish for one year, after 
which he was sent as assistant pastor to 
Stephen's parish in Hamilton, Ohio, where 
he continued his labors for about a year and 
a half. On the expiration of that period he 
was made pastor of St. John's parish in 
Middletown, Ohio, and for two years devoted 
his time and energies to the building up of 
the church in that place, after which he 



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went to the Sacred Heart Parish in Emporia, 
Ljon county, Kansas. There his labors 
were very beneficial to the church, and dur- 
ing the four years and a half cf his stay there 
the church progressed greatly. Father 
Hafertepe was next assigned to St. Bernard, 
Ohio, as pastor of St. Clemens' Church 
seven and one-half years, and subsequently 
was returned to his old charge of St. 
Stephen's Parish in Hamilton, Ohio, where 
he remained until transferred to Calumet, 
Michigan. 

Father Hafertepe came to this place to 
take charge of the Sacred Heart Parish, 
which was organized in 1868 by the Rev. 
Father Jacker. There is now a membership 
of 300 families. There is a good house of 
worship, well furnished, yet it is not ample 
enough to accommodate the large congrega- 
tions, and Father Hafertepe expects soon to 
enlarge it that there may be room for all. 
In connection with the church there is con- 
ducted a parochial school, which is in charge 
of eleven Sisters of Notre Dame of Mil- 
waukee, and has an enrollment of 500 pupils. 
There is also an assistant for Father Hafer- 
tepe, — Paul Lotz, — and together they are 
accomplishing much work in the locality. 
The pastor is an untiring worker, wholly 
devoted to his church, which under his able 
administration is now in a flourishing condi- 
tion. He is well educated, a good speaker, 
and his work in the pulpit and among his 
people is accomplishing good results. 



>nr*OHN HAMILTON WILSON, editor 
^ and publisher of the Native Copper 
nt I Times, Lake Linden, Michigan, is 
the only newspaper man in the town. 
He has been identified with Lake Linden 
during the past decade and in this time has 



probably done as much to advance the 
material growth and prosperity of the place 
as any citizen here. 

Mr. Wilson dates his birth in Kent coun- 
ty, province of Ontario, Canada, March 25, 
1850. His father, Andrew Wilson, a native 
of the north of Ireland, emigrated to Canada 
about the year 1835, and was for manj- years 
engaged in farming. He is now living retired, 
being eighty-four years of age and well pre- 
served in both mind and body. His wife, the 
mother of our subject, was before her mar- 
riage Miss Maria Worthington. 

Mr. Wilson's youthful days were not un- 
like those of other farmer boys. Until he 
was fourteen he attended the public schools. 
Then he became an apprentice to the trade 
of printer in the office of the Planet, in 
Chatham, Ontario, where he served a term 
of five years. In 1869 he came to Michigan 
and at Detroit secured employment in the 
job office of the Detroit Daily Post. After 
remaining there a year, he went to Bay 
City, where he spent the winter, and in the 
following spring came to Houghton, accept- 
ing a position on the Gazette and continuing 
on its force until 1873. That year he em- 
barked in the newspaper business on his own 
account, having as his partner Mr. E. P. 
Kibbee, and together ^they published the 
Northwestern Mining Journal. In 18S1 Mr. 
Wilson started a job office in Red Jacket, 
Houghton county, and ran the same until 
1884, when he removed to Lake Linden. 
Here he took an interest with Mr. A. Laube 
in the Torch Lake Times. In March of the 
following year he purchased the paper and 
in 1893 he changed its name to the Native 
Copper Times, which he is successfully con- 
ducting at present, this being the only paper 
published in Lake Linden. Mr. Wilson also 
runs a fine job office. 



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He has in various ways been a promi- 
nent factor in the town. For four years he 
was Village Clerk and he was for three 
years Secretary of the County Board of 
School Examiners. 

Mr. Wilson has a charming wife and five 
interesting children, — Gwyneth Worthing- 
ton, Griffith Morgan Arthur, Gwladys, Mari 
Fabian and Gweullian Brouwen, besides 
two deceased, — David Homer and Leah 
Williams. Mrs. Wilson's maiden name was 
Miss Gwyneth Williams, she being the 
daughter of the late David Williams of 
Houghton, Michigan. 



eDWARD R. PENBERTHY, gen- 
eral agent for the Lake Superior 
Soap Company, of Houghton, 
Michigan, was born on the 24th of 
June, 1 84 1, in county Tipperary, Ireland, 
and is a son of English parents, John and 
Johanna (Thomas) Penberthy, who came to 
the United States in 1854. The father died 
ere reaching his destination, departing this 
life at Montreal. The other members of the 
family afterward continued on their way to 
Lake Superior, and located at Cliff Mine, 
Michigan. The mother died in Ripley, 
Michigan, in 1893. In the family were 
nine sons, of whom Edward R. was the sec- 
ond in order of birth. 

Our subject was about thirteen years of 
age when with his parents he came to the 
New World. The greater part of his ed- 
ducation was obtained in the national 
schools of his native land, but he supple- 
mented his studies to some extent by at- 
tending night school. Immediately after 
locating at Cliff mine, he began to earn his 
own living by working in the stamp mills at 
that place, and at the age of seventeen he 



secured a clerkship in the company's store, 
where he remained for a year. He then ac- 
cepted a position as engineer, or more prop- 
erly engine driver, and this position gave 
him more time for study, as his day of labor 
covered only eight hours. After being thus 
employed for two years, he returned to the 
store, where he remained for two years, and 
then, severing his connection with the Cliff 
mine, he accepted a position with Brock- 
way & Perry at Copper Harbor, as sales 
clerk. While in their employ he was 
offered a position as school-teacher at Eagle 
River, continuing his labors in that line for 
two years. At the same time he was also 
employed as bookkeeper for the Humbolt 
Mining Company. 

On leaving Eagle River, Mr. Penberthy 
accepted the position with Foley Brothers 
& Company, general merchants at Eagle 
Harbor and Houghton, serving in the ca- 
pacity of bookkeeper and general manager. 
While thus employed he also acted as 
Township Clerk for one term and was Vil- 
lage Recorder of Eagle Harbor for one term. 
He remained with Foley Brothers for seven 
years, — a trusted and faithful employee, 
laboring for the interests of the firm with 
which he was connected and thereby pro- 
moting his own fortunes. It was in these 
various lines of labor that he acquired the 
capital with which to engage in business for 
himself. 

In 1872 Mr. Penberthy embarked in 
merchandising at L'Anse under the firm 
name of Penberthy & Brennan. That con- 
nection was continued until the fall of 1879, 
when he sold out to his partner and returned 
to Houghton. He also acted as Village Re- 
corder, and was recognized as one of its 
leading citizens. On his return to this city 
he was employed as clerk in the Houghton 



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office of the Detroit & Lake Superior Cop- 
per Company, with which he continued for 
two years, when, in September, 1881, he 
was offered and accepted a position with the 
Lake Superior Native Copper Works, in the 
capacity of bookkeeper and business man- 
ager. While discharging the responsible 
duties of that position he was elected secre- 
tary and treasurer of the Wolverine Mining 
Company (which he had aided in organizing), 
and served in that capacity until 1884, 
when the business was closed. Through 
the two succeeding years, Mr. Penberthy 
was engaged in the commission business, 
and in 1886 was appointed by President 
Cleveland as Postmaster of Houghton, hold- 
ing the office for four years. In the mean- 
time he formed a partnership with his 
brother, S. T. Penberthy, in general mer- 
chandising at South Lake Linden, and the 
business was carried on five years; but, not 
•finding it very profitable, they sold out to 
N. Reding. In June, 1893, our subject be- 
came connected with the Lake Superior 
Soap Company, and handles their entire 
output of the celebrated Ingot soap. He is 
also a stockholder in the company. In addi- 
tion to his other interests, Mr. Penberthy 
owns considerable real estate in Houghton, 
and derives a good income from these prop- 
erties. 

On the I ith of October, 1876, was cele- 
brated the marriage of our subject and Miss 
Ellen M. McKernan, a daughter of Hon. 
John Q. McKernan. Their family now 
numbers four sons and a daughter, — John E. , 
Emma J., Grover C, Stanley J. and Philip 
R. They attend the Episcopal Church, 
and Afr. Penberthy is a member of the 
Knights of Pythias, the Knights of the Mac- 
cabees, and the Ancient Order of United 
Workmen. He possesses the adaptability 



so characteristic of his nationality, and is an 
energetic, capable and honorable business 
man, whose well directed efforts have 
brought him a handsome competence. He 
has been frequently called to public office, 
and in various positions has discharged his 
duties with a promptness and fidelity that 
has won him high commendation. His life, 
which has been well spent, is worthy of em- 
ulation, and all who know him esteem him 
highly for his genuine worth and strict in- 
tegrity. 



*» ^ ON. W. F. SAWYER, manager of 
l'^^ the D. M. Company's store at On- 
\ , P tonagon, was born in Kent, Ohio, 
September 21, 1858, a son of 
Francis L. and Margaret (McMean) Sawyer, 
the former a native of Ohio, of English 
descent, and the latter of Pennsylvania, of 
Scotch-Irish descent. Our subject, the eld- 
est of their four children, two sons and two 
daughters, graduated at the Union schools 
of Kent at the age of fifteen years, the 
youngest that ever graduated at the school 
at that time. He was then employed in the 
store of W. S. Kent & Company, also study- 
ing law at the same time, and in 1879 he 
became a partner in the business. In the 
spring of 1887 they closed their store, and 
Mr. Sawyer came to Ontonagon, to take 
charge of the D. M. Company's store. In 
1888 he was elected President of the \illage 
of Ontonagon, re-elected in 1889, and in the 
same year was also made Supervisor of On- 
tonagon township. He has served as chair- 
man of the board for five 3'ears. In 1893 
Mr. Sawyer was elected to represent the 
Thirty-second Senatorial District in the Leg- 
islature, which comprised the counties of 
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Ontonagon, and at the close of his first 
term he was offered the re-nomination, but 
declined on account of his many business 
cares. He is a stanch Republican in his 
political matters. During the present year 
Mr. Sawyer was admitted to the bar of On- 
tonagon county. 

He was married March 10, 1881, to Lot- 
tie A. Page, a native of Norwalk, Ohio, and 
a daughter of O. E. and Phila E. (Rule) 
Page, natives also of that State. Mrs. Saw- 
yer graduated at the Kent high school with 
the class of 1880, and afterward attended 
Oberlin College, at Oberlin, Ohio. Our 
subject and wife have a son and a daugh- 
ter, — Wilis F. , born in 1884; and Dorothy, 
born in Ontonagon October 2 1 , 1892. Mr. 
Sawyer is a prominent member of the Masonic 
order, having taken the thirty-second de- 
gree, and also of the Knights of Pythias, 
K. O. T. M., the M. W. of A., the R. A. 
and the K. of H. 



^~V* H. CORBETT, Sheriff of Onto- 
•^^^k* nagon county, was born on the 

Ky^_y North Atlantic ocean, about two 
days' sail from Havana, December 
31, 1862. His father. Captain Hibbert 
Corbett, was a native of Scotland, and was 
reared at Edinburg. He began the life of a 
sailor when a mere boy, and served as a sea 
captain many years, but is now retired, 
residing in Nova Scotia, aged eighty-two 
years. The mother of our subject, nee 
Rachel Thompson, was born in England, 
and is still living, at the age of seventy- 
eight years. Mr. and Mrs. Corbett had 
five children, three of whom still survive. 

S. H. Corbett, their fourth child in 
order of birth, lived in Woburn, Massachu- 
setts, until ten years of age. He then went 



to sea with his father, as a cabin boy, 
in the African trade, and was absent two 
years and eleven months on his first trip. 
Returning home, he attended school at 
Woburn for a time, and then again went to 
sea, shipping from New York to Bremen on 
a Norwegian vessel, under Captain Sander- 
son. He afterward left that vessel and 
went on board a Scotch bark, called ' ' Cutty 
Sark, " bound for Liverpool, and thence to 
Yokohama, Japan, and return. He re- 
turned to New York on an American ship. 
Mr. Corbett next shipped as an able seaman 
on a full-rigged iron ship for Sydney, 
Australia, and thence to Liverpool, going 
around the Horn, and returning by the way 
of the Cape of Good Hope, having been 
promoted to the position of second mate 
during that voyage. At Liverpool he left 
that vessel and went to Bristol, England, 
where he attended school six months, and 
at the end of that time he passed the 
Marine Board of Trade as first mate, when 
he was only eighteen years old. Mr. Cor- 
bett paid his passage back to New York. 
He next shipped as first officer on a brigan- 
tine vessel to St. John, New Brunswick, 
went to Cork, Ireland, for orders, was sent 
to Liverpool, took a cargo of coal to 
Matanzas, Cuba, and there loaded the ves- 
sel with sugar for Boston, but it was delayed 
on the return journey ten days for repairs. 
Mr. Corbett followed the sea for twelve 
years, and during the last three years was 
in the Brazilian trade, along the coast from 
Paramaribo to Rio Janeiro. His last voy- 
age was from Portland, Maine, to Para- 
maribo, Dutch Guiana, and return to Bos- 
ton. That was in 1883. 

Mr. Corbett was discharged from the 
service in September, 1883, and came direct 
to Ontonagon, Michigan, where he engaged 




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as a log scaler for the D. M. Company. 
In the winter of 1884 he was employed in 
their store, and remained with the company 
until the fall of 1886, when he went to the 
Gogebic Range. From there, in March, 
1887, he went to North Dakota, where he 
had charge of a lumber yard for a Minne- 
apolis firm until in January, 1890. In that 
year, owing to the death of his father-in-law, 
Mr. Corbett returned to Ontonagon, and 
was appointed executor for the estate, which 
claimed his attention for one year. He was 
next a traveling salesman for the Manhurd 
Hardware Company until in September, 
1892, when he returned to Ontonagon, and 
organized the Corbett Hardware Company. 
After he was elected Sheriff of Ontonagon 
county, Mr. Corbett disposed of his stock to 
C. H. Emmons. 

In April, 1888, our subject was united 
in marriage with Delia M. Emmons, a native 
of this city, and a daughter of Thomas H. 
and Elvira Emmons, early pioneers of this 
city. They have two children, — Rita and 
Merle. In his social relations, Mr. Corbett 
is a member of the Masonic order, Lodge 
No. 67, F. & A. M. ; of the Ontonagon 
Chapter, No. 20, R. A. M. ; of Morgan 
Lodge, No. 1 1 5, K. of P. ; and of Ontona- 
gon Tent, No. 334, K. O. T. M. Politic- 
ally, he is a member of the Republican 
party. 



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■•ILLIAM E. PARNALL. general 
superintendent of the Biglow 
Mining Syndicate, and a resident 
of Calumet, Michigan, was born 
in the historic old county of Cornwall, 
England, on the 3d of June, 1839. During ^, 
his early boyhood he attended a private 
school and at the age of thirteen entered ! 

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a select boarding school, where he pursued 
his studies for two years. He then began 
earning his living and has since been de- 
pendent upon his own resources, so that 
whatever success he has achieved in life is 
due entirely to his own efforts. He secured 
a position in Buckler's tin mine near his 
home, and after working at different mines 
for a short time he shipped as cabin boy on 
board a sailing vessel and made one sea voy- 
age. After his return he resumed his studies 
in school for a limited period, but soon 
again secured work in the mines, being this 
time engaged with the shaft men, for he 
wished to learn the working of the machinery. 

The autumn of 1857 witnessed the emi- 
gration of Mr. Parnall to America, where he 
hoped he might better his financial condi- 
tion. He located first in South Carolina, 
where he worked for a short time on a rail- 
road tunnel, after which he was employed 
in the coal mines in Tennessee and Virginia 
for about eighteen months. His next place 
of residence was in Scranton, Pennsylvania, 
where he worked for a short time as shafts- 
man in the coal mines. Thinking that min- 
ing regions of the West were a better field 
for his labors, he next removed to the Lake 
Superior region, locating in Rockland, where 
he secured work in the National mine, being 
thus employed for two years, within which 
time he was made captain. On leaving 
that place he began work as a mining 
captain in the Franklin mine at Houghton, 
where he continued for eighteen months, or 
until the mine was sold. His next engage- 
ment was as superintendent of a coal mine 
in Rhode Island, where he remained for 
two and a half years, returning on the ex- 
piration of that period to Lake Superior. 

Mr. Parnall now secured a position as 
mining captain in the Phoenix mine in Ke- 



Memorial re cord of the 



weenaw county, where he continued for 
seven years. He then engaged as superin- 
tendent of the National mine, serving in that 
capacity for the long period of ten years, 
when he accepted the position of assistant 
superintendent of the Tamarack mine, and 
after four years spent in that position was 
made superintendent and general manager 
of the Biglow Syndicate, controlling the 
Tamarack, Tamarack, Jr., Kearsarge and 
Osceola mines. Since 1894 he has filled 
that position and has shown himself well 
fitted to cope with the responsible duties 
that rest upon him. In his capacity of 
superintendent he has the oversight of 2,300 
men, — a large force to manage, which re- 
quires excellent executive ability. While he 
demands good work from his employes, 
there is nothing of the harsh or overbearing 
taskmaster about him, and his relations 
with those under him are of the most pleas- 
ant character. Mr. Parnall is a man whose 
business ability is not limited to one line of 
action, but can successfully cope with vari- 
ous pursuits and turn them to his own ac- 
count, at the same time making his individ- 
ual prosperity promote the general welfare. 
In connection with his other interests he is 
at present a director of the Mineral Branch 
of the Houghton & Calumet Railroad, and 
is also a director of the First National bank 
of Houghton. Whatever he undertakes he 
carries forward to a successful completion, 
and he possesses an energy and indomit- 
able purpose which will not content itself 
with mediocrity, but is always working up- 
ward. 

Mr. Parnall has been twice married. He 
first wedded Miss Isabella Gregg, daughter 
of Alexander Gregg, of Southfield, Oakland 
county, Michigan. She died in 1875, leav- 
ing two sons. Mr. Parnall has since mar- 



ried Mary Gregg, a sister of his first wife, 
and three children have blessed their union. 
Socially, Mr. Parnall is connected with 
the Masonic fraternity, and he and his 
family are prominent people of the com- 
munity. 



,>^ OBERT MOONEY, Postmaster of 
I ^^ Ontonagon, was born at Mineral 
\ . P Point, Wisconsin, February 12, 
1844, a son of John and Catherine 
(Hamilton) Mooney, natives of Ireland. 
The father came to America in 1841, locat- 
ing on a farm near Mineral Point. The 
mother died when our subject was but three 
weeks old. He was taken to Ireland when 
four years old, where he remained twelve 
years, and then returned to America, to 
Jersey City, New Jersey, and attended 
school there until twenty years of age. Mr. 
Mooney next spent six months in the iron 
works at Buffalo, New York, followed the 
same occupation in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, 
about four years, returned to Buffalo and 
was a barber there; and then followed that 
calling in Lexington, Michigan, one year, 
and in Alpena, this State, fourteen years. 
In March, 1882, Mr. Mooney came to On- 
tonagon, and conducted a barber shop until 
1888, from that time until 1895 was en- 
gaged in the insurance business and left that 
calling to assume the duties of Postmaster 
of Ontonagon. He has also served as Town- 
ship Treasurer and Clerk, as a member of 
the School Board eight years, and is now a 
Justice of the Peace. 

In 1876 Mr. Mooney was united in mar- 
riage with Bridget Kinney, a native of Ire- 
land. They have four sons and one daugh- 
ter, — Catherine A., James A., Charles F., 



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William and Joseph R. Mr. Mooney is a 
member of the Hibernian and the Catholic 
Mutual Benevolent Associations. 



HH. FARNAM, of the firm of 
Clark & Farnam, lumber dealers 
and general merchants of Ewen, 
Ontonagon county, Michigan, is 
one of the enterprising business men of the 
upper peninsula, and has been connected 
with the interests of this town ever since it 
had a beginning; indeed, he was one of the 
men who gave it its start. In this connec- 
tion we take pleasure in referring biograph- 
ically to him. 

A. H. Farnam was born in Summit 
county, Ohio, April 15, 1841. His fore- 
fathers were among the pioneers of the 
Western Reserve. Charles Farnam, his 
father, was born in Cuyahoga county, Ohio, 
and his remote ancestors came to this 
country from England. He married Esther 
McFarlin, who was born in Medina county, 
Ohio, and whose father, a native of New 
York and a descendant of Scottish ances- 
try, was one of the first settlers of Medina 
county. Charles and Esther Farnum had 
eight children, seven sons and one daugh- 
ter, A. H., the subject of our sketch being 
their third born. 

Mr. Farnam was reared in his native 
place and was there at the time the Civil 
war broke out. Young, ambitious and pa- 
triotic, he was among the first to enter the 
Union ranks. He enlisted in 1861 as a 
member of Company A, Nineteenth Ohio 
Volunteer Infantry, for a period of three 
months; at the end of that time re-enlisted, 
this time in Company A, of the Second 
Ohio Volunteer Cavalr}-. At the end of his 
term he again re-enlisted in the same com- 



pany and continued in the same until the 
close of the war, receiving an honorable dis- 
charge at Columbus, Ohio, in 1865. His 
army service was indeed a remarkable one. 
He participated in no less than forty gen- 
eral engagements and altogether was in 
ninety engagements, including battles and 
skirmishes, and during all that time he was 
never wounded nor captured! 

After receiving his discharge he returned 
home and engaged in running a sawmill at 
Renson's Corner. Two years later he came 
up to Michigan and located at Sand Lake, 
Kent county, but at that time did not re- 
main long. After three years more spent in 
Ohio he returned to Sand Lake and engaged 
in the shingle business, continuing the same 
six years. His next move was to Edmore, 
Montcalm county, this State, where he car- 
ried on both farming and milling, and where 
he improved a fine farm and built a nice 
home. This property he still owns. In 
1889 he came to Ewen Station. At that 
time this now prosperous little town con- 
sisted of nothing but a railroad water tank. 
Here, in partnership with Mr. Clark and 
Mr. W. B. Hatfield, he started the shingle 
business. In 1891 they added lumber and 
also opened up a stock of general merchan- 
dise. As showing how small was their be- 
ginning, we state that their sales for the 
first day amounted to only $2. 50. They 
now employ a force of fifty-five men in their 
establishment and their sales in store have 
run as high as $800 in a single day. 

Mr. Farnam was married October 8, 
1873, to Harriet M. Willits, a native of 
Medina county, Ohio, and a daughter of 
Benjamin H. and Mary A. (Rudesill) Wil- 
lits, natives of New Jersey and Pennsylva- 
nia respectively, she being the youngest of 
their eight children. The only child, a son. 



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born to Mr. and Mrs. Farnam, died at the 
age of three months. 

Ever since he has been a voter Mr. Far- 
nam has cast his ballot and influence with 
the Republican party, of which he and all 
his people are stanch members. He is not 
a politician, however, nor has he ever been 
an office-holder, his own private affairs 
claiming the whole of his attention. He has 
for years been prominently connected with 
the Masonic fraternity, maintaining a mem- 
bership in Edmore Lodge, No. 360; in 
Stanton chapter and Grand Rapids Lodge, 
Scottish rite. 



m. 



> B. HATFIELD.— One of the 
most alert and progressive bus- 
iness men of Ontonagon county, 
Michigan, is found in the subject 
of this sketch, W. B. Hatfield, of Ewen, 
manager of the Clark & Farnam Lumber 
and General Merchandise establishment. 

Mr. Hatfield is a native of Michigan. 
He was born in Allegan county, July 12, 
1858, a son of one of the pioneers of this 
State. George E. Hatfield, his father, was 
born in New York, and it was in 1856 that 
he became a resident of Michigan, his first 
settlement here being in Martin township, 
Allegan county, where he resided until 1 860. 
That year he removed to Kalamazoo coun- 
ty, in 1869 returned to Allegan county and 
located in Plainwell, and in 1879 removed 
from there to Remus, Mecosta county, 
where he still resides, an honored and re- 
spected pioneer. He is of English origin 
and can trace his ancestry in this country 
back as far as 1621, at Plymouth Rock. 
Our subject's mother was of English de- 
scent, some of her ancestors having landed 
in Massachusetts in 1660. Her maiden 



name was Lois Jane Lapham; she was born 
in New York, and died at the age of fifty- 
four years. They were the parents of nine 
children, four sons and five daughters, all of 
whom are living, the youngest at this writ- 
ing being eighteen years of age. 

W. B. Hatfield was the third born in the 
above named family, and the eldest son. 
He remained a member of the home circle 
until he attained his majority. He is a 
graduate of the Plainwell school, and after 
his graduation he taught school three 
winters, his summers being spent in farm 
work. In 1879 he accepted a position as 
clerk for T. C. Gardner at Millbrook, Me- 
costa county, with whom he remained two 
years. This was in a general store. The 
next six months he clerked in a store at 
Stanton, after which he went to Colorado 
and spent six months there. Returning to 
Michigan, he resumed work for his old em- 
ployer, Mr. Gardner, and was with him a 
year. The next year he worked for his 
father in a shingle mill at Remus. We 
next find him at Rodney, Michigan, where 
he had charge of a general store four years, 
the proprietor of this store being L. T. Wil- 
marth, of Grand Rapids. In 1889 he came 
to Ewen and entered into partnership with 
Messrs. Clark and Farnam in the lumber and 
shingle and general merchandise business, 
and of this establishment, as stated at the 
beginning of this article, he is now the man- 
ager. This is now the largest store in the 
town. Further reference to it will be found 
in the biography of Mr. Farnam on another 
page of this work, and it is unnecessary to- 
go into details again. Mr. Hatfield's con- 
nection with Ewen covers the whole period 
of its history. At the time he came here 
the railroad water tank was the only build- 
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Mr. Hatfield is a man of family. He 
was married in November, 1885, to Miss 
Maud Decker, a most estimable lady, she 
being a native of Oshawa, Canada, and 
a daughter of Ed S. and Rosetta Fitch 
Decker. They are the parents of the fol- 
lowing named children: Carl J., Don D., 
George E., James M. and Vivian. 

In his political sympathies Mr. Hatfield 
harmonizes with the Republican party and 
takes a commendable interest in public 
affairs, but he is not a politician nor has he 
ever been an office-seeker. He has served, 
however, as a member of the School Board. 
He is an earnest temperance worker. A 
man of noble and generous impulses, of a 
happy and hopeful disposition, he has the 
friendship and high regard alike of old and 
young, rich and poor. 



^y^ C. MURPHY, engaged in the in- 
1 W surance and real-estate business in 
£ Ironwood, was born thirty miles 

from Queenstown, Ireland, January 
6, 1 86 1. His father, Cornelius Murphy, was 
a native of the same place, and he still re- 
sides there, extensively engaged in farming. 
The mother of our subject, ncc Julia Down- 
ing, was born in Ireland, of English descent, 
and she also is still living. They were the 
parents of fourteen children, the youngest 
being now only three years of age. 

P. C. Murphy, the eldest child in order 
of birth, received his education in the com- 
mon and high schools. At the age of twenty 
years he ran awaj' from home, coming to 
America on the ship City of Berlin, and 
landed in New York June i, 1882. He 
came direct to Marquette, Michigan, where 
he found work in the Champion mine. In 
the fall of 1883 Mr. Murphy began mining 



in the Belt copper mine of Ontonagon, and 
in the following November he removed to 
Ashland and began carrying the mail from 
Watersmeet to that city for the Canal Com- 
pany, a distance of 120 miles, on foot. He 
made the round trip each week, sleeping in 
the woods at night. In the spring of 1885 
Mr. Murphy came to what is now Ironwood, 
then known as section 22, and began work 
with the Ashland Mining Company. With 
eleven others, he dug up the stumps for the 
sinking of the first working shaft on the 
Gogebic Range, and next became under- 
ground foreman for the same company. May 
I, 1887, on Sunday morning, Mr. Murphy 
went with about sixty men to perform a 
special piece of work, in order not to inter- 
fere with the week's work. After getting to 
the first level, 116 feet from the surface, he 
crossed over the shaft to regulate the pump, 
and in recrossing to the ladder, his candle 
having been extinguished by the water from 
the pump, he walked into an open trap door 
which covered a part of the shaft, and fell 
to the bottom of the mine, a distance of 285 
feet! Mr. Murphy broke both legs and 
arms, severed all of his ribs on his right side 
from his spine, and broke his right shoulder, 
his left elbow having stuck through his 
sleeve. He has entirely recovered from the 
fall, excepting that he is a little lame! 

During the winter that he was disabled, 
Mr. Murphy was elected Justice of the Peace 
of Ironwood township, and took charge of 
the office in July, 1888. In the fall of 1893 
he embarked in the insurance and real-estate 
business, and now represents the Milwaukee, 
Mechanics' Scottish Union, National, West- 
ern, Granite State, United States, the Life 
and the Standard Life and Accident Com- 
panies. He is the only real-estate dealer in 
the city. Mr. Murphy also served as Com- 



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missioner of Gogebic county from 1 890 to 
1894, and is now Notary Public. In his 
social relations, he is Past President of the 
A. O. H. , Past Recorder of the A. O. U. W. , 
Financier of the C. O. F., and a member 
of the K. O. T. M. and the M. W. of A. 

In 1 89 1 Mr. Murphy was united in mar- 
riage with Anna O'Neill, a native 6f Hough- 
ton, Michigan, and a daughter of Edward 
and Mary (Murphy) O'Neill. They have 
three children, — Edna, Neill and Edward. 



Ky~\ R- HORACE E. FOX, a dentist 
I B of Ironwood, was born in Barry 
J^^J county, Michigan, May 9, 1859, a 
son of Sylvanus B. Fox, a native 
of New York. He came with his parents 
to Lapeer county, Michigan, where he was 
reared and married. About 1858 he located 
on a farm in Barry county, this State, and 
in the following year began the same occu- 
pation in Manchester, Iowa, where he was 
among the early pioneers. In 1862 he en- 
listed for service in the late war, entering 
Company H, Twenty-first Iowa Volunteer 
Infantry, held the offices of Corporal and 
Lieutenant, and was honorably discharged 
May I, 1865. Mr. Fox participated in the 
battles of Huntsville, Port Gibson, Cham- 
pion Hill, Black River Ridge, Vicksburg, 
Spanish Fort and Blakely. After the close 
of the struggle he returned to Iowa, and 
went thence to South Dakota, where he 
still resides. 

The mother of our subject, ncc Electa 
M. Barnum, was born in Lapeer county, 
Michigan, a daughter of Thomas Barnum. 
His father, Thomas Barnum, Sr. , was born 
in New Hampshire in 1795 and lived to the 
age of ninety-six years and nine months. 
He was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. 



for which he afterward drew a pension. Syl- 
vanus and Electa Fox were the parents of 
three children, — Horace E., the subject of 
this sketch; Charles F. , deceased; and Lara 
E., wife of Frank Burdeck, of Midland, 
Mchigan. 

Horace E. Fox was two weeks old when 
he started with his parents in a covered 
wagon for Iowa, and he was reared in Man- 
chester, that State, until eight years of age. 
He then returned to this State, completing 
his education at Millington, and at the age 
of thirteen years he began work for a hard- 
ware merchant, Ed Beardsley, of Midland. 
One year later he found employment in 
a shingle mill, and while thus engaged he 
not only earned his own living but also sup- 
ported his mother, sister and brother. In 
1877, at the age of eighteen years, Mr. Fox 
began the study of dentistry in the office of 
Dr. G. E. Webster, at Midland, remaining 
with him one year, and paid $100 for in- 
structions received in his office. He then 
opened an office in Millington, but one year 
afterward he abandoned that occupation to 
engage in the milling business. In 1881 
Mr. Fox resumed the practice of dentistry 
at Bay City, remaining there until 1886, 
when he went to New London for eight 
months, and for the following three months 
had charge of an office at Merrill. From 
March, 1887, to October 13 of the same 
year he practiced in Bessemer. He next 
entered the Chicago College of Dental Sur- 
gery, graduating at that institution in the 
spring of 1889, after which he resumed his 
practice at Bessemer, also having an office 
in Ironwood. Since July, 1893, he has 
given his entire attention to his office in this 
city. 

In his social relations Dr. Fox is a mem- 
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Dental Surgery; of the World's Columbian 
Dental Congress; of the Supreme Chapter 
Delta Sigma Delta of the World; of the 
Michigan State Dental Association; of the 
Uniformed Rank, No. 47, Knights of Pyth- 
ias; of Bessemer Lodge, No. 138, A. O. U. 
W. ; of Ironwood Lodge, No. 753, K. O. T. 
M. ; and of the M. W. A., No. 861. Polit- 
ically is a stanch Republican. 

Dr. Fox was married in 1886 to Amanda 
J., a daughter of Harley K. and Emily 
(Howe) Fox. Her death occurred January 
I, 1893. February 14, 1894, the Doctor 
was united in marriage with Grace Buck, 
who was born at Cedar Spring, Michigan, 
September 18, 1870, a daughter of Judge 
Curtis and Elizabeth R. (McRae) Buck. 



>^AMES O'CALLAGHAN, of the firm 
m of O'Callaghan Brothers & Company, 
A 1 manufacturers of lumber, shingles, 
posts, ties, etc., Norway, Michigan, 
is ranked with the progressive and enter- 
prising business men of the town. 

He was born in Canada, January 25, 
1 85 1. His father, Patrick O'Callaghan, a 
native of county Clare, Ireland, came to 
America when a young man, and settled in 
Buckingham, province of Quebec, Canada, 
where he reared his family. James attended 
public school until he was fifteen; he then 
assisted his father on the farm until 1869, 
when he moved to Ottawa, Ontario, and 
was employed as a clerk in the general 
merchandise store of James Buchanan, for 
whom he worked seven years. After this 
he came to Escanaba, Michigan, where his 
brother John was engaged in the lumber and 
general merchandise business: that was in 
the fall of 1877. He clerked for his brother 
about six months and then went to Wauce- 



dah, Michigan, and took charge of a general 
store for John K. Stack, continuing there 
eight months. His next move was to Nor- 
way, where he again began to work for his 
brother John, who had opened a lumber 
mill at Norway, and after completing a 
commercial course in the Oshkosh Business 
College, he was employed as bookkeeper at 
the mill for five years. At the end of five 
years he bought an interest in the business 
and took entire charge of its management, 
the firm then becoming O'Callaghan Broth- 
ers & Company. By this time another 
brother, George, had become an active 
member of the firm. In July, 1889, the 
mill burned down, but through the push 
and pluck of James O'Callaghan a much 
larger and better one was built and running 
in ninety days. At this writing John is 
retired, and James and George are conduct- 
ing the business. They also have a general 
store which they run in connection with the 
lumber business. 

James O'Callaghan was married in July, 
1886, to Miss Mary McGeehan, of De Pere, 
Wisconsin, and they are the parents of four 
children, — two sons and two daughters. 

Mr. O'Callaghan was elected a member 
of the Board of Education of the city of 
Norway in 1891 and served in that capacity 
for three years. He was also one of the 
promoters in organizing the Savings & Loan 
Association of Norway, in 1890, and was 
elected one of the first directors and also 
treasurer of the association, which office he 
now holds. In 1892, when the Catholic 
Order of Foresters was organized, he was 
elected their Chief Ranger, and is now Past 
Chief Ranger and also Treasurer of his court; 
and he was appointed a delegate to the 
Foresters' convention, which was held in 
St. Paul, Minnesota, in June, 1894. 



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In the summer of 1891 he built a beauti- 
ful residence on Sunset Hill, which is con- 
sidered the handsomest in the city, and 
where he now resides. 



BREDERICK G. COGGIN, superin- 
tendent of the concentrating de- 
partment of the Calumet & Hecla 
Mining Company, Lake Linden, 
Michigan, is an honored veteran of the Civil 
war, serving first in the three-months vol- 
unteers and subsequently in the United 
States Navy to the close of the war, and is 
in every way worthy of biographical consid- 
eration along with the representative men of 
his vicinity. 

Mr. Coggin's father, John Coggin, was a 
well-known and highly respected merchant 
of New Hampshire, his native State, where 
he passed an active and useful life and 
where he died in 1889, at the advanced age 
of eighty-nine years. John Coggin married 
a Miss Underwood and they had a family of 
three children, of whom Frederick G., the 
subject of this article, is the eldest. 

Frederick G. Coggin was born in New 
Hampshire January 31, 1837, and there 
grew to manhood. At the age of seventeen 
he was a high-school graduate, closing his 
studies with an academic course, after hav- 
ing served a regular apprenticeship at the 
machinists' trade. Then he entered the 
Boston Locomotive Works, where he was 
for a time employed as machinist on marine 
engines. At the opening of the late war we 
find him in the employ of the Nashua Watch 
Company, but he was not one to remain in 
the shop when his country called for volun- 
teers to put down the Rebellion, and in i86i, 
when the First New Hampshire Regiment 



was made up, his name was on its roll. This 
enlistment was for three months, after 
which he entered the regular service of the 
United States Navy as a third assistant 
engineer, his first cruise being in the Gulf 
Squadron on the gunboat Sagamore. At 
the close of this cruise he was promoted to 
the rank of second assistant engineer, in 
which capacity he served on experimental 
duty in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, on the 
United States gunboat Mackinaw; also on 
the monitor Sangamon, which made the last 
shots at Sumter, and he made his last cruise 
on the United States gunboat Frolic, tender 
to the Colorado, flagship for Admiral Golds- 
borough in his cruise after the war to re- 
establish the United States squadrons in 
European ports. On the cruise Mr. Coggin 
met with a serious accident, which nearly 
cost him his life, but resulted only in a par- 
tial paralysis of one side of his head, which 
for several years disabled him for duty of 
any kind. 

In 1869, having somewhat recovered, he 
engaged as engineer for a large planing-mill 
in Burlington, Vermont, and subsequently 
became associated with Mr. B. S. Nichols in 
the manufacture of mill and mining ma- 
chinery and wood-working, in which they 
were engaged for a period of eleven years. 
In June, 1879, Mr. Coggin came to Lake 
Linden, Michigan, to set up the stamps now 
in use in the Calumet & Hecla Mining Com- 
pany's stamp mills, and in November of the 
same year he was offered the position of 
superintendent of this great plant, which he 
accepted and still holds. Mr. Coggin is a 
member of the Institute of Mining Engi- 
neers, and of the American Society of Me- 
chanical Engineers, to both of which he has 
contributed several important papers. 

He and his wife, whose maiden name 




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495 



was Louise R. Vose and who is a native of 
Lancaster, Massachusetts, have a family of 
three children, one son and two dauerhters. 



aAPTAIN W. H. KNIGHT, of the 
Norrie mines, Ironwood, Michigan, 
was born in Ontonagon county, this 
State, January 26, 1855. 

His father, WilHam H. Knight, a native 
of England, came to northern Michigan in 
1850 and located in Ontonagon county. 
Here he followed his trade, that of black- 
smith, until the time of his death, July 4, 
1893, at the age of sixty-nine years. His 
wife, iicc Martha Brooks, was also born in 
England. She is now sixty-five years of 
age and makes her home with her son, the 
subject of this sketch. Their family is com- 
posed of four sons and one daughter, all of 
whom are living, W. H. being the second 
son and second child. 

He was reared at his native place. From 
the time he was thirteen until he was eighteen 
he worked at the blacksmith's trade, and 
since he was eighteen has given his at- 
tention to mining. He commenced his 
mining career in the Minnesota copper mines 
of Ontonagon county. He was in the Hough- 
ton & Hancock copper mines, and from these 
he went to Marquette count}', where he 
was employed by various companies. About 
1879 he went west and worked in the Com- 
stock mines. Upon his return, he was em- 
ployed as time-keeper for the Menominee 
Mining Company, filling this position for 
about six years, a portion of the time also 
being employed as foreman of exploring 
camps. In 1 883 he went to Minnesota, to the 
Tower mines, where he was at first shipping 
clerk and were he had charge of all the bush 



work for the mines. Since 1885 he has 
been in the employ of the Metropolitan Iron 
& Land Company. He served as time- 
keeper about six months, was then promoted 
to the position of night captain, which posi- 
tion he filled for three years, and since then 
has been mining captain for the Norrie mine. 

Captain Knight was married in 1879 to 
to Miss Mary Carroll, a native of Chicago, 
who was reared in northern Michigan. She 
died in 1884, leaving two children, — Ralph 
A. and Fred W. 

The Captain is a member of Ironwood 
Lodge, No. 389, F. & A. M., also a mem- 
ber of Minerva Chapter, No. 122, R. A. M. 
In politics, he is a stanch Republican. He 
was Town Clerk and Supervisor before the 
city was incorporated, and was a member 
of the Village Council one year. He was 
also a prominent and active member of the 
fire department, for a time serving as assist- 
ant chief. An honorable and upright citi- 
zen, he has the respect and esteem of all 
who know him. 



BH. PETERS— The Peters family 
first located in America as early as 
1635, consisting then of Hugh, 
William and Thomas. The first 
named of these, the only one whose lineage 
can be traced to the present time, was an 
English clergyman, born in Fowey, Corn- 
wall, England, in 1599. He graduated at 
Cambridge in 1622, and in 1635 came to 
this country, in company with his brothers 
William and Thomas, landing at Plymouth. 
Here he took a leading part in the organiza- 
tion of the Colonists and administered to 
both their religious and their civil welfare. 
Returning afterward to England he was 
executed for high treason, for having been. 



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as charged, aiding in the death of King 
Charles I., of England. He was a writer of 
renown, one of his leading works having 
been written while he was confined in the 
dungeon awaiting execution. This work was 
entitled "A Dying Father's Legacy to an 
Only Child." He succeeded Roger Williams 
as a preacher in Massachusetts and excom- 
municated his adherents, the doctrine of 
Williams being repudiated by Peters. 

At the death of Hugh Peters, the lineage 
of the family is not distinct, and can be 
traced back only to Samuel Peters, a grand- 
nephew of Hugh, who was born in Hebron, 
Connecticut, December 12, 1735. He also 
was a clergyman and died in New York city, 
April 19, 1826. He was graduated at Yale 
in 1757, traveled in Europe the next year, 
and in 1759 took orders in the Church of 
England, in London. Returning to Con- 
necticut in 1760, he took charge of churches 
in Hartford and Hebron. 

Eber Peters, a descendant of Hugh 
Peters and the great-grandfather of the sub- 
ject of this sketch, was born in Connecticut, 
in 1765, and married a Miss McCollom, a 
thoroughbred Highland Scot, whose brothers 
located near Lake Erie, south of London, 
Canada, where the descendants are now 
said to be very wealthy. Judge Henry G. 
Miller, of Chicago, is a relative of this 
family. Eber Peters' eldest child, Norman, 
was born in 1788, and was the grandfather 
of Frank H. Peters, and died in 1874. 
Eber Peters was a manufacturer of iron, 
and lived till his death in Litchfield, Con- 
necticut. He set the first whole tire on a 
wagon-wheel in the State of Connecticut, 
about the year 1796, which performance 
was witnessed by about 3,000 people! so I 
skeptical were they concerning the possibility 
of accomplishing such an undertaking. Nor- 



man Peters was a contractor on what was 
called " Clinton's ditch," or the Erie canal, 
and followed the business until the canal 
was completed. In the meantime he bought 
a farm in Cayuga county. New York, twelve 
miles north of Auburn. By his first mar- 
riage Norman wedded a Miss Smith, and had 
five children. For his second wife he mar- 
ried, in 1827, Mary Elizabeth Hill, daughter 
of Jonathan Hill, of Litchfield, Connecticut. 
Soon after their marriage they removed to 
Cato, Cayuga county. New York. The 
mother of Norman Peters' wife was the only 
daughter of an English Lord named Bab- 
cock, whose estate was near Liverpool, 
England. Lord Babcock was a Colonel in 
the English army, stationed opposite St. 
Louis, Missouri, after the French and Indian 
war of 1754. Babcock's wife having died 
in England, he brought his child over to 
friends at Philadelphia, where she remained 
while her father was at his post near St. 
Louis. Having been suddenly called home 
to England just before the breaking out of 
the war of the Revolution, he died before 
having another opportunity of seeing his only 
child! He left a large estate in the old coun- 
try, which was lost to the American heirs 
from sheer neglect. King George III. gave 
Lord Babcock three square leagues of land 
opposite the site of St. Louis, about the 
year 1760. 

Jonathan Hill, previously mentioned, was 
reared in Litchfield, Connecticut, and at the 
time of the Revolution espoused the cause of 
the crown, and on that account was driven 
away and was compelled to flee for his life. 
He went to New York and for better protec- 
tion was placed on board an English ship com- 
manded by Captain Ward, whose wife was 
the daughter of Lord Babcock, — the one 
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Mr. Hill was on board this vessel Captain 
Ward became sick and died, and after a 
time Mr. Hill wooed the widow and married 
her, she then being about twenty years of 
age. By his second wife Norman Peters 
was the father of Johnson, James, Manly B. 
(father of our subject), Norman, Theodore, 
De Witt, Catherine (the widow of Russell 
W'alker, of Olivet, Michigan), and Mary 
(the wife of Joseph Huey, of Corsicana, 
Texas). 

Manly B. Peters was born in 1833, being 
the third son of Norman Peters by his second 
wife. He was educated first in the common 
schools of the State of New York, and after- 
ward attended college at Harpersfield, same 
State, where he graduated in 1852, in the 
same class with e.\-Chief Justice Champlin 
and wife. He then took up teaching as a 
profession, and in 1854, when not yet twenty- 
one years of age, he married Sarah M. Shel- 
don, of Cayuga county. New York. Of the 
ancestry of the Sheldon family but little is 
known, but it is supposed to be from Hol- 
land, as that nationality has been in New 
York for several generations at least; also 
the characteristics of the Sheldons, both 
physical and mental, are like those of the 
people of Holland. I^Irs. Peters' father, 
Justus Sheldon, was a farmer of Cato, New 
York, who died in 1871, aged seventj'-five 
j-ears. He married Elizabeth Corbin, a 
model woman, who died in Cato, in 1857, 
at the age of sixty years. Besides Mrs. 
Peters, there were five children in the Shel- 
don family, namely: Elmer, a capitalist of 
Eaton county, Michigan, now aged seventy- 
six years; Sylvia, who married a Mr. Smith 
in Cato and died there, leaving two chil- 
dren; Harry, of Ira, New York, a farmer 
now aged seventy-two years; Samuel, de- 
ceased; Eliza, the widow of John Ogilsbee, 



of Meridian, New York, and now aged sixty- 
nine years. 

After his marriage Mr. Manly B. Peters 
moved to the township of Kalamo, Eaton 
county, Michigan, where he followed the 
occupations of farming and school-teaching 
for two and one-half years, in the mean- 
time clearing a farm in the dense wilderness. 
Then, about 1856, he emigrated to the 
State of Illinois, locating in Snachwine, 
Putnam county, where he continued in agri- 
cultural pursuits; but after two seasons there 
he was induced by the gold excitement to 
go to the far distant West, namely to Pike's 
Peak, Colorado. He chanced to be in Kan- 
sas during the time of the border warfare, 
and was at Kansas City in 1858, when H. 
Clay Pate went out with fifty men to cap- 
ture John Brown; and was there also when 
the party returned, they having been cap- 
tured by John Brown, with eleven men! 
While at Pike's Peak, during a period of 
seven months, he aided in locating and sur- 
veying the city of Denver, having for his 
companion the famous Kit Carson, the In- 
dian scout. After prospecting in the Rocky 
mountains for about five months he returned 
to his home in Illinois. 

About the year 1862 he returned to 
Michigan, locating in the township of Gene- 
va, Van Buren county, near South Haven, 
where he remained two years, engaged in 
farming and teaching, when he removed to 
Jackson county, this State, continuing the 
same occupations. In the spring of 1865 
he removed to Eaton county, this State, 
and followed farming and teaching till 1871, 
when he embarked in the lumber business at 
Charlotte, that county, and was very pros- 
perous until the financial panic of 1873, 
which compelled him in two years to aban- 
don his place. 



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The year 1875 he spent at Lansing, the 
capital, and the following year he moved to 
Ionia county, locating at the village of 
Portland, where he engaged in manufactur- 
ing and merchandising for two years. Then, 
the village of Lyons, same county, offering 
him inducements, he removed his business 
and residence to that place. In 1881 here- 
moved to Manistique, in the upper penin- 
sula, and engaged again in manufacturing. 

In the meantime he had recovered largely 
from his former financial embarrassment 
and was enabled to engage extensively in 
the manufacture of handles of every descrip- 
tion. The failure of a firm in the East with 
whom he had large contracts embarrassed 
him financially and for the second time he 
was forced to suspend. 

Possessing superior educational qualifica- 
tions, he was advised by his son to observe 
the old adage, — that "when one failed at 
everything else the law was the only thing 
left open to him," and to this he turned his 
attention. He read law under the guidance 
of his son, and was admitted to the bar of 
the State of Michigan before Judge Steere 
at Sault de Ste. Marie, March 18, 1893, 
when he was past sixty years of age. He is 
now located in Manistique, Michigan, where 
he is enjoying a lucrative practice. 

In politics he was originally a Republican, 
but in 1 87 1 he went with that branch of the 
party which nominated Horace Greeley for 
the Presidency, and since that time he has 
been identified with the Democrats. 

Of his nine children seven are living, 
namely: Mary E., the widow of William 
Pohlmyer, of Detroit, Michigan, now aged 
thirty-eight years; Frank H., whose name 
heads this sketch; Ella E. , now thirty-six 
and the wife of J. V. Bartlett, of Gould City, 
Michigan; Helen R. , aged twenty-nine years, 



married A. K. Wheeler, of Luce county, 
this State; Zettie F. , now Mrs. L. M. Davis, 
of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and aged twenty- 
seven years; Mr. Davis is the principal 
assistant civil engineer of the " Soo " rail- 
way, also treasurer and manager of the 
Mouse River Coal Company, of Burlington, 
North Dakota; Mrs. Emma S. Tyndale, of 
St. Paul, Minnesota, aged twenty- five years; 
and Ada S. , aged twenty-three years and is 
the wife of D. K. Smith, of Manistique, 
Michigan. 

Mr. Peters, the subject of this sketch, 
was born August 2, 1S58, in Snachwine, 
Putnam county, Illinois, and was educated 
in the common schools of Michigan, com- 
pleting his course at the high school in Char- 
lotte, Eaton county. When not attending 
school he was usually engaged at the machin- 
ist's business, having an aptitude for this 
kind of work. He was eighteen years of age 
when his father's failure in business threw 
him upon his own resources, and he pro- 
ceeded to learn thoroughly the machinists' 
trade, and followed this occupation at Port- 
land, Ionia and Reed City, Michigan. In 1883, 
having been superintendent for the Witham 
& Anderson Lumber Company, of East 
Saginaw, during that year, he decided to un- 
dertake the study of law, for which he always 
had a predilection, being prevented from 
commencing it some years before by his 
father's failure in business. 

Accordingly he entered the office of M. 
Stone in the village of Reed City, Michigan, 
in the winter of 1883-4, and later the office 
of Charles A. W^ithey, of that place, — recog- 
nized as one of the ablest criminal lawyers 
of Michigan, — and he was admitted to the 
bar April 19, 1886, at Hersey, Osceola 
county, before Judge Judkins, after a 
thorough and lengthy examination. He at 



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once opened an office in Reed City, and his 
first case was tried against his old preceptor, 
Mr. Withey, resulting in a verdict in favor 
of Mr. Peters' client. From that time on 
his advancement was rapid, especially in the 
criminal branch of the profession. His first 
noted case was in the defense of Dr. Wood, 
of Hersey, charged with burning in the night 
time a dwelling-house of his brother-in-law, 
D. A. Blodgett, the millionaire lumberman 
of Grand Rapids. 

In August, 1889, Mr. Peters removed to 
the Upper Peninsula, locating at Newberry, 
Luce county, and at once becoming the 
leading attorney of that county. Among 
the more important cases with which he has 
been connected in the northern peninsula 
are: The case of Fisher, charged with 
intent to murder, tried at Newberry, as 
defendant's attorney; the defense of the 
notorious Dan Dunn, charged with murder 
in Schoolcraft county, Mr. Peters securing 
the acquittal of the defendant; the Mastau 
murder case at L'Anse, Baraga county, in 
October, 1894. This was a most noted 
case, the murdered man having been shot 
and killed in the night while asleep in his 
cabin by a charge of buckshot in the back, 
and the responsibility of the dastardly 
deed being a mystery. The prosecution 
had circumstantial evidence which pointed 
strongly toward Mastau as the murderer. 
When he was arrested the murdered man's 
wife stated in court that he was the guilty 
man, and that the object of his deed was to 
obtain an opportunity to marry her. Mr. 
Peters was employed on the defense; but, 
arriving on the ground, he found public 
opinion so much against the prisoner that 
he endeavored to get time, and moved for 
a continuation of the case. This being 
denied by the judge, Mr. Peters challenged 



the array of jurors on a technicality, and the 
challenge being sustained the case was 
continued till October, when, after a hot 
fight of ten days, in the face of overwhelm- 
ing evidence, he secured the acquittal of his 
client. 

The next important murder case upon 
which Mr. Peters was the defendant's attor- 
ney was at Manistique, in January, 1895. 
A foreman of the Chicago Lumbering Com- 
pany, named Tim Kane, was stabbed to 
death by Isaac Stitcher. Although the 
evidence against him was strong, and two of 
the ablest lawyers in northern Michigan 
were opposed to him, so well did Mr. Peters 
handle the case that after the jury were out 
for over sixty hours they were unable to 
agree, being equally divided. This case is 
now pending, and will be tried in June, this 
year (1895). 

In September, 1893, an express train on 
the Calumet & Hancock railway in the 
northern peninsula was held up by train 
robbers and $75,000 was stolen. Several 
detectives from the Pinkerton agency of 
Chicago were employed by the company, 
and the robbers were finally run down and 
arrested. Mr. Peters was employed as 
their attorney, and the case was so ably 
handled that he succeeded in getting the 
men off with a sentence of only five years. 
Under the laws of Michigan, the men, had 
they been convicted of the crime originally 
charged, would have received a life sentence. 

Mr. Peters was also a winner of the cele- 
brated criminal libel suit of Marquette, 
after a hot trial through three courts. 
Editor Jackman of the Marquette Daily 
Times was convicted of libeling James Rus- 
sell, managing editor of the Marquette Min- 
ing Journal. Mr. Peters stuck to the case 
through two trials, and finally came out of 



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the Supreme Court of the State a winner 
with flying colors, and Mr. Jackman was 
free. 

Mr. Peters is one of the leading Demo- 
crats of the northern peninsula. Espousing 
the cause at an early age, he has given 
lavishly, both time and money, to the suc- 
cess of Democratic principles in Michigan. 
His superior work has attracted the attention 
of such men as Don M. Dickinson, Judge 
Allen B. Morse, ex-Chief Justice of the 
Supreme Court of this State, and others, by 
whom he is held in high esteem. He has 
at different times been solicited to accept 
positions of trust by Federal appointment, 
but did not feel justified in accepting, on ac- 
count of the neglect of his professional 
business that would necessary follow. He 
has served in an official capacity, however, 
first as City Clerk of Reed City, Michigan; 
ne.xt as City Attorney of that place; and in 
1890 was elected Prosecuting Attorney of 
Luce county. At the November election 
in 1894, in Alger county, Mr. Peters was a 
candidate for the office of Prosecuting At- 
torney by solicitation, and was declared 
elected; but his case was contested and the 
decision of the (Republican) canvassing board 
went against him. 

In 1892 he formed a partnership with S. 
W. Shaull at Marquette, which continued 
for two years; he is now associated with his 
father in the practice of his profession, with 
offices at Manistique and Newberry. 

In 1879, in Lyons, Ionia county, Michi- 
gan, Mr. Peters was married to Miss Ella 
Frances Miller, a daughter of Benjamin A. 
Miller, an officer of the Tenth Michigan 
Cavalry during the civil war. He died 
shortly after his return home, his death re- 
sulting from the exposure he suffered while 
a member of his regiment in General 



Thomas' army in the siege of Nashville, 
which city was then besieged by the rebel 
general Hood. Mr. Miller was born and 
reared in Vermont, and came to Michigan 
just before the war. His occupation was 
that of teacher, and also of farming. He 
married Sophronia A. White, and their 
children were Ella Frances, Burt A. and 
Carrie E. Mr. and Mrs. Peters are the 
parents of two children; Edna Beryl, born 
September 11, 1886; and Frank M., Decem- 
ber 2, 1889. 

Mr. Peters is identified with the Ancient 
Order of United Workmen and the order of 
Knights of Pythias, of which latter body he 
is Past Chancellor. 



*y ^ ENRY M. POWERS, a druggist 
l''^^ of Ontonagon, was born in Supe- 
M . r rior City, Wisconsin, December 22, 
1859, the youngest of his parents' 
six children, five sons and one daughter. 
When only one year old he came with his 
parents to Michigan, and was reared and 
educated in Hancock. In 1874, at the age 
of fourteen years, he came to Ontonagon to 
live with his brother, M. A. Powers, where 
he also attended school a short time. He 
then began work on the abstracts in the 
Clerk's office, and in 1880 was made Dep- 
uty County Clerk, which position he still 
holds. From 18S1 to 1886 Mr. Powers was 
engaged in the drug business with Dr. H. E. 
Cary, doing business under the firm name 
of Cary & Powers, but in the latter year 
our subject bought his partner's interest and 
has continued the store alone. Since 1887 
Mr. Powers has been editor of the Onto- 
nagon Herald, and is also Notary Public of 
Ontonagon county. 

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Mary A. LeMoine, a native of this city and 
a daughter of Narcisse LeMoine, an early 
pioneer of Ontonagon. Mr. and Mrs. 
Powers have one daughter, Florence Madge. 
Mr. Powers is a stanch Republican. So- 
cially, he is amember of the Masonic order, 
the K. O. T. M. and the M. W. of A. 



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ICHAEL S. HOTTON is recog- 
nized as one of the prominent 
business men of Sault de Ste. 
Marie, and is at present the effi- 
cient City Treasurer. He was born in this 
city, then a village, March 27, 1868, and is 
a son of John Hotton, one of the pioneer 
settlers of Chippewa county. He (John 
Hotton} was born in England, and after 
coming to this country located a homestead 
which has now been in his possession for 
thirty-three years. His present residence is 
in Sault de Ste. Marie. He was married in 
this country to Miriam Fisher, a lady of 
Scotch birth and a daughter of Richard 
Fisher. Their children are Andrew, Richard, 
John, Michael S., George, Kate, James and 
Tom. The first, third and fourth named 
are proprietors of a meat market, and Rich- 
ard is in the Government employ. 

We now return to the personal history 
of ^^ichael S. Hotton, knowing that it will 
prove of interest to many of our readers, for 
he is a popular and well known citizen of 
Chippewa county. His educational privi- 
leges were limited, but by experience and 
observation in later years he has become a 
well informed man. Ere he had attained 
his majority he became associated with his 
brothers in the meat business and the under- 
taking was crowned with a high degree of 
prosperity. His genial nature and warm- 
heartedness, his integrity and his unfaltering 



industry, have all aided materially in bring- 
ing into prominence and popularity this 
business, and the firm now enjoys a very 
lucrative trade. 

From the time he attained his majority, 
Mr. Hotton was interested and active in 
political affairs. A stalwart advocate of 
Republican principles, he took great interest 
in securing the election of its nominees, yet 
his campaign work was always so conducted 
that he won friends even among the opposite 
party. When in March, 1895, the Repub- 
licans met to nominate candidates for the 
city offices, Mr. Hotton was chosen on the 
first and informal ballot for City Treasurer, 
and the nomination was then made unani- 
mous. The Democracy placed one of their 
strongest men against him, and while party 
ties and party lines were overshadowed by 
local issues and almost obliterated on the 
final count on the ist of April, he was found 
to have a majority of seventy-eight, and 
soon entered upon his duties, which he is 
now faithfully discharging. He is true to 
every trust reposed in him, whether public 
or private, and all respect and esteem Mr. 
Hotton. 

Socially, Mr. Hotton is connected with 
the Knights of Pythias Lodge, and is a 
prominent member of the Masonic frater- 
nity, belonging to Bethel Lodge, No. 358, 
F. & A. M. ; and Sault Ste. Marie Chapter, 
No. 126, R. A. M., both of this city; and 
Ahmed Temple Commandery, No. 45, A. A. 
O. N. M. S., of Marquette. His entire life 
has been passed in Sault de Ste. Marie, and 
he is a very popular young man, esteemed 
by all who know him. He is public-spirited 
and progressive, the embodiment of that 
type of western advancement which has 
placed this region on a par with the older 
East. 



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HS. BROWN, proprietor of the 
Troy Steam Laundry of Sault de 
Ste. Marie, was born in Essex 
county, New York, on the 17th of 
September, 1848, and is a son of C. S. 
Brown, who was born in Hadley, Massa- 
chusetts. Leaving his old home, he located 
in Somerset, New York, and subsequently 
emigrated to Somerset, Michigan; he was 
married in Napoleon, and afterward re- 
turned to Essex county, New York. In 
April, 1848, he came again to Michigan, and 
after living in various places in the southern 
peninsula at length located in Marquette, in 
1858, where he was joined the succeeding 
year by his family. There he followed his 
-trade of wagon-making and made that city 
his home until called to his final rest. He 
was a native of Massachusetts and died in 
Michigan in 1891, at the ripe old age of 
seventy years. He married Nancy Lobdell, 
daughter of Seymour B. Lobdell, a New 
York farmer, and they became the parents 
of seven children, four of whom are yet liv- 
ing, — William, Joseph and Minnie, — who 
are all residing in Marquette; and A. S., 
whose name heads this record. 

Our subject worked with his father until 
seventeen years of age and then turned his 
attention to merchandising, securing a posi- 
tion as salesman with the firm of Watson & 
Son. He afterward entered the employ of 
Westlake & Bronson and next entered the 
service of the United States Government, 
taking soundings and locating bars on the 
coast of Lake Michigan, with the headquar- 
ters at Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Soon after 
leaving the Government employ he em- 
barked in the laundry business in Marquette, 
Michigan, which he continued there until 
April, 1885, when he removed to Sault de 
Ste. Marie and established the first steam 



laundry in this city. He has since carried 
it on successfully and has built up a good 
trade, his patronage warranting a force of 
fourteen employes on an average. Only 
first-class work is turned out, and in con- 
sequence the laundry has a good trade and 
yields to the owner a good income. In ad- 
dition to his laundry Mr. Brown is the 
owner of good property on Maple street, 
which he improved in 1894. 

Mr. Brown takes no very active part in 
political affairs, being allied with the Re- 
publican party on national issues, supporting 
his friends for local offices and those whom 
he thinks best qualified. He is an honored 
and esteemed member of the blue lodge and 
chapter of the Masonic fraternity of Sault 
de Ste. Marie, and also belongs to the 
Knights of the Maccabees. He was mar- 
ried January I, 1884, in Chicago, to Miss 
Lottie Goodrich, whose father formerly re- 
sided near Scranton, Pennsylvania. They 
now have a daughter, Nellie, ten years old. 
Mr. Brown's life has been purely a business 
one and therefore unmarked by thrilling ex- 
periences or startling adventures, but it is 
such men that form the best class of citi- 
zens, men who quietly and conscientiously 
perform their duties to the country and 
their fellow men and live honorable, up- 
right lives. 



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F. KINGAN, the efficient and 
popular manager of the Edison 
Soo Electric Company, has oc- 
cupied this responsible position 
for about four years. 

He was born in Peterboro, Ontario, on 
the 20th of August, 1864, and is a son of 
the Rev. and Jane (Jeilry) Kingan. The 
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in 1835 emigrated to Canada, where he spent 
his remaining days, devoting his life to the 
work of the ministry. He died in 1893, at 
the ripe old age of seventy-eight years. His 
wife was a native of Coburg, Canada, but 
her people came from Glasgow, Scotland. 
In theirfamily were seven children, of whom 
W. F. is the fifth in order of birth. The 
others are Jane, Mary, Annie and Robert, 
who are still living in Peterboro, Canada; 
John who is a grain merchant and lumber 
dealer, of Toronto, Kansas; and Fred A., 
an electrician of Jefferson City, Missouri. 

The gentleman whose name introduces 
this review was reared and educated in the 
place of his nativity, and eight years ago 
took up the special study of electricity. He 
began business along that line in the employ 
of the General Electric Company of To- 
ronto, Canada. After leaving Toronto he 
was located at various points in Canada, 
and later came to the United States, taking 
up his residence in Chicago, where he was 
employed for a time ere his removal to this 
city. In January, 1891, he came to Sault 
da Ste. Marie to accept his present position, 
which he has filled continuously since. 

Mr. Kingan is devoted to his profession 
and deeply interested in the study of elec- 
tricty. He is energetic, possessing a laud- 
able ambition and progressive spirit, and 
we predict for him still greater success in 
the future. 



EON. S. S. CURRY, president of 
the Metropolitan Iron and Land 
Company, Ironwood, Michigan, is 
one of the best known men in this 
part of the State. Some personal mention 
of him is therefore appropriate in this work. 



and we take pleasure in presenting the fol- 
lowing: 

S. S. Curry was born in Lancaster, On- 
tario, Canada, June 12, 1839. The Currys 
are of Scotch origin. Mr. Curry's father 
and grandfather, Solomon and John Curry, 
were, however, born in Canada. His 
mother, whose maiden name was Ann 
Wood, was a native of New York and was 
reared in Washington county, that State. 
She was twice married. By her first mar- 
riage she had five children. For her second 
husband she married Alexander McLeod, by 
whom also she had five children. The 
children by the first marriage were Eliza- 
beth, Jennie, Johnson, Joseph and Solomon 
S. ; by second husband, — Archibald A., a 
prominent railroad man of the Reading sys- 
tem of New York; Isabella, deceased; 
Henrietta, wife of Dr. Norton, of California; 
Alexander, who died when young; and J. A., 
a prominent physician of Gogebic county. 
Mr. Curry's maternal grandfather, Alexan- 
der Wood, was a Scotchman who came to 
New York in 1808, and for some time was 
engaged in mercantile pursuits in New York 
city. He married a Miss Southerland, a 
member of the Colonel Southerland family. 
Solomon Curry, the father, and his wife 
were married in Canada, and after their 
marriage located on a farm at Curry Hill. 
He died there, at the age of thirty-one 
years. S. S. Curry is the youngest of their 
five children and was not born until after 
his father's death. 

In 1859, at the age of twenty years, Mr. 
Curry left his native place and went to 
Potsdam, New York, where he entered 
upon an apprenticeship to the trade of 
blacksmith. At the end of two years, in 
1862, he came to northern Michigan and 
engaged in mining, and also in exploring for 



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the Sault Sainte Marie Canal Company, 
and was thus occupied at Houghton until 
the following year. From there he went to 
Marquette, where he was under Henry 
Delaney, exploring for "the same company. 
He afterward mined in the New England 
and Washington mines. In 1879 he went 
to Menominee, where he discovered and 
opened up what was known as the Curry 
mine, and operated the same until 1881, 
when he took charge of the Metropolitan 
mine, Felch mountain. He also opened 
what was known as the Beauford mine. 
Next he took charge of the Norrie mines in 
Gogebic county, which are now owned by 
the Metropolitan Iron and Land Company. 
He was one of the first directors of this 
company, and at the death of S. P. Burt, 
its president, Mr. Curry was chosen to f:ll 
that office. It has been through his efforts 
that all the company's property in Gogebic 
county has been secured. Their mines at 
Ironwood are known as Norrie, East Norrie, 
North Norrie and Pabst. 

Mr. Curry has been identified with Iron- 
wood during the whole of its existence. 
Indeed, he is one of its founders, and much 
of the town was laid out by him; was the 
first president of the First National Bank of 
Ironwood; established the People's Bank, of 
which he was the first president; gave to 
Ironwood the first American flag it ever 
owned, and made a speech on the occasion, 
in 1892. He has always taken an active 
interest in public and political affairs. In 
1875 he represented Marquette county in 
the Michigan State Legislature, receiving 
his election at the hands of the Democratic 
party. In 1886 he was the Democratic 
candidate for Lieutenant-Governor, and, 
although he was defeated, he ran far ahead 
of his ticket. He is a member of the 



Masonic order and has advanced to the 
thirty-second degree. 

Mr. Curry was married in 1866 to Eliza- 
beth Stoup, a native of Ann Arbor, Michi- 
gan. They have two children, George A. 
and Anna. The latter is the wife of R. W. 
Bartlett, of Boston, Massachusetts. She is 
a graduate of the Boston Law School and 
he is a prominent lawyer of that city. 



>^OHN HUMBLE, City Marshal of 
m Bessemer, Michigan, dates his birth 
^1 in England, April 9, 1841. He is a 
son of Andrew and Margaret Humble, 
both natives of that country and both now 
deceased; the father died at the age of 
sixty-nine years and the mother passed away 
in 1848, when John was seven years of 
age. He is the elder of their two sons, his 
brother, Richard, still being a resident of 
England. Their father was by trade a 
blacksmith. 

John Humble was reared by his uncle, 
Mr. Richard Dixon, of England, and for a 
time attended the common schools. When 
he was only nine years old, however, he 
commenced working in the mines, which 
occupation he continued there until 1869, 
the year of his coming to America. Ar- 
riving here, he located in Braidwood, Illi- 
nois, and engaged in mining. The follow- 
ing year we find him mining at Bloomington, 
Illinois, and in 1871 he returned to the old 
country for his family and brought them 
back with him. He continued in the mines 
at Bloomington until 1873, when we again 
find him mining at Braidwood. After com- 
ing to this country he advanced from the 
position of pit boss to that of superin- 
tendent of mines, finally becoming superin- 
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Company's mines. In 1886 he made a trip 
through Cahfornia, Colorado and New 
Mexico, and upon his return came that 
same year to Bessemer, Michigan, where he 
has since resided. At that time there were 
very few houses in the town. November 
22, 1886, he commenced to sink a shaft for 
the Anvil Mining Company at Bessemer, 
and continued it until February 1 1 of the 
following year, when he went to Wakefield 
to take charge of property and prospect for 
iron. Afterward he had charge of the East 
Anvil property at Bessemer. In the spring 
of 1888, in partnership with James and 
Joseph Johns, he took a contract at the 
Anvil mine, and together they operated the 
mine until October 18 of that year. Since 
that date he has been engaged in contract- 
ing, furnishing sewer pipe, brick, cement, 
etc., to the city. 

In the spring of 1892 Mr. Humble was 
elected City Marshal by the Republican 
party, which position he has ably filled up 
to the present time. 

He was married in 1 862 to Miss Isabel 
Patterson, a native of England, and they are 
the parents of si.\ children, living, as follows: 
Frances J. , Thomas W. , Mary A. P. , Albert, 
George and Justice M. 

Mr. Humble is identified with the Ma- 
sonic order, having his membership in the 
blue lodge at Braidwood, Illinois; in the 
chapter at Bessemer, and in the com- 
mandery at Morris, Illinois. 



aAPTAIN THOMAS H.STAFFORD 
is master of the steamer Avon, navi- 
gating the St. Mary's river, and one 
of the senior lake men in the ' ' Soo " 
and vicinity. 

He was born in this city, then a mere 



village, April 9, 1842. His father, William 
Stafford, has been a resident here since 1837, 
and was for many years engaged in the 
butcher business. He is a native of Eng- 
land, is seventy- nine years of age, and is re- 
tired from active life. His wife was Jane 
Pickett, and she, too, has passed her three- 
score and ten years. Their family num- 
bered four, namely: Captain Thomas H. ; 
Mary, now Mrs. Ruby, Mandan, North Da- 
kota; Alice, married and living in Helena, 
Montana; and Samuel, Sault Sainte Marie, 
Michigan. 

Captain Stafford went sailing at the age 
of si.xteen years aboard the steamer Man- 
hattan, plying between Cleveland and Lake 
Superior, as deck hand and watch. He was 
on her the latter part of that season and 
three months of the next, finishing the sec- 
ond season with the George W. Ford, carry- 
ing merchandise and copper; was before the 
mast. The next year he was wheeling for 
the steamer Illinois between the same points. 
He ran into Chicago from Buffalo the next 
season as wheelman on the propeller Hunter. 

In the fall of that year, 1861, he enlisted 
at Buffalo in Company B, Twentj'-sixth New 
York Volunteers, and went with his command 
to Alexandria, Virginia, where thej' remained 
that winter. In the spring they moved out 
from Acquia creek and back up the Shen- 
andoah valley and met the Rebels at Fort 
Royal. Passing on through that campaign, 
he was captured at Rappahannock river, 
and sent to Libby prison and later to Belle 
Isle. He was paroled in six weeks, was 
transferred to Annapolis, Maryland, to parole 
camp, and January 22 joined his regiment 
at Frederick City, Maryland. From there 
he was in the battles of Antietam, South 
Mountain, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, 
and was discharged in May, 1864. He 



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was mustered out at Utica, New York, 
then went back to Buffalo, and went aboard 
the Hunter, in his previous position. That 
fall he drove team for the Government, be- 
tween Camp Nelson and Knoxville, but re- 
turned in the spring to the lakes, going 
aboard the propeller Mineral Pack, at the 
wheel, plying between Cleveland and Supe- 
rior. He finished that season in the city of 
Cleveland, in and out of Cleveland and De- 
troit, as man at the wheel. He was second 
mate of a vessel between Cleveland and Dun- 
kirk, wheeled on the Evergreen City, and 
was second mate of the Ironsides; the year 
1866-7-8 was mate of the same, moving to 
Buffalo in 1867. In 1868 he was also mate 
of the Winona and in 1869 had the same 
position on propeller Tioga, out of Buffalo 
and Toledo and Detroit, being on the Foun- 
tain City as second mate the last two months 
of that year. In the spring of 1870 he went 
as second mate of the propeller Buffalo, in 
the lumber trade; in 1872 as second mate of 
the Indiana, and also in 1873-4, completing 
the season of 1874 aboard the Annie Young, 
as mate; in 1875 was second mate of the 
Java, and in the following year became her 
mate; and in 1878 was mate on the Arctic. 
After that he was on a barge until the 
Niagara came out, and then for three seasons 
he was mate of the Niagara. For seven sea- 
sons he was mate with Captain Miller, after 
which he was with Captain Thorne on the 
St. Louis, and next mate on the Avon. 
Next we find him at Chicago, where he be- 
came mate of the Gould. Soon after this 
he moved to Sault Sainte Marie, and since 
then his service has been as mate on the St. 
Mary, mate on the City of Traverse, master 
of the tug Mystic, on Martin Wade, and 
finally became master of the steamer Avon. 
This last position he has occupied since 1891. 



Thus it is seen that his life on the water has 
covered a period of thirty-six years, with the 
exception of the three years he spent in the 
army. 

Captain Stafford was married January 9, 
1865, to Sophia Leeper, a daughter of John 
Leeper of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but 
of German birth. Mrs. Stafford was born 
in the Quaker City, and was married at the 
age of eighteen. He was appointed a 
deputy United States Revenue Inspector 
during the first administration of President 
Harrison, and is an efficient officer in that 
service. The Captain and his wife have no 
children. 

He is a member of the G. A. R. and 
Masters' Association. 



V ^ » ^ ILLIAM WEBSTER, the efficient 
■ ■ I ^^^ popular County Clerk of 
^jL^ Chippewa county, came to Sault 
Sainte Marie in the year 1877, 
being then but a youth in his 'teens. He 
received his education in the public schools, 
being permitted to take full advantage of 
the opportunities thus afforded, and when 
he attained sufficient age and discretion to 
render reliable service he here secured em- 
ployment as a clerical assistant in the mer- 
cantile establishment of C. W. Givens. He 
subsequently was engaged in a similar ca- 
pacity with C. H. Pease, with whom he 
remained until 1886, when he embarked in 
business on his own responsibility, as junior 
member of the firm of Tubbs & Webster, 
dealers in dry goods. Two years later he 
sold his interest in the business to his part- 
ner, and in the fall of the same year he re- 
ceived the Republican nomination for Coun- 
ty Clerk, an office to which he was duly 
elected, receiving the fiattering majority of 



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538 votes at the polls. His efficiency in 
handling the manifold details of this im- 
portant office, his fidelity to the trust im- 
posed and his popular strength as a winner 
of votes have been recognized by his party, 
which has accorded him three successive re- 
nominations to the important office which 
he has filled so acceptably from the start. 
His nomination on each occasion has been 
magnificently ratified at the polls, where he 
has been accorded flattering majorities. In 
1890 his opponent withdrew from the con- 
test and left him a clear field; in 1892 his 
majority was 506; and in 1894 the notable 
majority of i, 152 votes was rolled up in his 
favor. During the time that he has been 
the incumbent as County Clerk Mr. Web- 
ster has incidentally devoted himself as- 
siduously to the study of law, and in 1893 
he secured admission to the bar. Upon re- 
tiring from office he will engage in the prac- 
tice of his profession, for which he is em- 
inently qualified both by natural aptitude 
and thorough preparation. 

Our subject's father, James Webster, is 
a well known carpenter and builder of Sault 
Sainte Marie, being a native of Scotland, 
where he remained until he had reached ma- 
ture years and where his marriage to Miss 
Morrison was consummated. They subse- 
quently emigrated to America, taking up 
their residence in Canada, where they re- 
mained until their removal to Michigan. 
Their children are: Maggie, married and 
living in Goderich, Canada; Marjorie, who 
also is married and is a resident of Seattle, 
Washington; George, a resident of Chicago; 
William, our subject, who was born in 
Saint Helen's, Huron county, Ontario, 
February 10, 1863; and John, Andrew, 
Ellen, Jennie and Sarah, — all of whom are 
residents of Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan. 



The marriage of our subject was cele- 
brated in August, 1889, when he wedded 
Miss Bertha Bateman, of the "Soo. " 
Their children are Bertha and Bessie. 

In his fraternal relations our subject is 
prominently identified with the Masonic 
order, retaining a membership in the lodge, 
chapter and commandery. He is Past 
High Priest of the chapter and is at present 
the incumbent as Master of Bethel lodge, 
F. & A. M. He has acquired valuable real- 
estate interests in the city of which he is a 
resident, and portions of this property are 
well improved. He is recognized as one of 
the progressive young men of the thriving 
little city and enjoys an unmistakable pop- 
ularity. 



•y— ^ D. RAINS, a member of the City 
|r\ Council of Sault de Ste. Marie 
\ , P from the Fourth ward, and assist- 
ant superintendent of the Govern- 
ment locks, is a Canadian by birth and early 
training, but an active, patriotic citizen of 
the United States by naturalization and 
inclination. 

He was born in Canada on the 5th of 
May, 1847, and is a son of Major W. K. 
Rains, an officer in the British army. For 
a number of years he was in the Canadian 
army, doing service for the queen. His 
college training led him into the arm}', and 
sixty-two years ago he crossed to the Domin- 
ion of Canada from his native land and 
spent the remainder of his life within Cana- 
dian borders. During the later years of his 
life he turned his attention to civil pursuits, 
farming and trading. He married Frances 
Doubleday, and of their twelve children the 
following are still living: Mrs. A. F. Hurs- 
ley, Tudor and R. R., all of whom are living 



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in Sault de Ste. Marie; and O. R. , Alice, 
Constance, Arthur, Linda and W. W. , who 
are living in St. Joe Island, Canada, fifty 
miles from Sault Ste. Marie. 

In 1874 H. D. Rains went on a tour of 
adventure and prospecting into the North- 
west and spent eighteen months in that 
region, but found no location which he 
greatly liked. He then returned to his old 
home in St. Joe Island, where he embarked 
in merchandising, and in that undertaking 
met with a fair degree of success; but with 
the hope of more rapidly acquiring a com- 
petency he determined to come to Sault de 
Ste. Marie. Accordingly, in 1882, he be- 
came identified with this city and its inter- 
ests, and has since been one of its valued 
citizens. Here he embarked in the real- 
estate business, and as about that time 
property in this locality began to rapidly 
rise in value, he made judicious invest- 
ments, which yielded to him a handsome 
return, and he is in consequence the pos- 
sessor of a handsome competence. He is 
the joint owner in the Midway, an apart- 
ment block and a valuable property. 

Mr. Rains is a leading and influential 
citizen who gives his hearty support and 
lends his co-operation to any enterprise that 
is calculated to prove of benefit to the gen- 
eral community. For six years he has 
served as a member of the City Council 
from the Fourth ward, and does all in his 
power to promote public improvements, 
secure pavement, water mains, sewers and 
other improvements. He was appointed to 
his present position as assistant superin- 
tendent of the Government locks by Super- 
tendent McKenzie in 1893. 

The lady who bore the name of Mrs. 
Rains was in her maidenhood Miss Eliza- 
beth Greenough, a daughter of Captain 



William Greenough. She was born in Mich- 
igan and their marriage was celebrated in 
Canada. She died in Sault de Ste. Marie 
in 1893, leaving five children, — Constance, 
Jessie, Myra, Ralph and Blanche. 



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ILLIAM G. ESBROOK, proprie- 
tor of a meat market at Stephen- 
son, Michigan, is one of the 
successful business men of the 
town. 

Mr. Esbrook dates his birth in Salop 
county, England, April 6, 1847, and is a 
son of George F. Esbrook, a merchant of 
that place. Until he was eighteen he at- 
tended the public schools, and from that 
time until he was twenty-one he worked at 
the butcher business for his father. Upon 
attaining his majority, he embarked for 
America, came west to Wisconsin, and at 
Fort Howard entered the employ of Mr. 
Neil Gallagher, as butcher, and worked for 
him three years. After that he worked at 
the same business in Brown county, Wis- 
consin, and while there located a farm of 
eighty acres. On this farm he raised hay 
until 1880, when he sold out and came to 
Michigan, locating at Norway and there 
continuing work at his trade until the fall of 
1882. Since that time he has been a 
resident of Stephenson. On coming here 
he engaged in business for himself, opening 
a meat market, which he has conducted suc- 
cessfully ever since. He kills and dresses 
all his own meat. By careful attention to 
business and by good management, Mr. 
Esbrook has accumulated a nice property 
and is comfortably situated. 

March 2, 1870, he married Miss Fannie 
Hillman, a native of Maine, and they have 
a family of four children, three sons and a 



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daughter, namely: George William, Ed. E., 
Walter W. and Cora M. 

Mr. Esbrook is a member of the Order 
of Maccabees. 



>-t'OSEPH PECARD, a hardware mer- 
m chant of Bessemer, Michigan, dates 
/• 1 his identity with this city from 1885. 
In 1890 he engaged in the hardware 
business here in partnership with a Mr. Jef- 
fery, subsequently purchased the interest of 
his partner, and has since carried on the 
business alone. He is also largely interested 
in real estate here. 

Mr. Pecard was born in Canada, Decem- 
ber I, 1840, son of Joseph and Mary 
(Schameno) Pecard, both natives of Can- 
ada, where they passed their lives and died. 
They had a family of five children, Joseph 
being the third born. lie started out in life 
on his own responsibility when he was only 
eleven 3^ears of age and was employed by 
the month in. a lumber business and after- 
ward at farming. In 1 862 he tendered his 
services to the Union army, and, as a mem- 
ber of Company C, Second Battalion New 
York, went to the front; was in the service 
three years, going in as a private and being 
promoted to the rank of Sergeant. Among 
the important engagements in which he par- 
ticipated were those of the Wilderness, 
Spottsylvania Court House, Cold Harbor, 
and Petersburg. In the latter part of 1864 
he was wounded in the right thigh by a 
piece of shell and was taken to the hospital 
near Philadelphia, where he remained for 
some time. He was discharged at New York 
Harbor in 1866. 

After the war, we find Mr. Pecard in the 
far West. For about three years he wa,s 



engaged in freighting and teaming in Wyo- 
ming, Colorado and Utah. Then he spent 
two years in Wisconsin, in the lumber busi- 
ness, and in 1872 came to northern Michi- 
gan, locating at Menominee, where he con- 
tinued the same occupation two years longer. 
After that he turned his attention to the 
hotel business, which he followed about ten 
years, at different times having charge of a 
number of houses. He built a hotel in 
Quinnesec, and after operating it a short 
time returned to Menominee, where he was 
successively engaged in the grocery and 
feed, hardware, and livery business. From 
Menominee he came to Bessemer in 1885, 
as above stated, and has since been con- 
nected with the interests of this place. 

Mr. Pecard is a member of the Mac- 
cabees and also of the Grand Army of the 
Republic. He is ranked with the represen- 
tative business men of the town and is held 
in high esteem by a large circle of friends. 



aHAMBERS BROTHERS is the 
name of one of the best-known 
mercantile firms of St. Ignace, 
prominent not only in the business 
affairs of the city, but connected with its 
development in many ways. This firm suc- 
ceeded that of J. Chambers & Brothers, 
whose career began about the close of the 
civil war, and marks an important chapter 
in the history of modern St. Ignace. This 
city has three distinct historic periods. It 
was founded about the time Philadelphia 
sprang into existence, and the mission re- 
ports indicate it to be a village of sixty 
houses all in a row, in which lived ten pro- 
fessors and five hundred students. This 
was as early as 1700. The second period 



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of its existence is embodied in no written 
account, and the destruction and the destiny 
of its inhabitants can only be conjectured. 
The period of its modern existence begins 
with the latter half of the nineteenth cen- 
tury, when it again became a commercial 
point. 

Fishing and lumbering for many years 
furnished the only means of subsistence to 
the inhabitants of St. Ignace, and fish and 
lumber were the articles of commerce which 
were sent from out this northern country in 
sufficient quantities to make men wealthy. 
Chambers Brothers saw here an opportunity 
of doing a good business, by supplying the 
fishermen with needed articles, and to that 
end opened a small store. Not long after- 
ward they extended their operations by buy- 
ing, packing and selling fish, and still later 
they, too, engaged in fishing, using the gill 
net and old pound net. In the height of 
their career as fishermen they operated two 
tugs besides numerous small boats, and 
their shipments reached 2,500 packages to 
one point at a shipment. They thus 
accumulated snug fortunes and abandoned 
fishing only when the supply of trout was 
greatly exhausted. In the meantime their 
mercantile business had largely grown, and 
for some time they also conducted a branch 
house at Naubinway, which was discon- 
tinued as recently as 1894. In 1874 the 
firm supplied the public need by building a 
dock. They have also erected a number of 
stores, have greatly improved the residence 
property in this city and are now extensive 
owners of real estate. 

The present firm is composed of Patrick 
and Michael Chambers, both of Irish birth 
and sons of John Chambers, a native of 
county Mayo, Ireland. The family came to 
the Upper Peninsula in 1849 and located on 



Mackinac island, where the father was at 
times a sailor and farmer. He had little 
means at the time of his arrival, but suc- 
cessfully managed his business interests and 
became well-to-do. His death occurred in 
Saint Ignace in 1890, at the advanced age 
of eighty-two years. He taught his children 
the essential elements of industry and 
straightforward dealing, which have led 
them to prosperity and financial independ- 
ence. 

Patrick Chambers was born in 1842. 
His two older brothers, William and John, 
are both deceased. The latter left two 
children, William and Aggie. There is also 
a deceased sister, Bridget, younger than 
Patrick, and Michael was followed by a sis- 
ter, Mary, who has also passed away, while 
Kate and Charles complete the family. In 
the school of experience Patrick and Michael 
Chambers acquired their knowledge, and 
through contact with the world they have 
become practical business men. During 
youth they engaged in fishing for others, and 
when they had attained their majority began 
business for themselves. They are self- 
made men in the truest sense of that often 
misused term, and their honorable and 
enviable career reflects credit upon their 
sagacity and business ability. Michael was 
once a member of the Michigan Legislature, 
and in 1871 Patrick was elected Supervisor 
of Ignace township, in which capacity he 
served for nine years, resigning to accept 
the position of County Treasurer, to which 
he had been elected. He concluded his 
long service in that office in 1883, and has 
since devoted his energies alone to his busi- 
ness. Any worthy enterprise promotes the 
welfare of the community in which it is 
located, and by their business interests and 
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have aided in the development and upbuild- 
ing of the historic and interesting city of St. 
Ignace. 



V-T* H. STEINBERG, the leading dry- 
m goods and clothing merchant of St. 
/• 1 Ignace, Michigan, dates his identity 
with the Upper Peninsula and Mack- 
inac county from the fall of 1887, when he, 
in partnership with his father, opened a 
business in this city, under the firm name of 
J. Steinberg & Son. This firm our subject 
succeeded January i, 1891. The space oc- 
cupied by the establishment was originally 
only one- fourth what it is at present, and 
the annual sales now exceed $25,000. 

Mr. Steinberg learned the dry-goods 
business of his father, a remarkably suc- 
cessful merchant of the Lower Peninsula of 
Michigan, located and doing business in 
Traverse City. At about the age of seven 
or eight years young Steinberg became a 
clerk and continued thus occupied, with 
only slight interruptions, until 1884, when 
he went to Chicago to attend Bryant & 
Stratton's Business College. He returned 
home in a few months to assist his father, 
and was an important factor in conducting 
the business from that time until his re- 
moval to St. Ignace. 

He was born in Germany twenty-eight 
years ago. His father, Julius Steinberg, 
came to the United States some time 
in the '60s, with no means at his command. 
He bought a small supply of notions and 
wrapped them up in oil cloth, and in this 
way started out as a peddler. Ere long he 
accumulated enough money to put in a little 
business in Chicago, but he had the mis- 
fortune to lose it all by fire. Almost 
reduced to penury, he came into Michigan 



in 1868, and made headquarters at Traverse 
City while he peddled his wares among the 
fishermen, in this way getting a second 
start. In 1876 he opened up a stock of 
goods in that city, where, by continued 
application to business, he has attained 
prominence among the foremost merchants 
and financiers. He has the finest-equipped 
store in Traverse City and as expensively 
finished an opera-house as will be found in 
northern Michigan, its cost being $50,000. 
He is public-spirited and liberal toward 
worthy enterprises, and has made his pres- 
ence felt for good in Traverse City. He 
and his wife, whose maiden name was Sus- 
senwire, have seven children, J. H. being 
their eldest. 

J. H. Steinberg is unmarried. He is a 
member of the Odd Fellows and the Macca- 
bees, being a Past Commander in the former 
and an installing officer in the latter. 



* y ^ ON. RICHARD MASON.— In the 
1'^^ life record of this gentleman we 
\ . r learn much of the flourishing and 
rapidly-developing city of Glad- 
stone, for he has been its chief promoter and 
is styled the ' ' Father of Gladstone. " He has 
watched over the city with an almost paternal 
interest, promoting its business industries, 
aiding in its upbuilding and doing all in his 
power to promote its educational, moral and 
social affairs and its material welfare. He 
is now serving as Mayor of the city and is 
representing the district in Congress. 

Michigan claims him among her native 
sons. He was born in Grand Haven, May 
30, 1843, and comes of English parentage. 
His father, Richard Mason, Sr. , was born 
in Lancashire, England, learned the trade 
of machinist, and at length sailed for the 



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United States. He was an expert workman 
and put the first machinery into the Vander- 
bilt steamers on the Hudson river. When 
he came West he put the machinery into the 
first steamers on Lake Michigan. He had 
left his native land on account of being a 
chartist and locating in Canada was there 
during the Rebellion of 1837, but was obliged 
to leave the British domain on this side of 
the Atlantic on account' of certain beliefs 
which he held and maintained and were very 
unpopular among the officials. Taking up 
his residence in Grand Haven, Michigan, he 
erected there a lumber mill, which he oper- 
ated until he came to the Upper Penin- 
sula and established the town of Mason- 
ville. He was also interested in the lumber 
business in Chicago and acquired consider- 
able property there, which, owing to the 
rapid rise in real-estate prices, became very 
valuable, making him a wealthy man. 

Mr. Mason was twice married, and by 
the first union, which was celebrated in 
Canada, had the following children: Rich- 
ard, whose name heads this review; Eliza- 
beth J., wife of George A. Lowell, of Cali- 
fornia; and James, who is living in Glad- 
stone. After the death of his first wife, the 
father married Mrs. Buys, widow of Henry 
Buys and daughter of Erastus Smith of 
Poughkeepsie, New York. The only child 
of that union is Charles E., of Gladstone. 
Mrs. Mason also had one child by her first 
marriage, a daughter, Delia, wife of Rev. 
George Havermal, of Kansas. Richard 
Mason, Sr. , was a public-spirited and pro- 
gressive citizen and a man of strong convic- 
tions, fearless in support of what he believed 
to be right. Prior to the war he was a 
stanch Abolitionist and did much to aid 
fugitive slaves who were trying to make their 
way to freedom, his home being a station on 



the famous Under-ground Railroad. He 
never sought public preferment, although he 
once served as Postmaster of Masonville, 
but was always ready to advance any inter- 
est that was calculated to promote the gen- 
eral welfare. When he died the Upper 
Peninsula lost one of its best citizens. 

We now resume the personal history of 
Senator Mason, gladly giving it a place in 
this volume, for we feel assured that it will 
prove of interest to many of our readers. 
His education was not so much the result of 
theoretical as of practical training, and in 
the school of experience he has learned 
those lessons which have made him the 
successful business man of to-day. He left 
the school-room at the age of eighteen and 
entered his father's lumber-yard at Chicago, 
where he remained until after it was de- 
stroyed by fire, when he came to the Upper 
Peninsula. During the panic of 1872, in 
Masonville, the lumber mill at that place 
was not in operation, but Mr. Mason was 
engaged in getting out square timber and 
piling. 

In 1886 he removed the mill to Glad- 
stone, where is has since been located, doing 
a good business. His entire life has been 
devoted to the lumber industry, which has 
become one of the most important business 
enterprises in the Northwest; and among 
lumbermen his opinions are largely received 
as authority. Since his youth he has been 
engaged in the manufacture of lumber in the 
Upper Peninsula, and in partnership with 
C. W. Davis, of Chicago, he is operating a 
mill with a capacity of 12,000,000 feet of 
lumber annually. This vast volume of 
business is the outgrowth of a small estab- 
lishment, but the able management of af- 
fairs, industry and perseverance of the 
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NORTHERN PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN. 



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methods which they have followed, have 
brought a great and deserved success. 

Mr. Mason's connection with Gladstone 
dates from the earliest existence of the city, 
— in fact he owned the greater part of the 
town site when the movement to build the 
city was started. It was largely through 
his efforts that the city was founded, and no 
man has had more to do with shaping its 
destiny than he. He took note many years 
ago of this ideal town site with all its 
natural advantages, — its location on one of 
the most perfect fresh-water harbors in the 
United States, the facilities for lake and rail 
transportation, its close proximity to East- 
ern markets as compared with Minneapolis 
and Duluth, and the fact that navigation is 
possible to this point five weeks longer than 
on Lake Superior. All these points and 
many others equally advantageous were laid 
before capitalists engaged in transportation, 
and the result was that when the Sault de 
Ste. Marie Railroad Company constructed 
its line through the Upper Peninsula, it 
made Gladstone an important division head- 
quarters and eagerly accepted some of the 
financial risk of bringmg it into commercial 
prominence. The wonderful development 
of the city during the past seven years fully 
demonstrates the keen business penetration 
of Mr. Mason. The largest lake vessels 
now make regular trips to Gladstone, ocean 
steamers have tied up at her docks, this is 
the distributing point for much of the fuel 
that is used in the Northwest, thousands of 
car loads of wheat, flour and other products 
are transferred here to vessels annually, 
boats ply between Gladstone and all lake 
ports and their connections, and the rail 
traffic of the Northwest is being diverted to 
this terminal, while extensive manufactories 
and industries are built, and all things indi- 



cate the coming importance of the city. 
"Rome was not built in a day." In fact 
the old Romans would greatly marvel could 
they see the wonderful development of some 
of our Western cities. Possessed of the true 
Western spirit of progress and advancement, 
which is deterred by no obstacles, Mr. 
Mason, with some associates, has founded a 
city that stands as a monument to his enter- 
prise and reflects credit and honor upon his 
name. 

The domestic relations of Mr. Mason 
have been most pleasant, and in his home 
he finds his greatest enjoyment. He was 
married May 30, 1864, to Julia A. Davis, a 
daughter of George Davis, a Chicago pio- 
neer. Their children are as follows: R. P., 
born April 30, 1867, acquired his education 
in Chicago and Escanaba, Michigan, and in 
the latter city embarked in business as a 
civil engineer, being connected with the 
Sault de Ste. Marie Railroad, which was be- 
ing laid out to Gladstone. In 1889 he en- 
gaged in the lumber business. He was 
married April 2, 1892, in Ann Arbor, to a 
daughter of Judge W. D. Harriman. Myra 
B., Charles D., Mabel L. and Hazel are all 
still unmarried and are now in Evanston, 
Illinois. 

Mr. Mason was reared a Republican, and 
his mature judgment commends and advo- 
cates the principles which were instilled into 
him in youth. He has long been recognized 
as one of the leading members of the party 
in this locality, but not until recently would 
he consent to accept office. In 1892 he 
was elected Mayor of Gladstone for a two 
years' term, and in 1894 was re-elected and 
is the present incumbent. When the con- 
vention met to nominate a candidate for 
State Senator in 1894 it was found that 
Mr. Mason was the choice of his party, and 



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though he had two competitors in the field 
he won the election by the handsome major- 
ity of 2,800, and became the Senator from 
the Thirtieth district. He is a broad- 
minded man with large experience in bus- 
iness and with a wide acquaintance among 
the leading men of his native State. He 
has also read extensively, being specially 
familiar with the best current literature, and 
few men are better equipped for the dis- 
cussion of live issues. He is in touch with 
the people, understands their needs and 
gives his influence and support for those 
measures which are calculated to prove of 
public benefit. Mr. Mason is a many-sided 
man in his capabilities, but single-minded 
as to honesty of purpose. His excellent 
business ability has made him a man of con- 
siderable wealth, his true worth has won 
him political honors, and his many excel- 
lencies of character have won him the high- 
est esteem of all with whom he has come 
in contact. 



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'INFIELD S. HAINES, assistant 
master mechanic of the " Soo " 
railroad line with headquarters at 
Gladstone, Michigan, was born at 
Strong, Maine, on the 19th of May, 1848, 
and descended from one of the old families 
of the Pine Tree State. His paternal grand- 
mother, however, was of pure Scotch blood, 
emigrating to America and settling in Maine, 
where her remaining days were passed. All 
the branches of the Haines family still re- 
side in New England save the family of our 
subject and an uncle who located in south- 
ern Illinois. 

The father of W. S. Haines was a mill- 
wright and mechanic by trade, and in 1851 



he left his old home for the West, journeying 
with his family until he had reached Janes- 
ville, Wisconsin. He was one of the early set- 
tlers of that place and put in the machinery 
for one of the first sawmills built in that lo- 
cality. In 1 8 5 7 he removed to Onalaska, Wis- 
consin, and put in the machinery for three 
mills on the Black river. He subsequently 
purchased a farm twenty-six miles from Chi- 
cago on the line of the Chicago & North- 
western Railroad, which he owned and 
operated until i860, at which time he re- 
moved to Oshkosh. He there entered into 
a contract with the United States Govern- 
ment to built pontoon bridges and went to 
the South, being thus employed in Ten- 
nessee. His death occurred in Nashville, in 
March, 1863. He had married Lavina 
Brown, daughter of Captain E. Brown, who 
was a seafaring man engaged in sailing on 
the Atlantic in the coast trade and to south- 
ern ports. The Brown family was founded 
in America long before the Colonies had 
achieved their independence. Mrs. Haines 
still survives her husband. In the family 
were three sons, — Winfield S. ; F. A., a 
mechanic of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and Ed- 
ward, a locomotive engineer residing in Min- 
neapolis, Minnesota. 

During the greater part of his life Mr. 
Haines, of this sketch, has engaged in rail- 
roading. He spent his early years under the 
parental roof and then entered the employ 
of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad 
Company as a machinist's apprentice in 
1867, being stationed at Oshkosh, Wiscon- 
sin. He was under the instruction of Ben 
Garvin and thus remained three years. He 
subsequently went to Lowell, Massachusetts, 
to complete his trade, being first with the 
Lowell Machine Shop Company and later 
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Massachusetts. His last work was under 
O. J. Gifford on the Boston & Lowell Rail- 
road, and on returning West in 1879 he 
entered the employ of the Northern Pacific 
Railroad at Brainard. Six months after- 
ward he joined the army of employes of the 
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad 
Company and was stationed at Sanborn, 
Iowa, where he worked in the shops for 
eighteen months, when he was placed upon 
the road as engineer, serving in that capacity 
for four years. On the expiration of that 
period he was given charge of the shops and 
roundhouse at Sanborn, filling that position 
until February, 1886, when he became act- 
ing master mechanic during the construction 
of the Minneapolis & Pacific road, now the 
western terminal of the Soo line. In Janu- 
ary, 1887, these two lines were brought 
under the same management and Mr. Haines 
was made general foreman of the shops at 
Shoreham, Minnesota, occupying that posi- 
tion until March of the following year, when 
he became engineer on a passenger train on 
the Soo main line. 

Continuing on that run until August, 
1893, Mr. Haines was then transferred to 
Gladstone and made division master me- 
chanic. This responsible position he fills in 
a most creditable and satisfactory manner. 
His training as an apprentice gave him a 
thorough knowledge of all mechanical appli- 
ances used in this branch of business, and 
his subsequent training fitted him for his 
present work, so that he discharges his 
duties in a way that reflects credit upon him- 
self and also wins the commendation of his 
superiors. All his life he has been con- 
nected with railroad work and from the be- 
ginning he has steadily won promotion. 
With immense corporations, such as control 
our railway systems, promotion is not se- 



cured save through merit, and his rise is 
therefore the sequence of ability. 

Mr. Haines was married in Running 
Water, South Dakota, in October, 1884, to 
Miss Fannie Presho, daughter of Nathaniel 
Presho, a farmer, who formerly lived in 
New York. One child graces this union, — 
a daughter, Julia, now eight years of age. 
They have a pleasant home in Gladstone 
and are numbered among the leading people. 
A matter of interest in connection with this 
place is that Mr. Haines, in 1887, devised a 
temporary hoist and unloaded the first 
cargo of coal at this harbor. Socially, he is 
a Royal Arch Mason, belonging to the lodge 
in Sanborn, Iowa. He is a man of fine 
physique, fitted by nature for leadership, 
and though he demands faithfulness to work, 
such as he has always given, he has yet 
great consideration for those under him; 
and amid a circle of friends he has a pleas- 
ant, frank and friendly manner which wins 
their warm regard. 



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William A. FOSS, the pleasant, 
popular and prominent cashier of 
the Exchange Bank, of Glad- 
stone, Michigan, dates his resi- 
dence here from 1889, previous to which 
time he had lived in the East. 

He was born in the city of Portsmouth, 
New Hampshire, December i, 1837, and 
his father, William Foss, was also a native 
of the old Granite State, born in 18 10, in the 
town of Rye. In his youth he learned the 
shoemaker's trade and was engaged either in 
the manufacture or sale of his shoes through- 
out his entire business career. In the State 
of his nativity he married a daughter of a 
commander of a brig plying between Ports- 
mouth and the West Indies; her father, 



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while thus engaged, lost his life at sea. Of 
the six children born to Mr. and Mrs. Foss, 
but two are now living, William A. being 
the eldest. While living in New Hamp- 
shire William Foss, Sr. , served as a mem- 
ber of the State Legislature and was recog- 
nized as a man of prominence and influence. 
About 1849 he removed to Haverhill, Massa- 
chusetts, where he carried on the shoe busi- 
ness. 

In the public schools of Portsmouth, 
New Hampshire, and Haverhill, Massachu- 
setts, William A. Foss acquired his educa- 
tion and also received his manual training. 
From his earliest youth he was familiar 
with the shoe business, and when he 
entered upon business life for himself it was 
but natural that it should be in that line. 
He first entered the boot and shoe factory 
of William Lucy, of Haverhill, and con- 
tinued that connection for a period of six 
years, within which time he became thor- 
oughly conversant with the business in all 
its details. He was thus engaged at the 
breaking out of the late war. When it was 
seen that the threats of the South meant no 
holiday quarrel and the storm-cloud had 
burst upon the country, bringing ruin and 
desolation, he could no longer remain con- 
tentedly at home, but offered his services to 
the Government in defense of the Union, 
becoming a member of Company F, Fif- 
teenth Massachusetts Infantry, under Cap- 
tain Samuel W. Duncan and Colonel Carle 
P. Messer. His father also became a mem- 
ber of the same company. The regiment 
was ordered to the South and went to Baton 
Rouge, later to Port Hudson, where our 
subject was detailed for duty as clerk for the 
Court Martial and Provost Marshal. On 
the expiration of his term of service he re- 
ceived an honorable discharge at Port Hud- 



son, and at once returned to his home, re- 
suming his former business. 

Mr. Foss was united in marriage with 
Miss Fannie R. Lake, a daughter of a well- 
known farmer, Josiah R. Lake, who was a 
native of the old Bay State. The wedding 
was celebrated in Haverhill, Massachusetts, 
and their union has been blessed with one 
child, Ella F. , now the wife of A. S. Tice, 
who resides in Chicago and is engaged in 
the electric-light business. 

At length Mr. Foss removed to Cincin- 
nati, Ohio, where for several years he was 
in the employ of Shibley & Company, 
dealers in shoes, occupying the responsible 
position of foreman of their extensive fac- 
tory. On severing his connection with that 
firm he came to Gladstone, the date of his 
arrival being 1889, as before stated. Here 
he opened a boot and shoe business, which 
he is still conducting, and the enterprise has 
proved a profitable one. In 1891 he 
assumed charge of the Exchange Bank, the 
first institution of the kind in the town. It 
was founded and began its career almost 
with the beginning of the city, its founder 
being Fred W. McKenney, its first cashier 
being A. S. Tice. His administration of 
the bank affairs have brought to that con- 
cern success and made it one of the leading 
financial institutions in this section of Delta 
county. 

In his political views Mr. Foss is a 
stalwart Republican, and in 1892 was elected 
Treasurer of Gladstone, during which time 
he discharged his duties with such prompt- 
ness and fidelity that on the expiration of 
the term he was re-elected, in the spring of 
1893. Socially he is a Mason and a mem- 
ber of George H. Thomas Post, G. A. R. , 
of Cincinnati, Ohio. Mr. Foss is a wide- 
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atic methods and good managerial ability, 
and the success that has come to him is the 
reward of his own labors. He is a public- 
spirited and progressive citizen, desirous of 
promoting the best interests of the com- 
munity and as loyal and true to his duties of 
citizenship as when he donned the blue in 
defense of the Union. His pleasant, genial 
manner makes him well liked, and he enjoys 
a well deserved popularity. 



V7*0HN A. CAMPBELL, a prominent 
J business man of L'Anse, was born in 
/• 1 Cleveland, Ohio, December 14,1850. 
He attended the public schools until 
eighteen years of age, and then took a liter- 
ary course of two years in the Lawrence 
University, at Appleton, Wisconsin. He 
next spent two years in the general store of 
R. L. Little & Company, of Hancock, for 
the following seven years he was employed 
in the banking business conducted by his 
stepfather, E. L. Mason, of L'Anse; and 
since that time has been general manager of 
the mercantile establishment of P. Ruppe. 
In company with P. R. McCurren, Mr. 
Campbell is also engaged in the manufacture 
of brick, and they will soon organize a stock 
company with a capital stock of $25,000. 
Our subject is also interested in the Michi- 
gan State Stone Company, and is a large 
property owner. 

He has been a member of the City Coun- 
cil, has served as County Treasurer four 
years, as Township Treasurer the same 
length of time, and is the present City Treas- 
urer. Socially, he is a member of the K. of 
P., the A. O. U. W. , the Maccabees and of 
the Modern Woodmen of America. 

Mr. Campbell was united in marriage 
with Miss Ellen E. , daughter of Rev. David 



A. Curtis, of Petersburg, Michigan. To this 
union have been born four children, — three 
daughters and one son. 



Sr— ^ ERMANN J. SEIFERT, proprietor 

l''*\ of a saloon at L'Anse, Michigan, 

\ ^ P was born in Germany, September 

30, 1852, of German parentage. 

His father, Gotlieb Seifert, was a dealer in 

wheat and also ran a bakery in the old 

country. 

Hermann J. received his education in 
the public and high schools, attending the 
latter about one year, and when he was 
fifteen began working in his father's bakery, 
where he remained until he was nineteen. 
At that age he came to America. His first 
location in this country was at Cleveland, 
Ohio, where he worked in a bakery seven 
months. From Cleveland he came to Mar- 
quette, Michigan. At Marquette he learned 
the barber's trade, and on leaving that place 
went to Escanaba and opened a barber shop, 
which he ran a year and a half. Returning 
to Marquette, he spent some time there, 
and his next move was to L'Anse. This was 
in the spring of 1S76. From that time until 
1 88 1 he ran a barber shop, the next two 
years was in the hotel and saloon business, 
then sold out and again resumed business as 
a barber. In 1 888 he disposed of his bar- 
ber shop and opened a saloon, and has con- 
tinued in the latter business ever since. 

Mr. Seifert has been Alderman of L'Anse 
six terms, and is now serving as such, and 
he is also now serving as Superintendent of 
the Poor. He is a member of the A. O. U. W. 
Of his private life, we record that he 
married Miss Meta Sengebusch, a native of 
Germany, and they are the parents of one 
child, a son, seven years of age. 



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aORNELIUS B. DRISCOLL, Post- 
master of Negauiiee, was born in 
Keweenaw county, Michigan, Sep- 
tember 7, 1865. His father, 
Florence Driscoll, was a native of county 
Cork, Ireland, but came to America about 
the year 1848, locating at Buffalo, New 
York. About 1855 he came to Michigan, 
where he engaged in mining, and remained 
in this State until his death, in 1886. 

Cornelius B. Driscoll, the subject of this 
sketch, attended the public schools until 
thirteen years of age, and his first position 
was in the machine shops of the Pewabic 
mine, where he worked two years. He next 
served an apprenticeship of three years at 
the carpenter's trade; was then employed as 
a carpenter for D. Crawford, of Hancock, 
was next an employe of Emery & McCurdy, 
and B. H. Pierce & Company and remained 
in Hancock three years. Mr. Driscoll then 
came to Negaunee and secured the position 
of foreman for B. H. Price & Company, 
and two years afterward embarked in busi- 
ness for himself, as a carpenter and builder, 
in which he is still interested. He is also 
interested in silver mines in Utah. June 16, 
1893, Mr. Driscoll was appointed Postmas- 
ter of Negaunee. 

He is a member of the Ivnights of 
Pythias, of the Maccabees and of the Ancient 
Order of Hibernians. 



>T^OSEPH H. PRIMEAU, Justice of 
■ the Peace and Notary Public of Ne- 
/• 1 gaunee, is an early pioneer of this 
city, and the following detailed bi- 
ography will interest the many men with 
whom he has become familiar. The study 
of his life from the time he was launched on 
the world after leaving college is a fitting 



lesson for the young generation that will fol- 
low. He is a man of military bearing, and 
the cordial way he meets one makes him 
easy of approach. 

Mr. Primeau was born in Chateauguay, 
Martin county, Canada, August 30, 1843, a 
son of Antonio Primeau, a native of Lower 
Canada. Our subject attended the parish 
schools until fifteen years of age, then spent 
five years in Montreal College, and took a 
two-years' classic course in Mason College, 
graduating at the latter institution with the 
class of 1863. Mr. Primeau next entered a 
military school. He still has in his posses- 
sion three diplomas, which he keeps with 
pride as a remembrance of his school days. 
After graduating at the military school in 
1864, he studied law in the office of Archam 
Bault for one year. In July, 1864, here- 
turned home for one year, and on again 
coming to this country he carried a recom- 
mendation from the priest of his parish, 
saying that Mr. Primeau was a member of 
an old and highly respected French family, 
and that he was an honest young man. Al- 
though he had never done any hard work, 
he came to this country with a determina- 
tion to succeed, and his first work was in a 
sawmill at East Saginaw, where he remained 
about three months. He next found em- 
ployment with two grocery firms in St. 
Paul, Minnesota, for six months, and in the 
following year returned to his home in Can- 
ada. Coming again to the United States, 
Mr. Primeau located in Negaunee, Mich- 
igan, was employed as clerk in the crockery 
store of Dr. Cyr for three months, spent 
the same length of time as clerk in the gen- 
eral store of the Iron Clif^ Company, and 
afterward served as general manager of the 
Robbins store in Forestville until it was 
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next business venture was as proprietor of a 
boarding-house in Marquette, and while thus 
engaged he also wrote in the County Clerk's 
office and taught French to a class of ninety 
pupils. During the year of 1872-3 he 
clerked in the clothing-house of Shot & 
Company. May 5, of the latter year, he 
was elected Recorder of Marquette, and 
held that position seven years. In June, 
1880, he began work as general manager of 
the store of the Deer Lake Company, was 
next engaged in the insurance business with 
the Michigan Aid Society, afterward secured 
the position of bookkeeper for J. Johnson, a 
lumber dealer of Negaunee, but in the spring 
of 1894 resigned that position to become a 
Justice of the Peace. 

Mr. Primeau married Miss Angelina Mc- 
Bomber, and they have had thirteen children, 
seven now living. Our subject is a stanch 
Republican, and socially he affiliates with 
the Knights of Pythias. 



K./^^\ R- J- A. McLEOD, an eminent 
I I physician and surgeon of Iron- 
/^,J wood, Michigan, and a prominent 
factor in the growth and develop- 
ment of the town, is a gentleman of whom 
more than passing mention should by made 
in this work. Following is a resume of 
his life: 

J. A. McLeod was born in Lancaster, 
Glengarry county, Canada, November 11, 
1854, and is of Scotch descent. His grand- 
father McLeod was extensively engaged in 
raising sheep in Scotland, came to America 
when a young man, and in Montreal, Can- 
ada, acquired a large amount of property. 
He died while in the prime of life. At the 
time of his coming to America his son, Alex- 
ander, the father of otu" subject, was ele\'en 



years of age. The latter was reared in Can- 
ada and was a farmer by occupation. He 
died at the age of eighty-four years. The 
Doctor's mother, whose maiden name was 
Anna Wood, was a native of New York city. 
Alexander Wood, her father, was a mer- 
chant in New York, and during the Revolu- 
tionary war removed with his family to Can- 
ada, their location being in Lancaster. He 
reached the advanced age of ninety-six years. 
Dr. McLeod's mother was twice married: 
By her first husband, a Mr. Curry, she had 
five children, as follows: Johnson T., Joseph, 
Elizabeth, Jennie, and S. S. ; and the chil- 
dren by her second marriage also were five 
in number, their names being A. A., a prom- 
inent railroad man of New York; Isabelle, 
deceased; Henrietta, wife of Dr. Norton, of 
California; Alexander, who died when young; 
and J. A., the youngest of the ten and the 
subject of this article. 

Dr. McLeod was reared in Canada and 
received the greater part of his education 
there. He spent one year in the Michigan 
State University at Ann Arbor, completing 
his medical course in that institution and 
graduating in the class of 1878. After his 
graduation he was appointed surgeon of the 
Menominee Mining Company. He subse- 
quently removed to Milwaukee and there 
practiced his profession for a number of 
years, until 1887, when he came to Iron- 
wood, Michigan. Here he received the ap- 
pointment of surgeon for the Metropolitan 
Iron and Land Company, and also for other 
companies, and in addition to this work has 
conducted a large general practice. Since 
his location here he has in many ways been 
prominently identified with the interests of 
the place. He is the proprietor of a drug 
store; is president of the Ironwood Stove 
Company, owning a half interest in the busi- 



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ness; was one of the organizers of the Iron- 
wood Electric Company, and served as one 
of its first officers; helped to organize and 
served as an officer of the Twin City Rail- 
way Company; was president of the Curry 
Hotel Company; was one of the organizers 
of the First National Bank of Ironwood, and 
served as vice-president of the same; and is 
now a stockholder in the People's Banking 
Company, which he helped to organize. In 
short, he is one the most enterprising and 
public-spirited men, and he generously ex- 
tends his hearty support to all enterprises 
which, in his opinion, are intended to pro- 
mote the welfare of the town. The Doctor 
is a member of the Wisconsin State Medical 
Society, the Milwaukee Medical Society, 
and the New York Medical Society. 

Dr. McLeod was married in 1880 to Miss 
Isabel Prime, a native of Wisconsin and a 
daughter of O. B. Prime, now of Ironwood. 
They have had four children, three of whom 
are living, — Roderick C, Delia Jean, and 
John A., Jr. 

Politically, the Doctor is a Democrat. 
He is not, however, a politician, although 
he takes an active interest in public affairs. 
For six years he served as a member of the 
Ironwood School Board, a portion of that 
time being its president. He has also served 
as a member of the City Council. Socially, 
he is identified with the Masonic order. He 
has a membership in the blue lodge and 
commandery at Ironwood and the chapter 
at Bessemer. 

Dr. McLeod is also prominently known 
as a member of the National Guards. He 
assisted in the organization of the Curry 
Rifles, an independent organization, and was 
first Captain of the company; and when this 
company was admitted to the National Guard 
and became a part of the Fifth Regiment, 



he was appointed surgeon of the regiment. 
In 1894 he was detailed as acting Brigade 
Surgeon of the Michigan National Guards. 
Thus in professional, business and social 
circles Dr. McLeod has high standing. Per- 
sonally, he is a gentleman of pleasing ad- 
dress, always genial and courteous, and is as 
popular as he is well known. Much more 
might be said of him, but enough has already 
been given to serve as an index to his 
character. 



^^^EORGE C. JACKMAN, editor and 
■ ^^ publisher of the L'Anse Sentinel, 
^L^ was born in New York city, August 
6, 1862, a son of Azariah Jackman, 
a native also of that State. He was an 
engineer by occupation, and also learned the 
harness- maker's trade. Our subject moved 
with his parents to LeRoy, New York, when 
three years of age, three years afterward 
located in Levanna, that State, and at 
the age of nine years removed to Lima, 
New York, where he attended school until 
fourteen years of age. Two years afterward 
he entered the printing-office of the Levanna 
Gazette, under the editorship of C. M. 
Alvorn, where he remained five years; for 
the following three years he worked in the 
office of the Chronicle at Rochester, and 
then located in Detroit, Michigan. While 
in that city he worked in different job print- 
ing-offices, and for a year and a half was 
foreman of the Cyclorama. He next went 
to Saginaw and secured the position of fore- 
man of the Saginaw Evening Journal, 
which position he filled for three years; was 
then employed as West Side Editor of the 
Saginaw Evening News a year and a half, 
and then, with a partner, founded the Mar- 
quette Daily Times, of Marquette, Michi- 



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525 



gan, which he edited two years. Mr. 
Jackman next founded the Baraga County 
Democrat and conducted it fifteen months 
with which he subsequently combined the 
L'Anse Sentinel. The L'Anse Sentinel is 
the only paper published in Baraga county. 
It was started in 1861. 

Our subject is a member of the Knights 
of Pythias, of the Odd Fellows, of the Mac- 
cabees, and the Modern Woodmen of 
America. He has held the position of Clerk 
of Baraga. 

Mr. Jackman was united in marriage 
with Miss Emma Sherman, a native of Sag- 
inaw, Michigan. 



BRANK A. JENSON, a mining engi- 
neer and chemist of Norwaj', was 
born in Sweden, September 8, 
185 I, a son of John Anderson, also 
a native of that country. Frank attended 
the State school in his native country until 
fourteen years of age, was then employed as 
bookkeeper for the Hogfors Stock Company 
about two years, spent the following two 
years with the Hellefors Iron Mining Com- 
pany, was with the Klacka & Lerbery Manu- 
facturing Company three years, then studied 
under Professor Humble for about a year 
and a half, next took a- course in the Fahn 
Mining School, studied mining engineering 
and chemistry in Dolcarhs, Sweden, and in 
1 88 1 came to the United States, locating in 
Norway, Michigan. Mr. Jenson spent the 
first year and a half here as assistant engi- 
neer to Peter Larson, in the employ of the 
Menominee Mining Company, and since that 
time he has served as mining engineer and 
chemist for the Pennsylvania Mining Com- 
pany. He is also agent for the Briar Hill 
Mining Company of Ohio. 



He was married December 16, 1891, to 
Miss Olga Quarnstrom, of Sweden, and they 
have two children, a son and a daughter. 
In his social relations, Mr. Jenson is a Mas- 
ter Mason and a member of the United 
States Institute of Mining Engineers. 



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ILLIAM GOTHARD, President 
of the village of Ontonagon, was 
born in Pembroke, Wales, a son 
of William and Anna (Clancher) 
Gothard, natives respectively of England 
and Wales. William came with his parents 
to this country when one year old, locating 
in New York city, and received his education 
in the Brooklyn schools there. At the age of 
twenty years he came to Milwaukee, Wiscon- 
sin, where he followed the carpenter's trade 
five years; from 1862 to 1868 followed the 
same occupation in Beloit, same State; had 
charge of the mechanical work of the Peshtigo 
Lumber Company about five years; erected 
a manufacturing establishment at Marinette, 
and built many of the principal buildings in 
that city and Menominee. In 1891 Mr. 
Gothard sold his interests in Wisconsin and 
came to Ontonagon, Michigan, where he 
has since erected the box factory and match 
block and the planing-mill for the D. M. 
Company, of which he has since served as 
general manager. 

In political matters, Mr. Gothard is 
prominently identified with the Republican 
party. He was elected President of the vil- 
lage of Ontonagon in 1895, has also served 
as member of the Board of Supervisors of 
this city, and is a member of the School 
Board. Socially, he is a member of the 
Masonic order, Onontaga Lodge, No. 67, 
of the Royal Arch Masons, and of the A. O. 
U. W. 



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In 1857 Mr. Gothard was united in mar- 
riage with Roxanna Persels, a native of 
Michigan, and they have four sons and one 
daughter, namel}': Anna, wife of Thomas 
Barron, engaged in the hardware business 
with George Corring in Iron Mountain; 
William, of Appleton, Wisconsin; Fred, 
Edgar and Walter. 



^^T. IGNATIUS CHURCH, Roman 
•^^^ Catholic, Houghton, Michigan, is 

K ^J one of the oldest institutions of its 
kind in the northern peninsula, and 
its marvelous power for good has been 
deeply felt throughout the years. The 
property of this church comprises its house 
of worship, which i's an old one and which 
will, no doubt, be replaced in the near 
future by a handsome and commodious 
structure; the pastor's home, anew, elegant 
and well-furnished residence; and a parochial 
school. The number of families registered 
in the parish is 250, and the number of 
pupils enrolled in the school i 50, the school 
being in charge of three Sisters of St. Ag- 
nes. The present pastor of the church is 
Rev. Father A. W. Geers, a man of fine 
scholarship and great earnestness, and who 
is fully consecrated to the work of the Master. 
Father Geers was born in Switzerland in 
February, 1853. He was educated for the 
priesthood in Mount St. Mary's Seminary in 
CincAnati, Ohio, and in April, 1876, was 
ordained at Ft. Wayne, Indiana, by Bishop 
Dwenger. His first charge was as assistant 
pastor of Sts. Peter and Paul's Church in 
Hamilton, Indiana, where he remained one 
year. From there he was sent to Garrett, 
same State, where he served acceptably as 
pastor until 1881, the time of his coming to 
northern Michigan. Then for a short time 



he was in the cathedral, and after that 
filled successively the following pastorates: 
Republic, Sacred Heart Church of Calu- 
met, Manistique, Menominee, Holy Rosary 
Church of Lake Linden, and St. Mary's 
Parish in Norway. He came to his present 
assignment in October, 1 894, and in addition 
to his work in this place he also has charge 
of a mission at the Atlantic mine; and while 
his connection with St. Ignatius Church does 
not yet cover a year he has in this short 
time won the love of his parishioners and 
ingratiated himself with all who have in any 
way come in contact with him; and this has 
obtained in all the charges where he has 
officiated. 



aAPTAIN M. L. TALLON, ex- 
County Treasurer of Gogebic coun- 
ty, Michigan, and now a resident 
of Bessemer, has been identified 
with the history of this part of the country 
for a number of years. 

Mr. Tallon is of Irish birth. He first 
saw the light of day near Dublin, Ireland, 
December 15, 1840, and when he was two 
years of age he came with his parents to 
America, their location being at Trenton, 
New York. From the time he was fifteen 
until he was nineteen he worked in the iron 
mines of New York, and at the age of nine- 
teen years came west to Milwaukee, Wis- 
consin. He has ever since been more or less 
engaged in mining, his experience extend- 
ing not only over a number of years but also 
over a wide extent of territory, including 
Wisconsin, Colorado, Montana, Michigan, 
and Ontario, Canada. In many of the mines 
in which he was emplo3'ed he served as min- 
ing captain. In 1886 he located at Wake- 
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ent for the Iron Chief Mining Company, 
serving as such until the following year. 
While at that place he was elected the first 
supervisor of Wakefield township, then in 
Ontonagon township, and while filling that 
office he assisted in organizing the county of 
Gogebic. He was then elected the first 
Treasurer of the county, and filled the office 
from 1887 to 1889. Mr. Tallon was also 
the first Supervisor of the First ward of 
Bessemer. 

In 1886 Mr. Tallon was married to Miss 
Etta A. Cummings, a native of New Or- 
leans, who was reared in the South and in 
Wisconsin. Her parents were natives of 
the Emerald Isle. Mrs. Tallon died May 
15, 1894, leaving a family of six children, 
two sons and four daughters, namely: Cath- 
arine, Madge, Patricius, Gerome, Mary, and 
Josephine. 

Captain Tallon's long experience in min- 
ing operations has made him an authority on 
the subject, and his early connection with 
the affairs of Gogebic county have gained 
for him a wide acquaintance here. As one 
of the representative miners and citizens of 
the county, he is well known and held in 
high esteem by all. 



K./^ W. SHO\'E, agent for the North- 
\c^^ western Railroad, was born in Man- 
J^^J itowoc county, Wisconsin, Sep- 
tember 21, 1862. His father, 
Henry A. Shove, was born and reared in 
New York, and was a merchant by occupa- 
tion. His death occurred in 1862, when 
our subject ivas only four months old. His 
mother, ncc Levantia C. Wright, was born 
in Herkimer, New York, February 23, 1830, 
and she now resides in Ironwood, Michigan. 
Henrv A. and Levantia Shove had four 



children, namely: Henry W. , of Marshall- 
town, Iowa; Mortimer G., of the same 
place; Henrietta, wife of J. C. Hamilton, 
of Two Rivers, Wisconsin; and B. W., the 
subject of this sketch. 

At the age of nine years the latter went 
with his mother to Appleton, Wisconsin, 
where he attended the high school. At the 
age of fourteen years he began work for 
himself, carrying messages for the Western 
Union Telegraph Company of that city for 
two years, and during that time he also 
learned telegraphy. In 1879, at the age of 
sixteen years, Mr. Shove secured a position 
with the Northwestern Telegraph Company 
at Milwaukee, remaining with them until 
1882. In that year he went to St. James, 
Minnesota, as operator for the Chicago, St. 
Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad; after- 
ward followed the same occupation at Den- 
ver and other points; returned to Sioux 
City and took reports for the Sioux City 
Sound; was next assistant chief operator 
for the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & 
Omaha Railroad at St. Paul; went to De- 
troit to take reports for the Free Press of 
that city, and then came to Ironwood, 
Michigan. Mr. Shove's first position here 
was as cashier of the Milwaukee, Lake 
Shore & Western Railroad, which he con- 
tinued until January, 1890, and has since 
been employed as agent for the same com- 
pany. The road is now known as the Chi- 
j cago & Northwestern. 

j In his social relations, Mr. Shove is 
1 Master of the blue lodge of Ironwood F. & 
A.M.; is also a member of the Bessemer 
1 Chapter and the Montrose Commandery, 
No. 39, of Calumet; of the Knights of Pyth- 
ias, and of the A. O. U. W. Politically, he 
is a stanch Republican. 

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united in marriage with Alice C. Douglas, a 
native of Syracuse, New York, and a daugh- 
ter of Franklin Douglas, of New York city. 
Her mother died when she was but six 
years old, and she was reared by Dr. Byron 
Douglas, of Appleton, Wisconsin. Mr. and 
Mrs. Shove have one son, Byron Douglas. 



>^AMES S. MONROE, lawyer and real- 
M estate dealer, Ironwood, Michigan, 
/•J and Superintendent of the Poor of 
Gogebic county, has been identified 
with the interests of Ironwood since July, 
1886, and has done much to promote its 
growth and development. A review of his 
life gives the following facts: 

James S. Monroe was born in Paterson, 
New Jersey, December 29, 1854. His 
father, Peter S. Monroe, also a native of 
New Jersey, was by occupation a carpenter, 
and for some time was master mechanic in the 
woodwork department of a large establish- 
ment at Paterson. He died at Springfield, 
Illinois, at the age of about thirty-five years: 
The Monroes are of Scotch origin. Grand- 
father Monroe was born in Glasgow, Scot- 
land, and came from there to America in 
1 760, his settlement being at West Milford, 
New Jersey. Our subject's mother, whose 
maiden name was Harriet Fitzgerald, was 
likewise a native of New Jersey. Her 
grandfather came to the United States from 
Ireland in 1780 and located in Orange coun- 
ty. New York. Peter S. and Harriet Mon- 
roe were the parents of three sons, George 
O. and Charles D. , of Brooklyn, New York, 
and James S. 

James S. Monroe was reared at West 
Milford, New Jersey, until he was sixteen, 
his early education being received in the 



district schools. In 1870 he went to Nor- 
wich, New York, and there worked on a 
farm until 1873, when he entered Cornell 
University. His studies in the university, 
whoever, were interrupted by his having to 
earn his own support. He taught school 
and was employed in various ways, and it 
was not until 1880 that he graduated at 
Cornell. In October, 1880, he came to 
Michigan and located in Ontonagon, which 
at that time was forty miles from any rail- 
road. There he was employed as clerk for 
a lumber firm until May of the following 
year, when he accepted the position of 
principal of the Ontonagon schools. This 
position he filled until July, 1886. While 
at Ontonagon he served as Secretary of the 
County Board of School Examiners, for five 
years was Clerk of Ontonagon township, 
and for two years was Assessor of the 
village. 

At the time of Mr. Monroe's coming to 
Ironwood, in July, 1886, this town was only 
a mining camp in the woods. Here he soon 
opened an office and engaged in the real- 
estate business and also in the practice of 
law. He had studied law while in Ontona- 
gon and in October, 1886, was admitted to 
to the bar at that place. Since coming 
here, however, his chief attention has been 
given to the real-estate business, in which 
he has been very successful. In 1888 Mr. 
Monroe was appointed Superintendent of 
the Poor of Gogebic county, which position 
he has filled ever since. During the hard 
times of 1893-4 there were no less than 
4, 500 people fed from his office, and for a 
period of four or five months. He was at 
that time also serving as secretary of the 
Gogebic County Relief Committee. For 
four years he was County Commissioner of 
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in 1 89 1, and was Assessor of the city in 

1893- 

July 13, 1 88 1, Mr. Monroe was married 
at Ontonagon to Miss Emma C. Mitchell, 
daughter of Peter Mitchell, one of the early 
pioneers of Ontonagon county, he having lo- 
cated there in 1 840. They have four children, 
Olga, Hattie, Irving and James S., Jr. 

Mr. Monroe is a member of the Masonic 
lodge at Ontonagon and the chapter at Bes- 
semer, and has served twice as Master of the 
former. Politically, he is a Republican. 



t >^"\ E. MACE, manager of the hard- 
I /"^ ware and mining supply store of 
\ ^ Fred M. Prescott, Ironwood, was 
born in Montreal, Canada, August 
28, 1851. His father, Robert Mace, a 
native of England, came to America with 
his parents when a boy, and became a farmer 
by occupation; his death occurred in 1862. 
The mother of our subject, Martha (Gibson) 
Mace, a native of Ireland, came to this 
country when one year old, locating in 
Canada; her father also was born in Ireland. 
She is still living, aged seventy-six years. 
Mr. and Mrs. Mace were the parents of six 
children, four sons and two daughters, and 
all are still living. 

R. E. Mace, the third child and the third 
son in the above family, was reared and 
educated in Canada. After his father's death, 
at the age of seventeen, he commenced work 
in the office of Rice Brothers, paper-collar 
manufacturers, remaining with them two 
years. In 1871 he accepted a position with 
the Travelers' Insurance Company, with 
whom he remained five years, during which 
period he was promoted to the position of 
bookkeeper and cashier, leaving them in the 
spring of 1876 to associate himself with the 



Agricultural Insurance Company as cashier, 
which office he filled until the failure of the 
company in 1880. 

His health giving out, he was obliged to 
give up office work, and was connected with 
the Montreal Daily Herald. In 1882 he 
moved to Marinette, Wisconsin, and entered 
the employ of the Marinette Iron Works 
Company, at which place he remained two 
years, being then transferred to the Flor- 
ence Iron Works Company, of Florence, 
Wisconsin, a branch establishment, where 
he remained as bookkeeper and cashier until 
the building was destroyed by fire in 1886. 
May 1 8th of the same year he came to Iron- 
wood, Michigan, and has since been in 
charge of the business of Fred M. Prescott. 

Mr. Mace is a prominent member of the 
Masonic order, of blue lodge No. 389, of 
Ironwood; of Minerva Chapter, No. 122, of 
Bessemer; and of Montrose Commandery, 
No. 38, of Calumet. He supports the Re- 
publican party, and has served as member 
of the School Board for six years and as 
Assessor for four years. 

He was married June 21, 1876, to Clara 
E. Cliff, a native of Montreal, Canada, and 
a daughter of John and Clarissa (English) 
Cliff, natives respectively of England and 
Canada. Her father superintended the erec- 
tion of the water-works of Montreal, and 
many other works of note. Mr. and Mrs. 
Mace have five children, namely: Clarissa 
E., Martha E., Florence I., Henry A. and 
May W. 



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B. ROSCORLA, mining captain 
of the Aurora mine, Ironwood, 
Michigan, was born in Cornwall, 
England, January 14, 1851. 
At the early age of nine years young 



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Roscorla began working in the mines in 
England, and was thus occupied near his 
native place until he was thirteen. After 
that he was in various parts of Wales, Eng- 
land, Scotland, and in Dublin, Ireland, en- 
gaged in mining, etc., and in 1867, while 
still a boy in his "teens, came to America, 
landing in New York city. Upon his ar- 
rival in this country he first located at 
Stockton, Pennsylvania, where he was em- 
ployed in a coal mine. Afterward he 
worked in the iron mines of Dover, New 
Jersey, and Clinton county, New York, and 
from the latter place came west to the cop- 
per regions of northern Michigan. Here he 
was at different times employed by various 
companies, and by his intelligent service 
worked his way up until he now occupies 
the important position of mining captain at 
the Aurora mine, having no less than 375 
men under his charge. 

Mr. Roscorla was married in Gogebic 
county, Michigan, in 1 881, to Miss Minnie 
Kline, a native of northern Michigan and a 
daughter of William Kline, a German who 
came to this country when a boy. They 
are the parents of three children, Maud, 
William and Delia. 

Mr. Roscorla is a Republican and a 
member of the A. O. U. W. He is now 
serving as Supervisor of the Seventh ward 
of Ironwood. As an honorable and upright 
citizen, he has the respect of all who know 
him. 



BRANK L. DUNNING.— The Hub- 
bard Saw & Tool Company, of 
Menominee, is an incorporated 
body organized in 1 890. President, 
J. W. Martin; vice president, Alonzo Dun- 
ning; secretary and treasurer, F. L. Dun- 



ning; and other directors, M. A. Dunning 
and F. S. Norcross. They manufacture 
saws and lumbering tools generally. The 
building, first erected in 1890, has already 
been remodeled, — indeed, practically re- 
built. In e-xtent it occupies a whole block, 
and is situated at the intersection of Dunlap 
avenue and McCullough street. From twelve 
to twenty men are employed there, and the 
market for the products is in Wisconsin, 
Michigan and even the State of Washington. 
The present officers are: President, Alonzo 
Dunning; vice president, J. W. Martin; sec- 
retary and treasurer, F. L. Dunning, who is 
also the general manager; and the other 
directors are M. A. Dunning and F. S. Nor- 
cross. 

Mr. F. L. Dunning is a native of Maine, 
born March 4, 1856; came to Saginaw, 
Michigan, with his brother, M. A., and was 
educated in that city. By the time he was 
eighteen years of age he was mailing clerk 
in the postoffice there, on the east side, 
under the postmaster. Colonel George 
Lockley, and after a year's service in that 
relation he served for ten years as book- 
keeper for Eddy, Avery & Eddy, in Bay City, 
and then he came to Menominee, entering 
the hardware business in partnership with his 
brother M. A., and continued in this busi- 
ness until the present company was formed, 
of which he is a member, still retaining, 
however, an interest in the old business. 
Although he had had no experience in the 
manufacture of tools, he has managed the 
business of his present situation with marked 
executive ability. 

His marriage took place in 1878, when 
he wedded Miss Hannah Potter, who was 
born near Flint, Michigan, and they are now 
the parents of six children, — Lulu, Irene, 
Ethel, Harry, Gertrude and Frank L., Jr. 



NORTHERN PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN. 



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Mr. Dunning is a member of the K. O. 
T. M., and was its first Commander; and he 
is also a member of the A. O. U. \\'. In 
poHtics he has always been a " protection" 
Republican; but he has never held political 
office. His residence is at 1 300 Main street. 



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ATTHEW M. KILEY, Bessemer, 
Michigan, is one of the eminent 
lawyers and prominent politicians 
in this part of the State. 
He was born at Susquehanna, Pennsyl- 
vania, September 22, 1852, son of Martin 
and Ellen (Millington) Riley, natives of 
Dublin, Ireland. His parents were mar- 
ried on the Emerald Isle, and in the year 
1S47 emigrated to America, their location 
being at Susquehanna, Pennsylvania. Martin 
Riley was a coppersmith by trade, which 
business he followed through life. He died 
in 1876. His good wife survived him a 
number of years, her death occurring in 
1894, at the age of seventy-seven years. 
They were the parents of five children, of 
whom we make record as follows: Mary, 
wife of John Duffey, Jersey City, New 
Jersey; John, of Susquehanna; Margaret, 
wife of William Casey, Pittsfield, Vermont; 
Matthew M., the subject of this article; and 
Thomas. 

Matthew M. was reared in liis nati\e 
town. He attended school until he was 
ten years of age, and from that time until 
he was twenty he worked as core-maker in 
the Erie Foundry. During these years he 
continued his studies at night and began 
the stud}- of law in the office of Hon. M. J. 
Larrabee. After leaving the foundry he 
spent two years in the law office of Littles & 
Blaksle)', of Montrose, Pennsylvania, and 
in Januar}', 1S75, was admitted to tlie bar. 



At this time his funds were exhausted, so, 
in order to replenish his purse, he resumed 
work at his trade as iron-moulder. It 
was not long after this that the Erie Rail- 
road passed into the hands of Hugh J. Jew- 
ett, receiver, and young Riley was ap- 
pointed to take an inventory of the com- 
pany's property at Susquehanna, which he 
did. After this work was completed he en- 
tered upon the practice of his profession at 
that place, where he remained until the 
summer of 1886. He then came west and 
established himself in practice at Hatley, 
Wisconsin, and January i, 1887, he re- 
moved to Bessemer, Michigan, where he has 
since resided and where he has attained 
prominence in his profession. On locating 
at Bessemer, Mr. Riley entered into part- 
nership with C. M. Howell, afterward 
Prosecuting Attorney for Gogebic county, 
and this association continued until 1889. 
During this time Mr. Riley was the acting 
prosecuting attorney for the county; and 
during his career at Bessemer he has repre- 
sented a number of railroad and mining cor- 
porations; also the Gogebic and Ironwood 
Electric Light companies. Since the organ- 
ization of Gogebic county he has been at- 
torney for the defense of every personal in- 
jury action tried in the county. 

Politically he is an ardent Republican. 
He was a member of the State Central 
Committee from 1892 until February 21, 
1895, when he resigned with the intention 
of moving to Milwaukee. He has also 
served as City Attorne}' of Bessemer. As a 
stump speaker and a campaign worker, Mr. 
Riley has done much effective work for his 
part}-. As early as 1 878 he made a series 
of campaign speeches in Pennsylvania, dis- 
cussing the Greenback measure with W. H. 
Mason, the Greenback candidate for Gov- 



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MEMORIAL RECORD OF THE 



ernor of that State, and with Hon. William 
H. Armstrong and William DeWitt, promi- 
nent men of that party. Personally, he is a 
gentleman of pleasing address, having a 
dignity which commands respect. On the 
platform he is clear and forcible, and at 
times eloquent, and he has that power of 
gaining and holding the closest attention of 
his audience. From an address delivered 
by him at Bessemer, November lo, 1893, 
and published in the American Economist, 
April 20, 1894, we make the following ex- 
tract: 

"The laborer, who is well clothed, well 
fed, and well housed, and surrounded by a 
happy family, and who has not only the 
ambition but the opportunity to better the 
condition of those dependent upon him 
together with his own, will render more ef- 
fective and intelligent service and become a 
better citizen than he who labors only to 
supply his immediate necessities with neither 
the ambition nor the hope of improving his 
present surroundings. The one policy built 
a nation, the other degrades the man. ■• * * 
The proposition of the Republican party is 
that: Nothing touched, produced or digni- 
fied by human labor continues raw material 
longer. To the farmer Providence furnishes 
the fertile earth, the elements of life and 
growth in the dew, the sunshine and the 
rain, but he must fell the forest trees, re- 
move the roots, break up the soil, cultivate 
the crop, and kill out the weeds before he 
can reap a harvest. To him the golden grain 
ripening in the summer's sun; the fleece 
sheared from the sheep nurtured by his care, 
are the finished product of his labor. * * * 
The Republican party takes the onl}' con- 
sistent ground and says that every article 
into which human labor has entered and has 
increased or multiplied its value, ceases to 



be raw material and shall be protected. 
That the product of labor, whether in forest, 
farm or field, in the heat of the forge, in the 
hum of the factory or in the silent darkness 
or danger of the mine, shall be alike pro- 
tected, in order that the person so laboring 
may be prosperous and happy, free from the 
danger of coming into fierce competition for 
bare existence \\'ith the cheaper labor of 
other lands." 

Mr. Riley is the author of the present 
city charter of Bessemer, the provisions of 
which have been largely adopted in other 
Michigan cities. At the time of the adoption 
of the charter the Detroit and other dailies 
of the State gave it many flattering notices. 

Mr. Riley was married in 1878 to Miss 
Fannie M. Edwards, a native of Wayne 
county, Pennsylvania, and they have one 
son, Selden Edwards, aged fourteen years. 



'^-t'^^IES DAVIS, a dry-goods merchant 
fl of Ironwood, was born in De Pere, 
/•J Wisconsin, October 11, 1S59. His 
father, James Davis, Sr. , was a na- 
tive of Canada, and he was drowned when 
our subject was about twelve years of age. 
His mother, iicc Emma Demero, was also a 
native of Canada, but removed with her 
parents to DePere, Wisconsin, when young. 
She still resides in that city. 

James Davis, the eldest of seven living 
children, began work as a delivery boy in a 
general store at De Pere when twelve years 
old, remaining there four years, and for the 
following four years he clerked in the dry- 
goods store of T. L. Kelley, of Milwaukee. 
About 1880 he pre-empted a claim on the 
Indian Reservation at Stone City, Iowa, 
where he followed agricultural pursuits one 
year, and then sold the land. Returning to 



NORTHERN PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN. 



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De Pere, Wisconsin, Mr. Davis was em- 
ployed as a dry-goods clerii one year, spent 
the following two years in a store at New 
London, that State, and then came to Iron- 
wood, Michigan, to take charge of the large 
dry-goods business of Bingham & Perrine. 
In September, 1889, Mr. Davis formed a 
partnership with Fred Lehr, in the dry- 
goods business, and in 1891 they erected 
their present commodious building, known 
as the Davis & Lehr Block. About sixteen 
men are employed in the store. 

Mr. Davis is a prominent member of the 
Knights of Pythias, the K. O. T. M., the 
A. O. U. W. and the Modern Woodmen 
of America. In political matters he acts 
with the Democratic party, and has held the 
position of Alderman of the Second ward. 

He married Anna Osgood, a native of 
Detroit, Michigan. 



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ONRAD CARLSON, County Clerk 
of Gogebic county, Michigan, is 
one of the best known and most 
highly respected citizens of Besse- 



Mr. Carlson is of Swedish birth and par- 
entage, both he and his parents being na- 
tives of Falkenberg, in southern Sweden. 
His father, B. A. Carlson, was born in 18 14; 
was a contractor and builder, and passed his 
life and died in his native land, being about 
sixty-one years of age at the time of death. 
The mother, whose maiden name was Chris- 
tina Kjellson, was born in 1809. She is 
still living and is a resident of Bessemer, 
Michigan. Both of her children, a son and 
a daughter, reside here. The latter, Louise, 
is the wife of Mr. August Peterson. 

Conrad Carlson is the elder of the two 
above referred to. He was born February 



29, 1852, was reared and educated in his 
native place, and remained thereuntil 1S72, 
when he came to America. He is a gradu- 
ate of Halmstad College, and for two years 
previous to his coming to this country he 
was employed in the office of the Collector 
for the Crown. Upon his arrival in the 
United States, he located at Ishpeming, 
Michigan, where for about five years he was 
bookkeeper for the firm of Myers, Wright 
& Company. He continued to reside in 
Ishpeming until 1887, and during the whole 
of his residence there he was identified with 
the best interests of the place, filling several 
important positions. In 1880 he was 
elected City Recorder, in which capacity he 
served until 1885, and from 1883 until 1887 
he held the office of Justice of the Peace. 
In the meantime, in 1882, he estabhshed 
the first Swedish paper in Michigan, called 
the Swedish Post. 

Since 1887 Mr. Carlson has been a citi- 
zen of Bessemer. On coming here he gave 
his attention to the general merchandise 
business, in which he was engaged under 
the firm name of Markstrum, Carlson & 
Company. But in the spring of the follow- 
ing year, being elected to the office of the 
County Clerk and Register of Deeds, he sold 
his interest in this company and devoted his 
entire time to the duties of his office; and 
such prompt and efficient service has he 
rendered here that he has been re-elected 
four times. Having devoted much time 
during his official life to the study of juris- 
prudence, he was admitted to the bar on 
January 30, 1890. 

Mr. Carlson, is now largely interested in 
a logging bsiness, and previous to 1891 had 
an interest in a furniture business which was 
conducted under the firm name of T. Jenson 
& Company. 



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He was married in 1877 to Miss Emma 
H. Lundahl, a native of Sweden, who came 
to this country with her parents when she 
was two years of age. She was reared and 
educated at Ishpeming, Michigan. They 
have two children, Charles K. and Cora L. 

In his political views Mr. Carlson har- 
monizes with the Republican party. Fra- 
ternally, he is identified with the Masonic 
order, blue lodge No. 389, and Chapter 
No. 122. 



>^OSEPH WERTIN, a worthy repre- 
m sentative of the mercantile interests 
/• 1 of Red Jacket, is a native of Austria, 
born on the loth of May, 1842, and 
a son of Joseph Wertin, whose birth occur- 
red in the same land. The father crossed 
the Atlantic to America many years ago, 
and taking up his residence in Michigan 
spent his last days in Hancock, where his 
death occurred in 1893. He had one son, 
who is a Catholic bishop of this diocese and 
resides at Marquette, Michigan. 

We now take up the personal history of 
Joseph Wertin, whose name heads this 
record, knowing that it will prove of interest 
to many readers, for he is both widely and 
favorably known in this locality. He at- 
tended school in his native country until 
fourteen years of age, and during the five 
succeeding years worked on his father's 
farm. He was a young man of nineteen 
when he arrived in the United States. He 
made his first location in Chicago, where he 
was engaged in selling notions and dry goods 
from a pack and also traveled extensively 
throughout the surrounding country, engaged 
in the same line of business. At length he 
abandoned that pursuit in order to learn the 
cooper's trade in Chicago, but shortly after- 



ward opened a general mercantile establish- 
ment in Hancock, Michigan, in connection 
with his father, which they conducted for 
four years. 

On the expiration of that period Mr. 
Wertin came to Red Jacket and opened a 
store in this city, under the firm name of 
Joseph Wertin & Son. The business has 
steadily increased from the beginning and 
the facilities have been enlarged to meet the 
growing demand of the trade. Their estab- 
lishment is now one of the most extensive in 
Red Jacket, and they carry a stock amount- 
ing to about $30,000. Fair dealing, court- 
eous treatment and an earnest desire to 
please their patrons have won a liberal 
patronage, of which they are well deserv- 
ing. Our subject has also been connected 
with various other business enterprises. 
He was interested in the brewing business 
in Lake Linden until about a year ago, is a 
stockholder in the First National Bank of 
Calumet, owns extensive real-estate interests 
in Red Jacket, and also has considerable 
land in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan. 
He may truly be called a self-made man, 
for his success in life is all the result of his 
own efforts, and from a humble position he 
has worked his way steadily upward, gaining 
a handsome competence. 

Mr. Wertin was united in marriage with 
Miss Elizabeth Eikelman, and they have a 
pleasant home in Red Jacket. In his social 
relations, he is connected with the German 
Aid Society. 



%,/^ EV. D. CLEARY, pastor of the St. 
I ^T John the Baptist Church, English 
\ . P Catholic, Menominee, Michigan. 
This is the oldest church organiza- 
tion on the Menominee river in Michigan. 



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It was organized by Rev. Martin A. Fox, 
who served as its pastor until the year 1874, 
when he was succeeded by Rev. O. Comtois. 
After him came successively the following 
named pastors: Revs. P. Menard, F. Eis, 
Fabianus Pawlar, F. Hiliard, Fabianus Paw- 
lar (who served a second time), T. J. Atfield, 
Leteliar, A. William Geers, M. Faust and D. 
Cleary. Rev. Mr. Cleary has been in charge 
since March 3, 1892, and his pastorate has 
been marked by signal success. The church 
has made many improvements upon its prop- 
erty and since he came here has expended 
no less than $12,000. Its original cost was 
$4,000. The congregation represents 150 
families. From this brief history of St. 
John the Baptist Church, we turn for some 
personal mention of its present pastor. 

Rev. D. Cleary was born in Marquette, 
Michigan, August 24, 1867, son of Michael 
and Margaret (O'Keefe) Cleary, natives of 
Ireland. On coming to America, Michael 
Cleary settled in Marquette county, Michi- 
gan, and built the first house in what is now 
the town of Negaunee. Later he moved to 
Marquette, where he made permanent set- 
tlement and there passed the rest of his life 
and died, his death occurring in 1878. His 
widow is still a resident of that place. Of 
their children, we record that David is super- 
intendent of the smelting works for the 
Southern Iron Company of Aetna, Ten- 
nessee; James is a resident of Marquette, 
Michigan; Margaret, at home; Sister Eudosia 
is in the convent at St. Louis, Missouri; 
D., whose name heads this article, is the 
youngest. 

Mr. Cleary was educated at St. Francis 
Academy, Milwaukee, and was ordained for 
the ministry July 12, 1890. He was then 
assistant pastor at Hancock, Michigan, one 
year, after which he was pastor at Iron 



River, and from the latter place came to 
Menominee in 1892, as above stated. 

Mr. Cleary is a member of the Foresters, 
is one of the original members of this society 
in Menominee, and is Chaplain of the same. 
He is broad and liberal in his views, is pub- 
lic-spirited and generous, and lends his aid, 
both personal and financial, to all move- 
ments which in his opinion are intended for 
the best interests of Menominee. 



HLEXANDER STROM, Deputy 
County Clerk of Gogebic county, 
Michigan, was born in Calmar, 
Sweden, April 13, 1854, the tenth 
in a family of twelve children of Peter and 
Emma (Borell) Strom, natives of that 
place. He was reared there and is a grad- 
uate of Calmar College, an institution sup- 
ported by the Government. After his grad- 
uation he accepted a position as bookkeeper 
in a wholesale mercantile establishment, 
which he filled acceptably for a period of 
eight years. Then in 1883 he came to 
America and located at Ishpeming, Mich- 
igan. There he served as deputy city 
clerk under Conrad Carlson, the present 
County Clerk of Gogebic county, and re- 
mained in that position until 1886, when he 
went to Detroit, Michigan, and entered the 
employ of the New York Life Insurance 
Company, as clerk under C. W. Moore, 
State agent. Four months later he re- 
turned to Ishpeming, where he continued in 
the employ of the insurance company a few 
months longer. In the spring of 1887 he 
was offered the deputj' clerkship in Gogebic 
county by his old employer, Mr. Carlson, 
and came here to accept the same. He has 
remained in this office ever since with the 
exception of eight months, when he served 



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as City Clerk of Bessemer. He resigned 
the latter position in order to resume work 
for his old friend and employer, Mr. Carl- 
son. In the performance of his official 
duties he has ever been true to the trust re- 
posed in him, and has by his business abil- 
ity and genial manner won many friends 
since he has been in this office. 

Mr. Strom is a member of the blue 
lodge No. 392, F. & A. M. ; Bessemer 
Lodge, No. 132, K. of P.; Gogebic Lodge, 
No. 389, I. O. O. F. ; A. O. U. W. of Bes- 
semer; and the Scandinavian Society. Po- 
litically, he is a Republican. 



,>^ROF. S. STERRETT BEGGS, A. 
E ^ M. Ph. D. — The responsible posi- 
M tion of Superintendent of the City 

Schools of Escanaba is ably filled 
by this gentleman. In a city of mi.xed pop- 
ulation and various religious beliefs, there 
are usually opposing elements expressing 
dissatisfaction and frequently causing dis- 
turbances; but Escanaba is specially free 
from such conditions, owing largely to the 
universal commendation which is accorded 
Prof. Beggs in his labors. He is at the 
head of seven different schools, comprising 
the high school, wherein are twelve grades 
and ten teachers, besides the Superintendent, 
whose office is also located there. There 
are also six ward schools, employing twelve 
teachers, and all are under the immediate 
supervision of the Professor. The high- 
school building is a two-story brick struc- 
ture. The graduates are fitted for entrance 
into all the different courses of the State 
University save the classical. No teachers 
are employed in Escanaba save graduates 
from reliable normal schools and universities, 
a rule which was made under his adminis- 



tration and to which strict adherence has 
been maintained. The present high standard 
of the schools has not only been maintained, 
but advanced under the administration of 
the present superintendent, and throughout 
the State he is recognized as an educator of 
very fine abilit)'. 

In Coitsville, Ohio, he was born, his 
parents being William D. and Eliza S. 
(Sterrett) Beggs. His grandfather was the 
oldest resident of Mahoning county, Ohio, 
at the time of his death, which occurred 
after he had reached the advanced age of 
100 years. The family is of Scotch, Irish 
and English descent. William D. Beggs is 
a farmer and merchant and still makes his 
home m Coitsville, Ohio. The family num- 
bers two sons and two daughters, all of 
whom are yet living, the eldest being the 
Professor. The others are Fannie S. , Will- 
iam A. and E. Mabel. The brother is now 
a student in college, and Fannie, who was 
graduated at Westminster College, is now a 
student of music in the Conservatory at 
Warren, Ohio. At the early age of four- 
teen years, the gentleman whose name heads 
this record completed the classical prepara- 
tory course in Westminster College in New 
Wilmington, Pennsylvania, and then entered 
the Northeastern Ohio Normal College at 
Canfield, where he completed the classical 
and commercial courses. He was ever a 
thorough student, applying himself diligent- 
Ij', and in consequence stood at the head of 
his classes. He also completed the pre- 
scribed course in the Northern Indiana Nor- 
mal School, but previous to entering that 
institution he had for several j'ears been 
employed as a teacher in country and village 
schools and had given marked evidence of 
his ability along that line. 

On leaving Valparaiso, Indiana, Prof. 



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Beggs entered upon a successful career as an 
educator, and in the fall of 1888 was chosen 
as president of the Olathe Normal Univer- 
sity, of Olathe, Kansas. This institution 
was then on a paying basis, but was little 
known outside the immediate locality in 
which it is located. Professor Beggs at 
once began his labors for its upbuilding and 
under his able administration it won a repu- 
tation which made it one of the leading 
schools in the West. Subsequently he ac- 
cepted an offer which placed him in charge of 
the collegiate department of the Western 
Michigan College at Grand Rapids, having 
also the chair of natural sciences. In Janu- 
ary, 1892, he was elected superintendent of 
the Manistique public schools, and in April 
of the same year was nominated and elected 
as County Commissioner of Schools for 
Schoolcraft county. He occupied both posi- 
tions until coming to Escanaba, in the autumn 
of 1893, to take charge of the schools of this 
city, where he has since remained. 

On the 2d of July, 1889, Professor Beggs 
was united in marriage, in Holland, Michi- 
gan, with Miss Anna Osborne, a native of 
England and a lady of Ijberal education, of 
culture and refinement. Prior to her mar- 
riage she also was successfully engaged in 
school-teaching. One child has been born 
of this union, Percy William. 

Professor Beggs is prominently identified 
with the Masonic fraternity and is a Knight 
Templar Mason and a member of the Mystic 
Shrine. He also belongs to the Independ- 
ent Order of Odd Fellows. In politics he is 
a stalwart Republican and is quite promi- 
nent in social circles. A gentleman of exten- 
sive education and high culture, the literary 
people of Escanaba prize him for his worth 
and all who know him hold him in the high- 
est regard. His reputation is not limited to 



Schoolcraft and Delta counties but has made 
him known throughout the State, and we 
take pleasure in presenting this record of his 
life to our readers. 



aHARLES EHNERD, Escanaba, 
Michigan, has been Chief of Police 
in this city since 1892. He is a 
man of fine physique and strict in- 
tegrity, and is in every way fitted for the 
important position which he fills. 

Mr. Ehnerd was born in Germany April 
3, 1 86 1, son of Theobald and Minnie (Hoy- 
ler) Ehnerd, both natives of that country. 
The family emigrated to America in 1866 
and located at Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin, 
and subsequently removed from there to 
Stockbridge, Calumet county, that State. 
At the latter place the mother died January 
I, 1873. The father kept the family to- 
gether until they grew up, and he spent the 
closing years of his life at the home of his 
son Charles, where he died May 11, 1893. 
He was a butcher by trade and was engaged 
in that business for many years. Of the 
seven children composing their family, we 
record that Herman is a resident of Spen- 
cer, Wisconsin, and is engaged in farming; 
Otto is conducting a meat market at Reeds- 
ville, Wisconsin; Louis is in Europe; Charles, 
the next born, is the subject of this article; 
Robert is engaged in the butcher business at 
Wrightstown, Wisconsin; and Lizzie, a resi- 
dent of Escanaba, is the widow of John F. 
Nelson. Both the father and mother were 
twice married, Herman, Otto and Louis 
being children of the father's first marriage, 
and Frank Henschel being a son by the 
mother's first husband. 

Charles Ehnerd was reared in Wiscon- 
sin, and early in life learned the butcher's 



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MEMORIAL RECORD OF THE 



business of his father, in which business he 
was engaged until 1890, when he was elected 
to a position on the police force of this city. 
He first came to Escanaba in the spring of 
1880, but it was not until 1885 that he took 
up his residence here permanently. His 
faithful and efficient service as a policeman 
was at once recognized and appreciated, 
and on December 14, 1892, he was pro- 
moted to the position of Chief. The police 
force of this city comprises six regular 
patrolmen, while six members of the Fire 
Department are also sworn in as policemen. 

Mr. Ehnerd was married in Escanaba, 
Michigan, May 28, 1884, to Miss Mary 
Lynch, a native of Genesee, Waukesha 
county, Wisconsin, born June 9, 1861. 
They have an interesting family of four 
children, — Geotruth, Mamie, Clarence and 
Melvin. Mr. Ehnerd is a Protestant by 
birth, but is liberal in his religious belief; 
while Mrs. Ehnerd is a Catholic, in which 
faith the children are being reared and 
educated. 

Fraternally, he is identified with the A. 
O. U. W. and the K. O. T. M. 



>Y*OHN HAWLEY, a merchant of On- 
^ tonagon, was born in this city in 
A 1 November, 1 860. His father, Michael 
Hawley, was a native of Ireland and 
a fisherman by occupation. He came to 
America in 1853, and six years afterward 
located in Ontonagon. The mother of our 
subject, ncc Mary Whealen, also a native of 
Ireland, came to America when about eight- 
een years of age, locating in Detroit. The 
parents were married in that city, but 
located in Green Bay, Wisconsin, went 
thence to Washington Isle, where the Mor- 
mons were then located, and then came to 



Ontonagon. The father died here at the 
age of seventy-three years, and the mother 
died at the age of forty years. They were 
the parents of six children, three sons and 
three daughters. 

John Hawley, the second son in order of 
birth, attended school in this city until 
fourteen years of age, after which he spent 
five summers in the sawmills, using his 
money thus earned for the support of his 
father and mother. In the fall of 1879 he 
began work in the woods of Hancock, re- 
ceiving $20 per month, and in the following 
summer he commenced breaking rock in the 
Franklin mine, for $30 a month, but 
boarded himself. In the same year Mr. 
Hawley shipped as deck hand on the 
steamer Ivanhoe, but shortly afterward be- 
gan work on a dredge in the Porter Lake 
Canal, which he continued until the winter 
of 1880. His next work was in the lumber 
woods of Keweenaw Point, for $26 a month. 
March 20, 1881, he came to Ontonagon, 
and April 7, of the same year, he embarked 
in the mercantile business in partnership 
withjoseph Quinman, having invested $126, 
which was two-thirds of the capital. About 
six j'ears afterward Mr. Hawley purchased 
his partner's interest in the business, and 
has since continued alone. He has a store 
room 65 x 100 feet, filled with a large and 
well selected stock of goods. In addition 
to his mercantile interests, he is also engaged 
in the fishery business, employing as many 
as sixteen men during the summer seasons, 
and ships to all the leading points. He is a 
large property owner, owning the restaurant 
occupied by Dwelly & Brothers, has about 
twenty lots, and owns pine lands in Hough- 
ton county. 

In his political relations, Mr. Hawley 
affiliates with the Democratic party. He 






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541 



has served as Township and Village Treas- 
urer for six years, as President of the village 
one year, and as a member of the Council 
two years. 

He was married in January, 1893, to 
JBelle Welsh, a native of Greenland, Onto- 
nagon county, and a daughter of Ned Welsh, 
an early pioneer of that locality. Mr. and 
Mrs. Hawley have two sons, — Ned, and a 
baby unnamed. 



"^ i* D. DAY, superintendent of the Met- 
^ ropolitan Iron & Land Company, 
/• J Norris, East Norris and Pabst mines, 
is one of the prominent mining men 
of Iron wood, Michigan, and we take pleas- 
ure in making some personal mention of him 
in this work. 

J. D. Day was born in Chautauqua 
county, New York, March 15, 1840, the 
fourth in a family of seven children, — four 
sons and three daughters. His father, 
Abram Day, also a native of the Empire 
State, was one of a family of five sons that 
served in the war of 1812, their father be- 
ing a drum major in that war. It was as a 
drummer boy that Abraham enlisted. When 
he was only twelve years of age he was 
taken into the home of General Jackson and 
was reared by that gentleman, remaining 
with him until reaching his twenty-fourth 
year. 

The subject of our sketch spent his boy- 
hood days in Chautauqua and Cattaraugus 
counties. New York, and received his edu- 
cation in the common schools. He re- 
mained a member of the home circle until 
1864, when he came out to Michigan. In 
Hancock county he was employed as sur- 
face boss in the mines and was thus occu- 



pied there for a period of two years. Fol- 
lowing that he was for two years in the Cal- 
umet and Hecla mines. Next we find him 
at Ishpeming, Marquette county, where he 
held many positions of trust in connection 
with the Lake Superior Iron Company, 
serving as assistant superintendent and re- 
maining there eleven years. In 1879 he 
located at Menominee, where he served as 
assistant superintendent for the Menominee 
Mining Company until 1882, and since that 
date he has been in the employ of the Met- 
ropolitan Iron and Land Company, having 
under his control a large amount of prop- 
erty. His first work for this company was 
on Felch mountain, Iron Range, and since 
1885 he has occupied his present position as 
superintendent. His connection with Iron- 
wood dates from the very beginning of the 
town. Indeed, it was he who built the first 
dwelling-house and the first boarding-house 
here. When he became superintendent his 
first pay-roll had a list of sixteen names, the 
next month the number increased to 100, 
and it continued to increase until atone time 
he had 2,300 men under his employ. But 
on account of the present low price of silver 
only 1,000 men are now employed by the 
company. Mr. Day is a pioneer in his line 
of business here. He is a man of excellent 
business ability, thoroughly reliable in every 
way, of a genial, social nature, and is as 
popular as he is well known. 

Politically Mr. Day harmonizes with the 
Democratic party and has filled various 
minor offices in both town and county. 

He was married at Hancock, Michigan, 
in 1868 to Miss Jennie Hague, a native of 
that place and a daughter of Thomas Hague, 
one of the early pioneers of Hancock county. 
They have no children of their own, but 
have an adopted daughter, Florence. 



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H. GARDNER, a banker of Er- 
win, was born in Brooklyn, Cuy- 
ahoga county, Ohio, November 
20, 1852, a son of W. H. and 
Elizabeth (Branch) Gardner, natives, re- 
spectively, of New York and Massachusetts. 
Our subject, the youngest of their four sons, 
was reared in Medina county, Ohio, until 
fifteen years of age. He then went as 
cabin boy on the lakes for three years, at- 
tending school during the winters at Ober- 
lin, Ohio. He next began the lumber bus- 
iness with his brother at Pentwater, Mich- 
igan, in which he was engaged five years, 
returning thence to Oberlin to attend school, 
and taught during the winter months, for 
three years. After leaving that city he also 
conducted a select school at York, Ohio, 
for six months. Locating in Stoughton, 
Michigan, Mr. Gardner secured the position 
of bookkeeper for D. M. Gardner for three 
years. After his marriage he removed to 
Edmore, Montcalm county, to engage in 
the banking business, the firm being known 
as Gardner & Garmon; but eight years 
afterward our subject purchased his part- 
ner's interest, and continued the business 
alone until 1890. From that time until 
1892 he was a dry -goods merchant at Beld- 
ing. In the fall of the latter year he came 
to Erwin and opened the Efwin Exchange 
Bank. Mr. Gardner is also a large real-es- 
tate owner in Montcalm, Ionia and Me- 
costa counties, and is engaged in the milling 
business at Matchwood, under the firm name 
of W. H. Gardner & Company. He is one 
of the leading business men of Erwin. 

Mr. Gardner was married at Stoughton, 
Michigan, in 1879, to Lulu Manville, a na- 
tive of Missouri, adopted and reared by a 
Miss Chapin. They have four children, — 
Morris, William H., Florence and Ruth. 



Mr. Gardner co-operates with the Republican 
party, and has held the positions of Town- 
ship Treasurer and Notary Public. 



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REINDL, president of the Me- 
nominee River Brewing Com- 
pany, Menominee, Michigan, is a 
native of Austria, born July 8, 
1851, learned the trade of shoemaker with 
the characteristic thoroughness of artisans 
of that country, and at the age of seventeen 
years emigrated to America, the land of 
"golden opportunity." Locating at Mani- 
towoc, Wisconsin, he worked there at his 
trade for a period of two years, and then, in 
1 87 1, came to Menominee. He employed 
himself at his trade here until 1884, when 
he took an interest in the Menominee River 
Brewing Company, in whose establishment 
he takes an intelligent and active part. He 
has been instrumental in building that insti- 
tution up to its present creditable condition 
and permanent prosperity. As an honorable 
and useful citizen Mr. Reindl stands high. 
In his social relations he is a member of. the 
Turn Verein, of which he has been president; 
is a member of St. John's Society, of which 
he has been treasurer; and belongs also to 
the society of the Sons of Hermann. In his 
political principles he has been a life-long 
Democrat, taking an interest in the chief 
public questions of the day. About ten 
years ago he was elected Alderman, and he 
has held that office ever since, by continu- 
ous re-election, thus demonstrating the in- 
tegrity and honor of his character. As a 
member of the Council he is chairman of the 
committee on sewers. He is one of the 
prominent citizens of Menominee, and at 
the head of one of its chief business estab- 
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54.1 



the English language partly at evening 
schools and partly under the instructions 
of Professor J. W. Bird, of Menominee. 
Mr. Reindl is emphatically a self-made man 
in respect to mental discipline and his 
worldly fortune. 

He was married in 1872, to Miss Theresa 
Erdlitz, a sister of Frank and Joseph Erd- 
litz, well known citizens. The children of 
Mr. and Mrs. Reindl, eight in number, are 
John G., Ada, Carrie M., Mary, Alfred, 
Frank, Agnes and Clara. The family be- 
long to the German Catholic Church. 



>T^OHN ARENZ, proprietor of a meat 
m market in Ontonagon, was born in 
* 1 this county December 25, 1859. 
His father, Peter Arenz, was a na- 
tive of Germany, but was among the first 
settlers of Ontonagon county. He assisted 
in the erection of the warehouses of this 
city, and was one of the most prominent 
men in this locality, both socially and in a 
business way. The mother of our subject, 
Rosa (Riser) Arenz, was a native of Ger- 
many, and her death occurred at about the 
age of fifty-five years. 

John Arenz, the second of three children 
and the only son in the above family, lived 
in the town of Rockland, Ontonagon coun- 
ty, Michigan, until about twenty-four years 
of age, receiving a common-school educa- 
tion. At the age of nineteen years Mr. 
Arenz began work in the general store 
of Benjamin Jeffs, where he remained about 
three and a half years, and for the following 
ten years was employed in the meat market 
of Rich Chynoweth. While thus employed 
he saved his earnings, and in 1892 was able 
to open a meat market of his own, in this 



city, where he has ever since enjoyed a 
large and lucrative trade. 

November 18, 1890, Mr. Arenz was 
united in marriage with Louisa Schmidline, 
a native of Rockland, Michigan. They 
have three children, — Charles, John and 
Emma. Mr. Arenz is a Republican in his 
political views. 



<>^ EV. J. M. LANGAN, pastor of St. 

I /^ John the Evangelist Church, of 

\ . p Ishpeming, Michigan, is a native of 

Minneapolis, Minnesota, and a son 

of James Langan, an early settler of that 

city, in which he lived for many years. His 

death occurred there, in 1894, and his widow 

is still living in that city. 

Father Langan was born on the 30th of 
November, 1863, and acquired his education 
in St. John's University at Collegeville, 
Minnesota, and at St. Francis Seminary, of 
Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was ordained 
at Marquette, Michigan, by Bishop Vertin, 
May 23, 1888, and entered upon the work 
of the priesthood in Ishpeming as an assist- 
ant to Rev. H. J. Rousseau, now deceased, 
who was the founder of the school in this 
city. After four months' service here he was 
transferred to the cathedral at Marquette, 
where he remained as pastor of the church 
for six years; and upon the expiration of 
that period he accepted his present charge, 
entering upon his duties as pastor of the 
Church of St. John the Evangelist, on the 
25th of October, 1894. 

The congregation mmibers about 400 
families, and the seating capacity of the 
church is about 600. Father Langan also 
has charge of the school, which is conducted 
in connection with the church, by a " mother 
superior " and eight teachers, — " Sisters of 



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St. Joseph." They have about 400 pupils, 
and both school and church are in a flourish- 
ing condition. Father Langan is also a 
member of the directory of the parochial 
schools and treasurer of the fund for the in- 
firm priests. His life is given to his work, 
and he labors earnestly among his people 
for their welfare, ever faithful and unweary- 
ing. He is still a young man, but in his 
brief career in the priesthood he has taken 
a prominent place, and his work has done 
much for the advancement of the cause. 



K^^ EV. H. HILLEMAN, pastor of the 
I ^^ German Lutheran Church of Me- 
\ , y nominee, Michigan, is a native of 
Hanover, Germany, born on the 
1 6th of November, 1851. His father, Rev. 
J. G. M. Hilleman, was also born in the 
same province, was educated in the land of 
his birth, and in 1866 crossed the broad At- 
lantic to America. After his arrival in this 
country he was ordained as a minister of the 
German Lutheran Church, and is now in 
charge of a congregation in Howard's 
Grove, Sheboygan county. He married 
Anna E. Lackmann, a native of Bremen, 
and this worthy couple became the parents 
of nine children, and two of the sons are 
ministers. 

■Rev. H. Hilleman began his education 
in the fatherland and completed it in Phil- 
adelphia after the emigration of the family 
to the United States. Reared in a Christian 
home and early surrounded by those in- 
fluences which develop true manhood, he 
also determined to enter the ministry, and 
was ordained at Detroit, Michigan, on the 
28th of April, 1874. His first pastoral 
work was in Winona county, Minnesota, 
where he remained for seven years, beloved 



by his parishoners and by the public at 
large. His labors built up a prosperous 
church and through his earnest teaching 
and consistent example many were led to 
accept the better life. 

In 1 88 1 Mr. Hilleman was united in the 
holy bonds of matrimony with Miss Otillia 
L. Kemnitz, a native of Fort Howard, Wis- 
consin and a daughter of Theodore Kem- 
nitz, proprietor of the Kemnitz Furniture 
Factory of that place. Four children have 
been given them, — Ada A., Calla H., Meta 
L. and Martin T. 

Mr. Hilleman left Minnesota on being 
called to the pastorate of the Lutheran 
church in Menominee, Michigan, and for 
fourteen years he has devoted his time and 
talents to the work of the Master in tiiis lo- 
cality. This church was organized with a 
membership of eleven families; now has a 
membership of 100 families, and is in a 
flourishing condition. The church edifice is 
located on Dunlap avenue, and on the same 
block stand their fine brick schoolhouse and 
a commodious and pleasant parsonage. 
The first pastor and the organizer of the 
church, Professor Huebner, was succeeded 
by Rev. Peter Lange, and he by Adolph 
Toepel. They resided in Peshtigo, Wis- 
consin, and came to Menominee simply to 
supply the pulpit. Rev. Hilleman was the 
first resident pastor, and when he assumed 
charge the congregation numbered but four- 
teen families. He became pastor on the 4th 
of March, 1 88 1 , and he, too, made his home in 
Peshtigo until a parsonage was erected in Me- 
nominee in 1883. This building has since 
been enlarged and is now a pleasant, com- 
fortable residence. Through the instru- 
mentality of the present pastor both it and 
the schoolhouse have been built. He was 
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NORTHERN PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN. 



545 



in Marinette, going there in 1883, and, 
having organized a congregation there, has 
since served as its pastor, the present mem- 
bership being 135. He also built the house 
of worship and schoolhouse there, and has 
ever been a most indefatigable worker in 
the cause of Christianity. In the early days 
of his ministry he often delivered three 
sermons on Sunday, riding fifty-four miles 
to the different churches. In the Synod he 
has been an active worker, serving on 
various important committees. The life of 
Rev. Hilleman has been one of true noble- 
ness, earnest, hopeful and consistent. He 
believes in the Christianity that makes the 
world brighter as well as better, and directs 
his attention to the good rather than the evil 
of life. He has not only the respect but 
the love of his members, and the people of 
other denominations hold him in the highest 
regard. As a speaker he is able, forcible, 
and entertaining, not afraid to give utter- 
ance to his firm conviction, but constantly 
striving to point to the Saviour of men. 



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AJOR A. NORTHUP, as cashier 
of the First National Bank of 
Iron Mountain, Michigan, occu- 
pies a prominent position among 
the representative business men of the city. 
The banking institution with which he is 
connected was organized in November, 1887, 
with a capital stock of $50,000, and with J. 
R. Wood, president; and A. G. Pearse, 
vice-president. Since that date it has done 
a general banking business. Its present 
board of directors is composed of the follow- 
ing named gentlemen: J. R. Wood, presi- 
dent; John Perkins, Appleton, Wisconsin, 
vice-president; M. A. Northup, cashier; and 
W. S. Laing and Dr. J. D. Cameron. 



Mr. Northup is a native of the Empire 
State. He was born in Livingston county, 
February 10, 1864, son of R. L. and Har- 
riet (Thomas) Northup, both natives of New 
York. His father is deceased and his mother 
is now a resident of Ionia, Michigan. Of 
their family, only two are now living, — the 
subject of our sketch and his sister, Mrs. F. 
W. Sherman of Petoskey, Michigan. Since 
his early childhood Mr. Northup has been 
a resident of Michigan, having been brought 
to Ionia in the fall of 1868. At that place 
he was reared and educated, and after com- 
pleting his education he was for eight years 
employed as bookkeeper in the First National 
Bank of Ionia. Then he was with the Ish- 
peming National Bank one year, was cashier 
of the First National Bank at Bessemer, 
Michigan, six months, and since January, 
1892, has occupied his present position as 
cashier of the First National Bank of Iron 
Mountain. He is also a stockholder and 
director in the Range Tribune of this place. 

In political matters, Mr. Northup takes 
a commendable interest, affiliating with the 
Republican party. While a resident of Ionia 
he served as City Treasurer. He is a young 
man of strict integrity, excellent business 
ability and high social standing, and is bound 
to make his mark in the world. 



eDWARD SCOTT, Postmaster of 
Iron River, Michigan, is one of the 
popular young men of the town, 
and we take pleasure in making the 
following personal mention of him in this 
work: 

Edward Scott was born in Escanaba, 
Michigan, June 10, 1870. His father, Will- 
iam Scott, a native of New York, came 
west to Chicago about the year 1865. The 



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following year he came up into Michigan, 
and from that time until 1869 was captain 
of a tug-boat. In 1869 he located at Esca- 
naba. He was employed there as foreman 
in the roundhouse, and remained in that 
city until 1882, when he came to Iron River, 
engaging in business here. He died in Iron 
River, at the age of fifty-four years. Will- 
iam Scott's father was a Scotchman by birth 
and came to this country when a young man. 
The mother of our subject was by maiden 
name Miss Catharine Hegerty. She is of 
Irish birth, came to America when twenty- 
five years of age, and is still living, now at 
the age of sixty years. William Scott and 
his wife had four children, three sons and 
one daughter, Edward being the youngest. 

Edward Scott spent the first twelve years 
of his life in his native town, Escanaba, and 
then came with his parents to Iron River. 
Since his father's death he has continued to 
reside with his mother. In 1893 he was 
elected Township Clerk, and the following 
year Township Treasurer, and in 1894 he 
was appointed Postmaster of Iron River by 
President Cleveland. He is also now serving 
as Secretary of the School Board. In all 
of these positions he has by his energy, his 
promptness and his natural business ability, 
together with his genial manner, proved 
himself to be the right man in the right 
place. 

Socially, Mr. Scott is a member of the 
K. of P., No. 162, of Iron River, and in his 
political views he is Democratic. 



>T^ W. BURBANK, Commander of the 

J G. A. R. Post, of Iron Mountain, 

A 1 was born in Albany, New York, 

June 30, 1846. His father, Robert 

G. Burbank, was a native of Massachusetts, 



was a piano-maker by trade, and followed 
that occupation for Boardman & Gray, of 
Albany, New York. The mother of our 
subject, ncc Mary Ann Silverd, was a native 
of Montpelier, Vermont. They were the 
parents of six children, namely: Edward 
S., Albina D., Joseph W., Robert C, Sid- 
ney (deceased), and Emily (deceased). 

J. W. Burbank, the subject of this 
sketch, remained in his native city until six 
years of age, when he was adopted by his 
uncle, Joseph Ward, of Randolph, Columbia 
county, Wisconsin. In 1862, at the age of 
sixteen years, he enlisted as a drummer boy in 
Company H, Seventeenth Wisconsin Volun- 
teer Infantry, and served three years and two 
months, receiving his discharge at Goldsbor- 
ough. North Carolina. Mr. Burbank was 
taken sick at the battle of Corinth, Missis- 
sipi, was sent to Memphis, Tennessee, and 
two months afterward to St. Louis, where 
he remained until the capture of Vicksburg. 
Joining his regiment at Natchez, Mississippi, 
he participated in Sherman's march to the 
sea. 

After returning from the war our subject 
resided in Albany until 1868, and then re- 
turned to his old home in Wisconsin, his 
uncle having died in the fall of 1861. In 
the spring of 1873 Mr. Burbank secured the 
position of clerk in the store of N. Luding- 
ton at Marquette, Wisconsin, and in the fall 
of 1880 was engaged by the same firm to 
run the Pembina Farm Hotel, located forty 
miles above the mouth of Menominee river. 
From the fall of 1880 until the spring of 
1882 he resided on his own farm at Stephen- 
son, Michigan, was then engaged in the 
piano and organ business in Marquette until 
the spring of 1884, followed the sewing-ma- 
chine business at Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, 
until the fall of 1887, from that time until the 



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fall of 1 89 1 was employed as a traveling sales- 
man, worked in a marble shop in Fond du 
Lac until July, 1892, and since that time 
has been engaged in the furniture and un- 
dertaking business in Iron Mountain. 

Politically, Mr. Burbank allies himself 
with the Republican party In his social 
relations, he has filled all the chairs in the 
G. A. R. post, and is now serving his third 
term as Commander of the P. O'Connell 
Post, No. 426, Department of Michigan, G. 
A. R. 

July 2, 1876, Mr. Burbank was united 
in marriage with Amanda P. Annas, a na- 
tive of New York, taken by her parents to 
Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, when four years 
of age. To this union have been born four 
children, — Robert G., Etta M., Bertie O. 
and Nettie P. 



'>-T»ACOB JEPSEN.— Prominent among 
■ the business men of Escanaba is the 
/• 1 gentleman whose name introduces 
this review. He is proprietor of the 
Escanaba Bottling Works and has a wide 
reputation for honorable dealing that has 
won unlimited confidence and given him a 
standing in commercial circles that may 
well be envied. It is such men that give a 
city its standing and make it an important 
commercial center. 

Mr. Jepsen is a Dane by birth. He 
first opened his eyes to the light of day 
December 5, 1855, the place of his birth 
being near Nordborg, on an island in 
Schleswig-Holstein. His parents, Hans 
Christian and Marie Jepsen, are still living 
in Denmark, where the father carries on 
agricultural pursuits. The three daughters 
of the family also live with them, but the 
brothers, Louis, Jacob, Robert and Christ, 



are all residents of America and are living in 
Escanaba and vicinitj'. The only members 
of the family now married are Robert and 
Jacob. 

In the land of his nativity the latter 
spent his childhood days, and was a young 
man of eighteen years when he resolved to 
try his fortune this side the Atlantic. He 
bade adieu to home and friends and in 1873 
became a resident of Wisconsin, where he 
worked for eight years, employed as a farm 
hand in Winnebago county. In 1881 he 
came to Escanaba, Michigan, and worked 
as an iron ore trimmer in the summer, 
while in the winter season he was employed 
in the lumber woods. In 1883 he estab- 
lished his present business on a small scale 
by beginning the manufacture of root beer. 
For years he gave his attention exclusively 
to that work, and so successful was he in 
the undertaking that he resolved to make 
other temperance drinks. His facilities 
were in consequence enlarged and extended 
until he now has a plant capable of manu- 
facturing all that the trade demands in this 
section of the country. No intoxicants in 
any form are handled, and he deserves the 
thanks of the community in placing before 
the public good, wholesome drinks, which 
are free from all the injurious effects of 
alcoholic beverages. This is practical tem- 
perance work, and Mr. Jepsen deserves the 
patronage of all temperance people for plac- 
ing on sale drinks that are as palatable as 
intoxicants and at the same time possessing 
only wholesome qualities. Some of his 
drinks have gained a wide reputation, and 
he ships quite extensively to Milwaukee, 
Wisconsin, where his goods find a ready 
sale, rivaling those manufactured in that 
city. His trade is constantly increasing, 
and his liberal patronage is well deserved. 



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In Escanaba, in 1885, Mr. Jepsen was 
united in marriage to Miss Christina Chris- 
tiansen, a native of Denmark, who came 
to this country alone after the death of her 
father. Her mother is still living in the old 
country. Six children have been born of 
their union, as follows: Jennie, Amelia, 
Laura, Ellen, Matilda and Marian; the three 
eldest now in school. 

The parents were both reared in the 
Lutheran faith, but now hold membership 
in no church. In his political belief Mr. 
Jepsen is a Republican, and socially is con- 
nected with the Knights of the Maccabees. 
He takes no prominent part in public 
affairs, preferring to devote his entire time 
and attention to his business interests, in 
which he is meeting with signal success. In 
connection with his bottling works he is 
also the owner of 160 acres of rich land, 
much of which is under a high state of 
cultivation and improved with a good dwell- 
ing and three substantial barns. A good 
number of fruit trees also have been planted, 
and the income derived therefrom adds 
materially to his financial resources. He 
lives quietly, true to every trust and is a 
man who can be depended upon to faith- 
fully perform every obligation. 



(D 



H. MORIARTY, the efficient and 
popular Prosecuting Attorney of 
Iron county, is one of the native 
sons of Michigan, his birth having 
occurred in Lenawee county, on the 27th of 
September, 1859. His parents, Michael 
and Ellen (O'Neil) Moriarty, were both 
natives of the Emerald Isle. Leaving the 
land of their birth, in 1834, they crossed the 
broad Atlantic to the New World, and in 
1845 took up their residence in Lenawee 



county, Michigan, where the father still 
makes his home at a ripe old age. The 
mother passed away at the age of seventy- 
two years. 

The gentleman whose name heads this 
review is the youngest of a family of seven 
children, four sons and three daughters. 
Under the parental roof he was reared to 
manhood, and in the district schools he ac- 
quired his preliminary education, after which 
he spent several years in the high school of 
Hudson, Michigan. He is now well informed, 
a man of broad general information. On 
completing his education he entered 
upon his business career, securing employ- 
ment in the railway mail service, but was 
not content to devote his life to that labor. 
He determined to enter professional circles, 
and in 1885 began reading law in the office 
of Thomas J. Hiller, of Hudson, Michigan. 
In December, 1887, he was admitted to the 
bar in Adrian, Michigan, and two years 
later opened a law office in Iron Mountain, 
where he made his home until 1890. In 
that year he came to Crystal Falls, where 
he has since been actively engaged in the 
prosecution of his chosen profession. He 
is thorough and systematic in anything he 
undertakes, and these qualities are manifest 
in the preparation of his cases, which bear 
evidence of great care and attention. He is 
thus ready to meet his opponents in argu- 
ment, and his logical, convincing and force- 
ful addresses carry weight with judge and 
jury. 

Mr. Moriarty has been honored with a 
number of public offices, has served in var- 
ious minor positions in his village, township 
and county, and was appointed by the Board 
of Supervisors as County Commissioner of 
Schools. In 1892 he was elected to the 
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549 



did he discharge the duties that he was re- 
elected on the expiration of his first term, 
and is now serving in that capacity in a most 
creditable and acceptable manner. He is a 
popular man of genial and pleasant disposi- 
tion, and in the communit}' where he now 
lives he has the high regard of many friends. 



@EORGE S. NORTH, proprietor of 
the only general merchandise store 
at Quincy Mine, is a son of one of 
the pioneer merchants and prom- 
inent men of northern Michigan, — Hon. S. 
D. North. Some personal mention of both 
father and son is appropriate here. 

Hon. S. D. North was a native of Mid- 
dletown, Connecticut. He came to Onto- 
nagon county, Michigan, in the earlj' '50s and 
opened a general merchandise store in Rock- 
land. In 1866 he came to the Quincy mine 
and negotiated with the Quincy Mining 
Company, establishing himself in business 
here. He also opened a general store, in 
copartnership with Mr. Charles Briggs, at 
Calumet, and another at Lake Linden, 
under the firm name of North & Briggs, all 
of which were successfully conducted. He 
was the owner of the Mount Clemens Min- 
eral Springs at Mount Clemens, Michigan, 
and had an interest in the Penberthy Manu- 
facturing Company, of Detroit, of which he 
was president; and he was the first president 
of the First National Bank of Hancock. He 
served his State in its legislative bodies, 
having been twice elected a member of the 
House and once of the Senate, and in every 
position to which he was called he discharged 
faithful and impartial service. As a business 
man he was eminently successful. Both his 
public and private life were above reproach, 
and after an active and useful career, hav- 



ing attained his three-score years and ten, 
he passed to his reward August 26, 1893. 
Of his wife, the mother of our subject, we 
record that her maiden name was Fannie 
Smith, and that she was a native of Homer, 
New York. She died suddenly of heart 
failure in the fall of 1894. 

George S. North, their only child, was 
born September 5, 1852, in Cornwall, Con- 
necticut. His early training was obtained in 
the public schools of Ontonagon countj', 
Michigan; and later he took a course at 
Homer Academy, Homer, New York, and 
spent one year in Spencer's Business Col- 
lege. On completing his studies he entered 
his father's employ at Quincy Mine, where 
he clerked until 1883. That year he was 
taken in as a partner, the firm name becom- 
ing S. D. North & Son, and remaining as 
such until the father's death. He was re- 
tired from active business, however, for 
some years before he passed away. The 
Penberthy Company and the Mount Clemens 
Mineral Springs, as well as the general store 
at Quincy Mine, are now the property of 
George S. He carries a stock valued at no 
less than $45,000, and is doing a large and 
increasing business. 

Mr. North is a man of family. He mar- 
ried Miss Emma Briggs, of Norwalk, Ohio, 
and they are the parents of three children, 
— a son and two daughters. 



^>^ AUL W. GRIERSON is the popular, 
1 W well-known and efficient Postmaster 
M of Calumet. During nearly his en- 

tire residence here he has been in 
office, — a fact which indicates not only his 
fidelity to duty but also shows the confidence 
and regard reposed in him by his fellow 
townsmen. 



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MEMORIAL RECORD OF THE 



Mr. Grierson is numbered among the 
native sons of Michigan, his bifth having oc- 
curred in Ontonagon county, on the i6th of 
March, 1861. The family is of Scotch-Irish 
origin. The father, James Grierson, was 
a native of Scotland, and in 1840 bade adieu 
to home and friends, preparatory to his emi- 
gration to the New World. He first located 
in Detroit, Michigan, and subsequently re- 
moved to the copper regions on Lake Supe- 
rior, settling in Keweenaw county. He is 
now occupying the position of surface cap- 
tain for the Calumet & Hecla Mining Com- 
pany. 

The gentleman whose name introduces 
this review was reared in the State of his 
nativity and attended the public schools un- 
til seventeen years of age, acquiring a good 
knowledge of the common English branches 
and of some of the more advanced studies. 
Reading, experience and observation have in 
later years added to his fund of knowledge, 
and he is now a well informed man, versed 
in all matters of current interest. He en- 
tered upon his business career in the employ 
of the Calumet & Hecla Mining Company in 
the humble capacity of office boy, and con- 
tinued with that company for three and a 
half 3^ears, when he secured a situation as 
mine clerk with the Copper Falls Mining 
Company, of Iveweenaw county. He con- 
tinued there for three years, or until the 
mine closed, after which he came to Calu- 
met, where he has since made his home, — 
one of the esteemed residents of the place. 

Not long after his arrival in Calumet Mr. 
Grierson received the appointment of Post- 
master and entered upon his duties in 1888. 
So acceptably did he fill the office that he 
was re-appointed on the 26th of June, 1893, 
and is still serving, with credit to himself 
and satisfaction to all concerned. He is 



always true and loyal to any duty, whether 
public or private, and the affairs of the post- 
office are ably administered. In the fall 
of 1892 Mr. Grierson was nominated for 
the office of County Treasurer, but failed of 
election. In his political views he is a 
stalwart Democrat, ardently advocating the 
principles of his party. 

In his social connections Mr. Grierson is 
connected with the Masonic fraternity, having 
become a Royal Arch Mason, and also be- 
longs to the Ancient Order of United Work- 
men. He is devoted to the best interests of 
the community in which he makes his home, 
is public-spirited and progressive and with- 
holds his support from no enterprise that is 
calculated to advance the general welfare. 
A well spent life and pleasant, genial, social 
manner have gained him many friends, whom 
we feel assured wall be pleased to see the 
record of his life in the history of the Upper 
Peninsula. 



>Tr'OSEPH ETHIER, of South Lake 
^ Linden, Michigan, is one of the 
A J worthy citizens of Canadian birth 
who have found homes in the Penin- 
sular State. He was born in Canada on the 
3d of June, 1863, and is a son of Louie 
Ethier, a native of Lower Canada, who is 
living in that country, retired from active 
business life, at the age of eighty-four years. 
Joseph Ethier received no school privileges 
whatever and is entirely self-educated, ob- 
taining his knowledge in the hard school of 
experience. As soon as old enough to han- 
dle the plow he began work in the fields of 
his father's farm and was thus employed 
until sixteen years of age, when he left home 
to make his own way in the world, starting 
for the United States. 



NORTHERN PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN. 



551 



He first located in Calumet, where he 
remained for a year, then removed to the 
Central mine in Keweenaw county, where 
he drove a team for a contractor and did job 
work for five 3'ears. On the expiration of 
that period he engaged in contracting for 
himself and did a successful business in that 
place until more than a decade had passed, 
when he went to Copper Falls, where he 
took contracts for getting out large quanti- 
ties of logs and timber. Two years later he 
became a resident of Houghton, but remained 
there only six months, when he went to Lake 
Linden and engaged in the wood business 
for three years. Since that time he has 
carried on the logging business on an exten- 
sive scale, and in his undertakings has met 
with prosperity, receiving a liberal patron- 
age which has brought to him a handsome 
income. He was not mistaken in the thought 
that he would have better chances for ad- 
vancement in the United States, as time has 
shown, and to-day he is numbered among 
the substantial citizens of the community in 
which he resides. 

Mr. Ethier was united in marriage with 
Miss Margaret Miller, of Wisconsin, the 
marriage being celebrated in Keweenaw 
county, Michigan, in 1875. To them have 
been born six children, five sons and a 
daughter. Their home is a beautiful resi- 
dence situated on the west shore of Lake 
Linden, and is the abode of hospitality and 
good cheer, — a place where their many 
friends delight to gather. 

It is often the men who have to start out 
in life as did Mr. Ethier that are most suc- 
cessful. His youth was without advantages, 
and from a very early age has been one of 
hard labor; but he thereby developed a self- 
reliance and force of character which stood 
him instead of fortune, and as the years have 



rolled by he has ever been found working on 
earnestly, and honestly, gaining the respect 
of all with whom he has been brought in 
contact and acquiring a handsome compe- 
tence. 



>^ OSEPH GREGOIRE, of Lake Lin- 
m den, Michigan, is an honored pio- 
A 1 neer, well-known citizen and prom- 
inent business man of the Upper 
Peninsula, who for many years has been 
connected with this locality, and has been 
an important factor in its upbuilding. His 
extensive business interests have added 
materially to the welfare and prosperity of 
this locality, and he may well be numbered 
among the valued and progressive citizens. 
Joseph Gregoire was born in Canada, 
on the 5th of August, 1833, and is the eldest 
in a family of fourteen children, nine of 
whom are yet living. His father, Joseph 
Gregoire, was a native of Lower Canada, 
and died in 1865, at the age of fifty-five 
years. The mother is still living, at the 
advanced age of eighty years, and is enjoy- 
ing good health, finding a pleasant home 
with her son Joseph, who thus repays her for 
the cares she bestowed upon him in his child- 
hood days. He attended the parish schools 
during his youth and also the government 
schools after they were established, and at 
the age of sixteen he left the school-room 
and worked on his father's farm, being thus 
employed until he had attained his majority. 
He then came to the United States and has 
since been identified with the interests of 
the Upper Peninsula. He first located in 
Ontonagon, where he secured work in the 
lumber woods, and in the following summer 
he went to Superior City, where he remained 
for four years engaged in lumbering and 



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MEMORIAL RECORD OF THE 



carpentering. He built the first pier in 
Duluth in 1857. Two years later he removed 
to Houghton, where he engaged in the man- 
ufacture of shingles until the spring of i860, 
when he came to Lake Linden and pur- 
chased 170 acres of land. He then dealt in 
lumber, timber and mine supplies, and in 
1867 erected a sawmill which was shortly 
afterward destroyed by fire. With charac- 
teristic energy, however, he at once began 
to rebuild, and has since conducted a saw- 
mill and lumber business, dealing in all kinds 
of dressed lumber, also conducts an exten- 
sive sash and door factory. He employs 
fifty men during the summer and twice that 
number during the winter season. 

Mr. Gregoire also owns and conducts a 
general store in connection with the sawmill, 
and has owned and operated four steam tug- 
boats for use in his lumber trade. His busi- 
ness interests have been very extensive, and 
his capabilities are by no means limited to 
one line of trade. He is indeed a self-made 
man, whose success is due entirely to his 
own efforts. Reared quietly as a farmer lad, 
he started out for himself empty-handed, 
with no capital save those qualifications 
with which nature had endowed him. He 
was industrious and enterprising and resolved 
to make the most of his privileges. Every 
opportunity which came in his way was 
turned to the best advantage, and, living 
frugally in the early years, he was at length 
enabled to begin business on his own ac- 
count. He then redoubled his efforts, and 
his able management, keen discrimination 
and the strict and honorable business meth- 
ods which he followed brought to him the 
desired success. His business he has stead- 
ily extended until it has now assumed ex- 
tensive proportions, and he is known as one 
of the leading lumber men of the Upper 



Peninsula. His store, his sawmill, his fac- 
tory, all stand as monuments to his thrift 
and enterprise. His home is the finest resi- 
dence on the lake, and the locality where it 
and the sawmill stands is known as Gregory- 
ville. His two sisters are keeping house for 
him, and with the aged mother complete 
the circle that gathers round his fireside. 

Mr. Gregoire is an honored pioneer of 
the State, who for forty years has been 
identified with its interests and is now among 
the foremost of the representatives of one of 
the leading industries of this part of the 
country. Michigan has largely developed 
since his arrival there, and with its upbuild- 
ing and advancement he has kept pace. 
His mind is thoroughly practical and he has 
great force of character. His life has been 
purely a business one and his business rec- 
ord is untarnished by the suspicion of wrong 
or the shadow of evil doing. 



eB. CHAMBERLAIN, County 
Drain Commissioner of Mackinac 
county and one of Saint Ignace's 
foremost citizens, has been identi- 
fied with the interests of the Upper Penin- 
sula of Michigan since 1873. This town 
and county presented the appearance of be- 
ing a locality with a promising future, and 
as this fact implied a certain activity in real- 
estate transactions, in which line, as well as 
in making surveys, our subject had gained a 
practical experience, he determined upon a 
permanent location here. Although the 
settlement of Saint Ignace antedated that 
of Michigan's metropolis, Detroit, much of 
its early history is shrouded in obscurity, 
for which reason the town can hardly be 
said to have existed for more than a cen- 
tury, determining the data from an historic 



NORTHERN PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN. 



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standpoint. In 1873 Saint Ignace was yet 
a small and straggling village, but within 
the succeeding decade its progress was no- 
table, and at the end of that period it be- 
came practically the prosperous and sub- 
stantial little city such as it stands to-day, 
thus proving that Mr. Chamberlain's an- 
ticipations as to its future were well 
grounded. He found much use for his 
transit and chains during the early years of 
his residence here, since the Government 
lines, — as is frequently the case, — had in 
many instances to be re-run and the local 
corners restored. The Government survey 
was made in 1845, but seventeen years 
prior to this certain other surveys were 
made, locating private claims, — some nine- 
teen in all. Persons interested in pine 
lands had located lands in the county pre- 
vious to 1873, but no homesteaders were re- 
corded as locating claims until some time 
after, — or about the time that the railroad 
surveys were instituted. The Duluth, 
Mackinaw & Marquette Railroad Company 
was organized and received immense grants 
of pine and other lands, — sixteen sections to 
the mile, — with an exemption from taxes for 
a period of fifteen years. This company 
was succeeded by the Duluth, South Shore 
& Atlantic Railroad Company. The court- 
house was first located on Mackinac island, 
to which point the residents of nearly the 
entire Upper Peninsula came to pay taxes, 
to attend court, etc. ; for at that time Mack- 
inac county included all the territory from 
Sault Sainte Marie to Menominee. 

On the removal of the county seat to 
Saint Ignace, in 1883, Mr. Chamberlain 
surveyed the ground for the new county 
building. He served as County Surveyor in 
1878-9, and has officiated as a deputy in 
this line on various occasions since. 



Turning to the more purely individual 
history of our subject we find that he is a 
native of the Dominion of Canada, having 
been born in Oxford county, June, 1837. 
He received a common-school education, 
and in his youth became an employe of 
Farmier & De Blaquer, who were engaged 
in general merchandising in Canada. He 
remained with this firm seven years, after 
which he was for six years in the employ of 
the senior member of the firm noted, who 
had engaged in the same line of trade in- 
dividually. At the expiration of this time 
Mr. Chamberlain went to Buffalo, New 
York, where he secured employment in the 
department of the city engineer, having had 
some experience in land surveying while in 
Canada. L. B. Smith was the chief of the 
office, and he took a particular interest in 
our subject, whose work ultimately extended 
into all branches of the business. He thus 
became a thorough and practical engineer. 
Mr. Chamberlain left Buffalo and came to 
Michigan, locating in Ixgham county, 
where he followed surveying and farming 
until just prior to the outbreak of the war 
of the Rebellion, when he removed to Saint 
Clair county, where he had real-estate in- 
terests. He served as Surveyor of this 
county for two terms. 

The father of our subject was M3-ron 
Chamberlain, a native of the old Empire 
State. He was engaged in the construction 
of the docks at Hamilton, Ontario, where 
he contracted a severe cold which resulted 
in his death. He married Electa Carpenter, 
and they became the parents of eight chil- 
dren, of whom six are living at the present 
time. 

The marriage of our subject was cele- 
brated in Ingham county, Michigan, in 
1857, when he wedded Miss R. A. Mascho. 



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Their only child, Myron E. , aged twenty- 
five years (1895), is bookkeeper for the Ham- 
mond-Standish Company, at Saint Ignace. 
In his political proclivities Mr. Cham- 
berlain is a stalwart Republican, as the can- 
didate of which party he served as a mem- 
ber of the State Legislature in 1887-8. In 
his fraternal relations he is identified with 
the Masonic order, into whose mysteries he 
was initiated at Ovid, Michigan, in 1859. 
He is recognized as one of the representa- 
tive men of the county, to whose advance- 
ment he has so largely contributed, and he 
stands firmly in the confidence and esteem 
of its people. 



BRED KRUGER, the alert and pro- 
gressive grocer and fish merchant 
of Saint Ignace, enjoys a distinctive 
popularity in the community and 
his success is richly merited, since it is the 
direct result of his own efforts as applied in 
an honorable and legitimate direction. He 
engaged in merchandising at this point about 
fifteen years ago, in partnership with his 
brother-in-law, the capital which he invested 
in the enterprise being of modest sort and 
representing the surplus amount which he 
had accumulated from his service as a 
stationary engineer in this city. He was in 
the employ of the Mackinaw Lumber Com- 
pany for the five years prior to embarking in 
the mercantile business, in 1880. 

The subject of this review is a native of 
Prussia, where he was born on the 4th of 
February, 1853, and where he received such 
educational discipline as was within his 
reach. The family came to the United 
States in 1866 and located in Marinette, 
Wisconsin. The father, Lewis Kruger, is 
now a resident of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 



having attained to the venerable age of 
seventy-eight years. 

Mr. Kruger had partially learned his 
trade of engineer in his native land, but he 
completed his apprenticeship in the same at 
Marinette. Up to the time when he at- 
tained his majority he had devoted the 
proceeds of his efforts to the support of his 
father and the family, having been active 
and industrious and in no wise reluctant to 
apply his earnings in that direction, where 
they could legally be held. He left the 
parental roof at the age of twenty-one, 
without any resources save those afforded 
him by his strong arm, his knowledge of his 
trade and a willingness to work. He se- 
cured a position with the Menominee River 
Lumber Company, running one of their tug 
boats, and he was in their employ up to and 
including the time when he first came to 
Saint Ignace. He was in receipt of good 
monthly wages, but it did not happen that 
much was laid away for some years. He 
finally saved six or seven hundred dollars, 
and in partnership with Mr. Hintz engaged 
in his present line of business in Saint 
Ignace, under the firm name of Kruger & 
Hintz. Mr. Hintz died in 1890 and our 
subject soon after purchased the widow's 
interest, since which time the business has 
been conducted under his name as sole 
proprietor. He transacts a very representa- 
tive business in the line of retail groceries, 
while the establishment is the source of 
supply in a wholesale way for a quite ex- 
tended trade territory in the contiguous 
sections. During ten years of his career as 
a merchant, Mr. Kruger was also quite 
extensively engaged in the operation of fish- 
ing boats, and from this industry he netted 
a good profit, not abandoning his connection 
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which time he has contented himself with 
handhng the catch of others. His success 
in a business way has been most gratifying, 
and from the profits thereof he has become 
the owner of valuable real-estate in Saint 
Ignace, and in 1890 he erected his modern 
and attractive brick business block, which 
is one of the finest in the city, being two 
stories in hight and 50x60 feet in dimen 
sions, — representing a financial outlay of 
$7,000. 

In his political adherency Mr. Kruger is 
a stalwart Republican, and he has ever 
taken a lively interest in local affairs of 
public nature, lending effective aid in ad- 
vancing the success of his party at the polls 
and manifesting a progressive public spirit. 
He, however, is not a seeker for office, and 
holds all political matters as secondary to 
his business affairs, which he never neglects 
for extraneous issues. He is a man of 
strong physique, weighs 200 pounds, but is 
lithe and active. 

In 1877 Mr. Kruger was united in mar- 
riage to Miss Bettie Hintz, a daughter of 
John Hintz, a native of Germany. The 
children of this union are Albert, Freddie 
and Willie. Mrs. Kruger died, and in 1889 
our subject married her sister, Emma Hintz, 
who has borne him one child, Herbert. 






ULCRONE BROTHERS. — The 

gentlemen who comprise the mer- 
cantile firm whose name initiates 
this paragraph are numbered 
among the representative and most progress- 
ive business men of the thriving little city 
of Saint Ignace, so picturesquely situated 
along the bay where many years ago the 
Jesuit fathers came to establish at this point 
one of their humane missions. The two 



brothers, Michael F. and John, are both 
natives of county Mayo, Ireland, but since 
their very early childhood they have been 
residents of America, and for the greater 
part of the time have maintained their 
abode in the upper lake region, with whose 
interests they are now so conspicuously iden- 
tified and of whose growth from a wild and 
sparsely settled condition to one of marked 
importance and prosperity they have been 
witnesses. 

Michael F. Mulcrone, the senior in years 
and as member of the business firm, was 
born in county Mayo, on the 28th of Septem- 
ber, 1849; '^nd John was ushered into the 
world in the same maritime county, the date 
of his nativity having been May 18, 1852. 
They were the sons of Charles Mulcrone, a 
typical representative of the energetic and in- 
telligent element in the Irish stock, and he 
was spurred with ambition to better his for- 
tunes, for which reason he set out from his 
native land, in 1852, and with his little 
family came to America, where the residue 
of his useful and active life was passed. He 
first located at Cleveland, Ohio, where he 
remained one year; but in the year 1853 he 
cast his lot with Mackinac county, Michigan, 
and there remained until he was summoned 
to eternal rest. He located on Mackinac 
island, where he engaged in gardening, in 
which and kindred occupations he was en- 
gaged for fully thirty years. By trade he 
was a weaver, but did not devote himself to 
this after his arrival in America. He was 
successful in his efforts, and left a snug com- 
petency as the tangible result of his life 
work. He supported the Democratic party 
and its principles, but was scarcely ever 
drawn into active politics. He was a man of 
medium height, weighing about 155 pounds, 
was alert in his movements and possessed of 



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a physical constitution which successfully 
warded off attacks of disease. He was known 
as a strong, vigorous and intelligent man 
and as one whose honor was beyond cavil. 
The maiden name of the mother of our sub- 
ject was Ann Chambers, and she was a 
cousin of John Chambers, to whom indi- 
vidual reference is made elsewhere in this 
volume. Charles and Ann (Chambers) Mul- 
crone were the parents of four children, 
namely: Mary, who became the wife of 
Lorenzo O. Holden, and both of whom are 
now deceased; Honore is the wife of Patrick 
McCann, of Saint Ignace; and Michael F. 
and John are the immediate subjects of this 
review. 

The brothers received their educational 
discipline in the district schools, and were 
found earning wages very early in their 
'teens, John remaining with his father, while 
Michael was for three years employed as a 
clerk in the establishment at Highstone, of 
Saint Ignace. The latter of the brothers re- 
turned to the island home after the expira- 
tion of the period noted, and for one year 
served as clerk in the Mission House, one of 
the popular hotels of the famous resort. 
During the succeeding three years he was 
engaged in the livery business on Mackinac 
island, after which he went to Chicago, 
where he was for live years employed as 
bookkeeper by O'Donald & Mulcrone. May 
5, 1880, he married Miss Wager, daughter 
of Henry B. Wager, who came originally 
from Philadelphia, and after this happy 
event our subject came directly to Saint 
Ignace, where, in company with his brother, 
he engaged in the mercantile business, — a 
line of enterprise in which they have con- 
tinued most successfully since that time. 

It is now appropriate to turn to the 
younger brother, John, and to note the more 



salient points in his career up to the time 
that this business association was consum- 
mated. During all these intervening years 
he had been connected with the Govern- 
ment lighthouse service, having thus been 
employed for a full decade, during three 
years of which time he was the principal 
keeper of the important lighthouse on Wau- 
goshance island, from which incumbency he 
withdrew to come to Saint Ignace. 

The mercantile business carried on by 
Mulcrone Brothers had a modest inception, 
the original stock having represented a valu- 
ation of $2,500. The success of the enter- 
prise may be recognized when it is stated 
that at the present time there is carried a 
stock valued at fully $15,000. Wide-awake, 
careful and honorable in their methods, the 
brothers have gained the good will and con- 
fidence of the community, and this fact has 
given them an unmistakable prestige. They 
have acquired valuable real estate in the city 
of Saint Ignace and are also the owners of a 
considerable amount of country property. 
The substantial and attractive block in which 
their mercantile business is conducted was 
erected by them, and was the first brick 
business building erected in Mackinac 
county. The structure is two stories in 
height and is an ornament to the city. Mul- 
crone Brothers are also associated in the 
ownership of the steam ferryboat North 
Star, plying between Saint Ignace and 
Mackinac island. Numbered among the 
most progressive and public-spirited citizens 
of the place, it is needless to say that their 
advice is sought on all important measures 
and that their counsel is held in high esti- 
mation. Both have been called upon to 
serve in positions of public trust and have 
discharged their duties carefully and satis- 
factorily. Michael F. Mulcrone was ap- 




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pointed Postmaster of Saint Ignace during 
the first administration of President Cleve- 
land, and, after the interregnum of the Re- 
publican party, Avas again appointed to the 
office by President Cleveland, June 17, 1893. 
He served as Mayor of the city in 1885, and 
administered the municipal affairs in a 
wisely conservative yet progressive way. 
John Mulcrone has represented the Second 
ward in the City Council, and served as 
President of the same. For two years he 
held preferment as president of the Water 
and Light Board, and he is now president of 
the Board of Education, of which he served 
as secretary for two years. He was for two 
years chairman of the Democratic County 
Central Committee and was for some time 
a member of the District Central Committee. 
The brothers have taken an active interest 
in political affairs of a local nature and both 
are ardent supporters of the Democratic 
party. 

Mr. John Mulcrone married Miss Mary 
Wager, who is a sister of his brother's wife. 
Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Mulcrone are the par- 
ents of seven children, namely: Mary H., 
aged eleven years; Irene, aged nine; Bessie, 
aged seven; Charlie, aged five; Marguerite, 
aged four; M. Wager, aged three; and an 
infant son. Mr. and Mrs. John Mulcrone 
have four children: Annie, aged ten; Will- 
iam, aged eight; Marion, aged si.\; and Char- 
lotte, aged four. 



OLUF B. OLSEN, one of the pro- 
prietors of the Medborgaren, a 
Swedish newspaper published in 
Escanaba, Michigan, is a native of 
Denmark, in which country he was born 
March 27, 1S64. His father, a stone-mason 

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by trade, died in that country, at the age of 
seventy-two years, his death occurring in 
1885. His wife still survives him, and is 
now living in Racine, Wisconsin, with her 
daughter, Mrs. Christina Petersen: she is 
now about seventy years of age. Carl and 
Hans, two of her sons, and Julia, a daughter, 
are also residents of Racine; the last named 
is the wife of Peter Petersen. Another 
daughter, Mrs. Clara Petersen, resides in 
Kansas; and Minnie makes her home in Min- 
nesota. 

The subject of this brief record passed 
the days of his boyhood and youth in the 
land of his birth, and at the age of eighteen 
bade adieu to home and friends and sailed for 
America, making the journey alone. He 
first secured work on a farm near Racine, 
Wisconsin, and while engaged in the toil- 
some work of the field and at the small in- 
tervals he happened to enjoy he gradually 
became familiar with the English language. 
In the autumn of 1882 he went to Luding- 
ton, Michigan, where he worked during the 
winter, and in the following spring he re- 
turned to Racine, where he again spent the 
summer in agricultural pursuits. The ne.xt 
four years he spent in Door county, same 
State, next spent a summer at Nahma, 
Michigan, and then became a citizen of 
Escanaba, where for ths first five summers 
he was employed as an ore trimmer, and 
during the winter seasons was employed in 
the lumber woods. 

Mr. Olsen, in regard to religion, was 
brought up in the Lutheran Church. So- 
cially he is connected with the Knights of 
the Maccabees, and in his political views he 
is independent, preferring to support the 
man whom he pleases regardless of party 
ties. He belongs to the Building & Loan 
Association of Escanaba, but devotes his 



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business hours mainly to the paper. As a 
citizen he is highly esteemed by the com- 
munity. 



eM. MALLETT.— Among the rep- 
resentative men of Saint Ignace, 
Mackinac county, not one is better 
known or more highly esteemed 
than the subject of this review, who is the 
senior member of the furniture and under- 
taking firm of Mallett & Walker. This con- 
spicuous business enterprise was established 
by Mr. Mallett twelve years ago, since which 
time he has devoted his attention to meet- 
ing the demands of a trade which is of rep- 
resentative order and which has been con- 
stantly broadening in extent. His methods 
have been such as to gain to him the re- 
spect and confidence of the public, whose 
approval has been duly manifested in sup- 
porting patronage. The firm name at the 
time of the inception of the enterprise was 
Mallett & Johnson, and on the dissolution 
of this association Mr. Walker became a 
partner of our subject. 

Mr. Mallett is a native son of the Penin- 
sular State, the date of his birth having been 
September 4, 1826, when he was ushered 
into the world at Huron, Wayne county, 
Michigan. His father. Minor Mallett, was 
of stanch old New England stock, the an- 
cestral line tracing back to France, from 
which country the original American ances- 
tors came in the Colonial days, establishing 
their home in the beautiful wilds of New 
England, this being prior to the war of the 
Revolution. The Malletts have been very 
generally associated with agricultural pur- 
suits since the days when the first represent- 
atives set themselves to the reclamation of 
farms in the colonial district, and the family 



is one notable for longevity and robust con- 
stitutions. 

Minor Mallett, the father of our subject, 
was born in Bennington county, Vermont, 
in the year 1796. Attaining maturity he 
left New England and took up his residence 
in the Dominion of Canada, where he re- 
mained but a short time, after which he re- 
turned to "the States " and located at Ro- 
chester, New York. There he married Miss 
Marietta Parker, and in 1825 they emigrated 
to Michigan, settling in Wayne county, 
where they were numbered among the pio- 
neer residents. Of their ten children seven 
are yet living, namely: E. M. , the im- 
mediate subject of this record; Laura, wife 
of Harvey Tower, is a resident of Montague, 
Michigan; Lucy A., the wife of E. P. Brown, 
of Placerville, California; M. V., of Grand 
Rapids, Michigan; Julia M., wife of G. W. 
Johnson, of the State of Washington; Martha 
E., wife of Martin Chapman, of Fremont, 
Washington; and Emmon, of Pocatello, 
Idaho. 

Minor Mallett moved to Barry county, 
Michigan, in 1840, and there settled on a 
tract of wild land, which he reclaimed, our 
subject assisting in its cultivation for thirty- 
four years, his educational discipline have 
been secured in the district schools. After 
leaving the farm Mr. Mallett engaged in the 
lumber business, erecting a mill in Barry 
county, the capacity of the same being for 
the output of 10,000 feet of lumber and 
25,000 shingles daily. He subsequently re- 
moved this plant to Waterville, Montcalm 
county, where it was known as Mallett's 
mill. He continued to operate the mill 
about ten years and then sold out to Messrs. 
Bock and Bennett. He then took up his 
residence at Harbor Springs, Emmet county, 
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of his arrival in Saint Ignace. He filled 
various township offices while a resident of 
the lower peninsula, but was never a seeker 
for political or official preferment of any 
sort. He is earnestly in line as a supporter 
of the Republican party and its principles, 
having cast his first Republican presidential 
vote for John C. Fremont, and since that 
time has exercised his franchise in the sup- 
port of each successive Republican presi- 
dential candidate. 

Mr. Mallett has been twice married, his 
first union having been with Roxana Steven- 
son, whom he wedded in Barry county, and 
who died without issue. His second mar- 
riage occurred when he was united to Cyn- 
thia Wheeler, daughter of Asa Wheeler. 
Their only child is Lina, the wife of Frank 
Walker, who is the junior member of the 
firm of Mallett & Walker. 



HLLAN M.\cINTYRE, of Lake Lin- 
den, is a native of Scotland, born 
on the 5th of February, 1833. His 
father, John Maclntyre, was also a 
native of the same, and was a farmer by 
occupation. Allan began his education in 
the common schools of the neighborhood and 
pursued his studies until sixteen years of age, 
when he became a shepherd boy herding 
sheep near his home until he had attained his 
majority. He had worked long and earn- 
estly, but in this time had saved but little 
money and saw no good chance of soon 
bettering his financial condition in his own 
country. He had, however, heard of supe- 
rior advantages afforded the young men of 
the New World and resolved to see how he 
could improve them for himself b}- emigrat- 
ing to America. 

Accordingly, in 1S54, Mr. Maclntyre 



crossed the briny deep, locating in Canada 
in June. He remained there for five years, 
when in 1859 he came to the United States, 
locating in Houghton county, Michigan, 
where he engaged with the Quincy Mining 
Company as a laborer for eight years. He 
was then made surface foreman of all the 
surface work, and subsequently he entered 
the employ of the Calumet & Hecla Mining 
Company as surface foreman, remaining in 
that position and with that company until 
May, 1894. He was manager of all the 
work of the stamp-mill and successfully car- 
ried on his branch of the business until the 
date mentioned above, when he severed his 
connection with mining interests and has 
since practically lived a retired life. He is, 
however, a director of the First National 
Bank of Lake Linden and a stockholder in 
the Calumet & Hecla Copper Mining Com- 
pany. His life has been a busy and useful 
one. In his earlier years he lived frugally 
and carefully and as his capital increased he 
made judicious investments which now yield 
to him a good income. 

Mr. Maclntyre is a well known and 
prominent citizen of his adopted county, 
and for twenty-four years served as High- 
way Commissioner. He made all the roads 
in Loch, Lake and Schoolcraft townships, 
and has aided materially in the advance- 
ment and upbuilding of the community. He 
is public-spirited and progressive, and man- 
ifests a commendable interest in everything 
that is calculated to promote the general 
welfare. At this writing he is serving as 
Chairman of the School Board, and the 
cause of education finds in him a warm 
friend. Socially he is connected with the 
Masonic fraternitj' and has risen to the tenth 
degree. 

Mr. Maclntyre was united in marriage 



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with Miss Sarah McLean, of Houghton 
county, and to them have been born six chil- 
dren, — three sons and three daughters. One 
daughter is now the wife of John E. Jones, 
of Lake Linden. Mr. Maclntyre may truly 
be called a self-made man, for entirely 
through his own efforts he has risen from a 
humble position to one of affluence; and 
now, in his declining years, he can lay aside 
all business cares and rest in the enjoyment 
of the fruits of his former toil. All who 
know him, and his circle of acquaintances is 
large, have for him the highest regard, and 
it is with pleasure that we present to our 
readers the record of his life. 



Vp-rf GRACE MANN OREN is a lead- 
1^^^ ing member of the bar of Chippewa 
\ . r county, and is now serving as Pros- 
ecuting Attorney for the county. 
His birth occurred in Clinton county, near 
Wilmington, Ohio, on the 3d of February, 
1859. His father. Captain Charles Oren, 
was also born in that county, in 1831, and 
acquired his education in Antioch College, 
of that State, which was founded by the 
great educator, Horace Mann. On leaving 
school he embarked in the profession of 
teaching, and was employed as principal of 
the high school at Martinsville, Ohio. Dur- 
ing the late war he responded to the coun- 
try's calls for troops to aid in crushing the 
Rebellion and was afterward commissioned 
Captain of a company of colored infantry. 
He was killed in the siege of Petersburg, 
thus giving his life in defense of the Union. 
Like all of his people, he was a stalwart Re- 
publican, joining the party on its formation, 
for it was organized to prevent the further ex- 
tension of slavery, of which he was a bitter 
opponent. The grandfather of this gentleman 



was a native of York county, Pennsylvania, 
but the father of the Captain was born in 
Tennessee, where the former had removed 
during the latter part of the eighteenth cen- 
tury. In the '20s the grandfather of our 
subject removed to Ohio, taking up his res- 
idence in Clinton county. 

Captain Oren was united in marriage 
with Miss Sarah A. Allen, a daughter of 
Abram Allen, who married into the well 
known and prominent Howland family of 
New York Quakers. She also was educated 
in Antioch College and is a lady of excep- 
tional attainments and culture. She pos- 
sesses a bright intellect and rare qualities as 
an educator. In 1869 she was a teacher in 
the high school of Indianapolis and retired 
from that position to accept that of State 
Librarian, to which she was elected by the 
Legislature, being the first lady to hold that 
position in Indiana. She was afterward 
tendered a professorship in Purdue Univer- 
sity, which she accepted on retiring from 
the library. She is now the wife of Wesley 
Hayne of Kokomo, Indiana. By her first 
marriage she had two children, Horace M. 
and Cata, who is now the wife of William 
Chandler of Sault de Ste. Marie. 

The gentleman whose name heads this 
record spent his youth in Indianapolis, com- 
pleted the regular course in the public schools 
of that city and then became his mother's 
assistant in the State Library. This, too, 
served as a school to him, and the compan- 
ionship of his educated mother was in itself 
an education. In the winter of 1877 he en- 
tered the University of Michigan at Ann Ar- 
bor and was graduated at that institution 
with the degree of B. A. in the class of 1881. 
He completed the law course in the same 
school in 1883 and the degree of B. L. was 
conferred upon him. In the meantime he 



NORTHERN PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN. 



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had come to Sault Ste. Marie, where he en- 
gaged in business as editor of the Soo News 
in the year 1882. After his admission to 
the bar before Judge Joslyn at Ann Arbor 
he returned to this city, opened an office 
and began practice. His first case was 
tried before Judge Colwell, then Justice of 
the Peace, and from that beginning his bus- 
iness has steadily increased until it has now 
become quite extensive. He was alone in 
practice until 1892, when he became a mem- 
ber of the firm of McMahon, Oren & Snell, 
which connection was dissolved by the death 
of the senior member of the firm. He has 
since been in business by himself and has 
secured a liberal and well-merited clientage. 
On many important cases has he been re- 
tained as counsel, including the Peter Poca- 
lona murder case, on which he secured a 
verdict of acquittal for his client. 

Mr. Oren was united in marriage, in 
1890, with Miss Maggie Wallace, daughter 
of Robert and Margaret (Deggan) Wallace. 
The latter is a native of Canada, and the 
former, of Irish birth, is now engaged in the 
manufacture of grindstones in Grindstone 
City, Michigan. To Mr. and Mrs. Oren 
have been born one child, Robert, now a 
little lad of five summers. 

In 1885 Mr. Oren was elected City At- 
torney of Sault de Ste. Marie for a term of 
four years, to succeed W. B. Cady. He is 
retained as local attorney by both railroads 
running into this place and is a lawyer of 
ability. Endowed by nature with a fine 
mind, which has been quickened and culti- 
vated in one of the best schools in this 
country, he has worked his way upward to 
a position of eminence in the legal profes- 
sion in this region and takes high rank among 
his brethren at the bar. He is a public- 
spirited and progressive citizen, doing all in 



his power for the advancement and upbuild- 
ing of the community, and took an active 
part in forming the Water Power & Electric 
Light Company of this city. He is also 
president of the School Board and has done 
much to upbuild the cause of education. 
Socially he is connected with the Knights of 
Pythias fraternity. 



y'^SOUIRE YOUNG CAMPBELL, 
■ I Justice of the Peace and Notary 
^^^^ Public, Iron River, Michigan, is 
one of the highly respected citizens 
of this place. 

He was born in Susse.x county, England, 
January 25, 1825, son of Robert and Mary 
(Rainey) Campbell, both natives of England, 
where they passed their lives and died, each 
dying at the age of sixty-six years. Robert 
Campbell was a farmer. He and his wife 
were the parents of thirteen children, — 
seven sons and six daughters, — twelve of 
whom reached maturity. 

In his native land the subject of our 
sketch spent the first twenty years of his 
life, receiving there a good education. He 
is a graduate of the academy at Lewis, 
Essex county. Early in life he directed his 
attention to surveying, and when he was 
nineteen he was employed on railroad survey 
work in Wales. In 1855 he came to 
America and joined his brother Robert, 
who was the chief engineer on the Chicago & 
Northwestern Railroad. Together they sur- 
veyed the railroad to Green Bay, reaching 
that point in 1862; coming thence by boat 
to Masonville, Michigan, they made a pre- 
liminary survey there the same year; in 
1865 he located and built the railroad from 
Escanaba to Negaunee. In 1866 he went 
from Escanaba to Oshkosh, Wisconsin, 



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where he again joined his brother, with 
whom he was associated in the building of 
what is known as the Belt Railroad to the 
Acodata' Lumber Mills. This road was 
owned by his brother from 1866 until 1892, 
the year of his death. After helping to 
build this road, Mr. Young Campbell was 
for a time employed in surveying on the 
Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad in Iowa, and 
he was for some years engaged in the lum- 
ber business at Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, and 
at Sharon, that State, having a mill at the 
former place and a lumber-yard at thelatter. 

In 1882 Mr. Campbell became identified 
with Iron River. He was County Surveyor 
of Iron county in 1885-6, being the first to 
fill this office here and receiving his appoint- 
ment from the Governor. Since 1886 he 
has been Justice of the Peace, Notary Pub- 
lic and Village Clerk, and he has filled 
various other local offices. 

Mr. Campbell was married January 13, 
1868, to Miss Lora E. Austin, daughter of 
Judge A. A. Austin, one of the most promi- 
nent men of Oshkosh, Wisconsin. 

Fraternally, Mr. Campbell has been 
identified with the Masonic fraternity since 
1857; politically, he is a stanch Republican, 
and religiously, a member of the Episcopal 
Church. 



tV'^ ONALD C. M.\cKINNON, a real- 
I I estate dealer, Iron River, Michi- 
/^^_^ gan, is the founder of this town. 
Without more than a passing 
notice of him, this work would be incom- 
plete. 

Mr. MacKinnon was born near Toronto, 
Canada, April 5, 1846. His parents, Hugh 
and Sarah (Campbell) MacKinnon, were 
born and married in Scotland, and about 



1845 emigrated from that country to 
America and located in Canada. The father 
was a shipbuilder by trade. He lived to the 
advanced age of ninety-four years, his death 
occurring in Canada; the mother is still 
living, now at the age of eighty-seven years. 
They had nine children, Donald C. being 
the fourth in number and the first of the 
family born in America. 

Mr. MacKinnon remained a member of 
the home circle until 1865, when he came 
to Michigan, and at Marquette engaged in 
work at the carpenter's trade, a trade he 
began to learn when he was sixteen. He 
carried on contracting and building at Mar- 
quette until 1877. That year he came to 
Iron county, or, to where Iron county now 
is, to explore the country, and located the 
land upon which the town of Iron River 
now stands. He made a thorough study of 
the geology of the county, was favorably 
impressed with its possibilities, and ere long 
platted the town site of Iron River and gave 
leases to several mining companies, receiv- 
ing a royalty from said companies. At that 
time the nearest railroad point was fifty 
miles away, and he was untiring in his efforts 
to secure a railroad to this place. Indeed, 
he has done much in many ways to advance 
the interests of the town. Few, if any, of 
the early pioneers, have done more to bring 
about the present prosperity of Iron River 
than has D. C. MacKinnon. During the 
whole of his residence here he has been en- 
gaged in real-estate business. 

Mr. MacKinnon was married December 
17, 1884, to Miss Belle M. Steele, a native of 
Saginaw, Michigan. Her father, Samuel 
H. Steele, was one of the early settlers of 
Saginaw. Mr. and Mrs. MacKinnon have 
three children, two sons and a daughter, 
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565 



Politically, he is a Republican. He has 
filled various local offices, such as Super- 
visor, Village President and President of 
the School Board, and he was instrumental 
in introducing a new system of school man- 
agement. He is identified with the Masonic 
fraternity, having his membership with the 
blue lodge at Negaunee, in the commandery 
at Marquette, and in the consistory at Grand 
Rapids. 

Such, in brief, is a sketch of the life of 
one of Iron county's best and most useful 
citizens. 



>Y* OHN O'CONNOR, who is engaged in 
f the abstract of title and real-estate 
A J business at L'Anse, was born near 
Bantry, in the county Cork, Ireland, 
in 1 84 1 . His father was Edward O'Connor, 
a well-to-do farmer, and his mother was Mary 
Stack, daughter of William Stack, a wealthy 
farmer of Mount Gabriel. From the time 
of his birth until he was eleven years of age 
he lived with his parents at their residence, 
" Clooney House." At this age he came to 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where his sister 
resided, and attended school for eight years. 
Having completed his education, he went to 
Boston, New York and St. John, New 
Brunswick, to visit relatives, returning to 
Boston, November 6, 1861; and on Novem- 
ber 13, Mr. O'Connor shipped on board the 
gunboat Sagamore, in the United States 
Navy, for three years, during which time his 
ship was engaged, in the Gulf Squadron, in 
in blockade service on the coast of Florida. 
He was honorably discharged at Philadel- 
phia, Pennsylvania, on December 15, 1864, 
from the United States Navy, after serving 
three years and six weeks. In January, 
1865, he came to Houghton, Michigan, and 



contracted with the Huron Mining Company 
for moving rock. 

In 1867 he was united in marriage with 
Miss Maria Dillon, of Houghton, Michigan, 
and they have five daughters and one son. 

In the year 1868 he was elected Treas- 
urer of Webster township, Houghton coun- 
ty, Michigan. He was ne.xt employed as 
foreman for the Portage Lake Canal Com- 
pany, resigning that position in order to ac- 
cept a position as foreman on the construc- 
tion of the Marquette, Houghton and Ontona- 
gon Railroad. In 1880 he was appointed Re- 
corder of the village of L'Anse, and was 
elected in 1881 Recorder of the village and 
Town Clerk, which offices he held until he 
was elected, in November, 1882, to the of- 
fices of County Clerk and Register of Deeds 
of Baraga county, to which offices he was 
re-elected at each general election for six 
successive terms, or, during a period of 
twelve years. He is now engaged in the 
real-estate and abstract of title business, at 
L'Anse, Michigan. 



>Y'0HN MILROY, Justice of the Peace, 
4 Michigamme, Michigan, was born in 
• 1 Scotland, August 13, 1832, the son 
of Scotch parents. He attended the 
public schools until he was seventeen years 
of age. His father, William Milroy, was a 
blacksmith, and when John was seventeen 
he entered his father's shop to learn that 
trade, and remained with him until attain- 
ing his majority. 

When Mr. Milroy was twenty-one he 
bade adieu to Scotland and commenced life 
for himself in America. His first employ- 
ment in this country was as blacksmith in 
the copper mines at Springfield, Maryland, 



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where he remained two years. From there 
he went to Washington, District of Colum- 
bia, and the next four years was blacksmith 
at the Washington water works, after which 
he worked at his trade three years and a 
half at Hudson, New York. His next move 
was to Michigan. Until 1873 he was in the 
Jackson mine at Negaunee and for fourteen 
years thereafter in the Spurr mine in Baraga 
county, all the time working at his trade. 
From Baraga county he came to his pres- 
ent location at Michigamme. Some years 
before he had established a blacksmith shop 
here, and upon his removal to this place he 
took charge of it, and ran this shop for a 
period of twenty-two years. 

Besides being a Justice of the Peace, 
Mr. Milroy is Superintendent of the Poor of 
Marquette county, having been appointed 
to this position May 4, 1891. He is a Royal 
Arch Mason and an Odd Fellow. 

Mr. Milroy was married October 24, 
1858, to Miss Mary Baird, and they have 
had three children, two of whom are living; 
one died in infancy. 



aH. O'ROURKE, ex-Sheriff of On- 
tonagon county, was born at the 
Norwich mine, Ontonagon county, 
Michigan, March 9, 1859, a son of 
Bryan and Catherine (Dewling) O'Rourke, 
natives of Ireland, who located in Ontonagon 
county in October, 1850. The father, a 
farmer by occupation, is eighty-six years of 
age; he was one of the earliest pioneers of 
the county. He now resides on his farm 
near the Norwich mine, this county. 

C. H. O'Rourke, the fifth of their twelve 
children, began work for himself by teaming 
from Ontonagon to the Gogebic Iron Range 
when they were exploring that section of 



country, and keeping a hotel or a halfway, 
and farming at the Eureka mine; and four 
years afterward, at the organization of Bes- 
semer, he opened a stage line from there to 
Ashland, Wisconsin, which he ran until the 
Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Western Railroad 
was built through. Mr. O'Rourke, a black- 
smith by trade, owned the first blacksmith 
shop in Bessemer; he hauled the first thou- 
sand tons of iron ore which was used as a 
test from the Colby mine, near Bessemer, 
to the railroad. When a resident of Bes- 
semer he was a contractor in getting out 
wood and square timber for the mines, strip- 
ing and building railroad spurs to the mines, 
etc. He built a great many of the township 
roads and bridges in Gogebic county by 
contract. 

He was the first Justice of the Peace of 
Bessemer township. In 1886 Mr. O'Rourke 
was interested in the newspaper business at 
Ironwood, the first paper published in the 
city. It was known as the Knights of Labor 
paper at that time, and afterward it was 
called the Gogebic Iron Spirit. He has held 
school offices, has been Constable and Dep- 
uty Sheriff, and while in Bessemer he served 
as Marshal one year. In 1886 he was 
elected Sheriff of Ontonagon county in which 
Gogebic was then located, but in the follow- 
ing May Gogebic county was organized out 
of a part of Ontonagon county. In May, 
1877, Mr. O'Rourke returned to Ontonagon 
county, and engaged in the butcher business 
at Lake Gogebic and where Ewen now 
stands. 

He furnished the contractors who were 
building the Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic 
Railroad with meat, and lived part of the 
time on his homestead near Matchwood that 
summer. He was the first homesteader on 
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he settled on the land in 1 879. Mr. O'Rourke 
held the office of Sheriff for four years. In 
1890 he was elected County Treasurer, and 
in this position he served two years. 

In 1890 Mr. O'Rourke came to Ewen 
and engaged in the livery business and 
opened a stage line from that city to Choate. 
He is now a member of the Council of the 
village of Ewen, and at present he has a 
contest pending in the circuit court for the 
office of Sheriff, to which office he was law- 
fully elected last fall. 

In 1 891 Mr. O'Rourke was united in mar- 
riage with Miss Anna Burns, of Rockland, 
and they have one daughter, named Grace. 



eMIL G. ENDRESS, a leading fish- 
erman of Sault Ste. Marie, is a 
member of the firm of C. Endress 
& Sons, and is a man of promi- 
nence in his city. We take pleasure in here 
referring biographically to him. 

Emil G. Endress was born at Two Riv- 
ers, Wisconsin, June 18, 1856, and grew up 
and was educated in his native town. When 
he was thirteen years old he began fishing 
with his father, C. Endress, then carrying 
on business on a small scale at Two Rivers. 
Their success was such as to warrant the 
enlargement of their operations and young 
Emil was taken into partnership with his 
father before he came to be of age. At this 
time Lake Superior was selected as a more 
prolific body of water for the finny tribe 
than that of Lake Michigan, and hither Mr. 
Endress came in the spring of 1871. They 
were the first people to stop at what is now 
Grand Marais, and here they put out nets 
and gathered in their first catches in their 
new field. Later they moved down to 
White Fish Point, The yield of their nets 



has been in frequent instances most remark- 
able, the year 1893 being the best yield, 
when 600 tons were caught. This was done 
with three tugs and twenty-seven men. The 
present year, 1895, they are operating at 
Ontonagon, and market their catch in Chi- 
cago. The value of their fleet is estimated 
at $70,000. 

Of Mr. Endress' father, C. Endress, we 
further record that he was born in Germany, 
in 1823, and that he was a shoemaker by 
trade, which he acquired in the old country. 
He came to the United States in 1854 and 
located at Two Rivers, Wisconsin. After 
coming here he dropped his trade and 
turned his attention to fishing, in which, as 
above stated, he has been very successful. 
He now lives in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. 
He and his wife, whose maiden name was 
Marie Elizabeth Schwink, are the parents 
of the following children: Charles W. , Emil 
G., Bertha E., Richard F. and Adolph J. 
Charles married Miss Mary C. Bernier and 
is deceased; Emil married Miss Matilda 
Bernier, daughter of Edward Bernier; Miss 
Bertha married Joseph Willott; Richard 
married Miss Nannie Fuller; and Adolph 
married Miss Calla Lulling. Mr. Emil 
G. Endress has three children, namely: 
R. Ralph, aged thirteen years; Ora O., aged 
nine; and C. Clinton, aged six. Mrs. Bertha 
Willot has two children: C. Ruben, aged 
twelve; and Ada E., aged ten. Richard 
has three children, namely: Otto C, aged 
eight years; Marguritte C. , aged four; and 
Richard Fuller, aged one year. Mrs. Bertha 
Willott and Adolph Endress live in Mani- 
towoc, Wisconsin; and Emil and Richard 
live in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. Richard, 
who has been a member of the firm since 
twenty-one years of age, has a farm which 
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under way and is only four miles from the 
city, and he has it well stocked with fine 
horses and cattle. 



* m ^ ON. JOHN JONES, dealer in coal 
1^ "% and wood, in Ishpeming, is one of 
M. , P the representative and influential 
citizens of the Upper Peninsula. 
He was born in the city of Detroit, Michi- 
gan, in June, 1S39, and is a son of Thomas 
Jones, a native of Wales, who at an early 
day came to this country and took up his 
residence in Detroit, where he found employ- 
ment at the hands of General Cass. He 
remained in that city until about 1847, 
when he came to the Upper Peninsula and 
settled at Eagle River. For a year he 
made his home at Sault de Ste. Marie, 
removing thence to Ontonagon, where he 
lived until his death. He was twice mar- 
ried and had three children, two sons and a 
daughter: William, who was lost while 
living in Detroit, wandered away and was 
never heard of afterward, probably being 
captured by the Indians; John and Mary J. 
Our subject was only an infant at the 
time of his mother's death, and thus he was 
deprived of maternal care and guidance. 
His educational privileges were extremely 
limited, for as soon as he could handle a 
pick he was forced to earn his own living. 
He went to the Minnesota copper mine at 
Ontonagon, where he drove a horse and 
worked in the mines until, through his in- 
dustry and frugality, he had saved enough 
to buy his father a farm. He was only 
thirteen years of age when he started out in 
life for himself, and since then has been 
dependent entirely upon his own resources. 
He was ambitious to make the most of his 
life and attended day and night school as 



he could find opportunity, doing chores in 
the neighborhood for his board. Thus he 
worked and won promotion by steady ad- 
vances until he became surface boss of the 
Bohemian mine, in which position he con- 
tinued until the mine was shut down. He 
then had charge of the property until 1872. 
His genuine worth and ability had com- 
pelled recognition in that time, and during 
his residence in Ontonagon he held the office 
of Supervisor, Township Treasurer, and 
various other local offices, and was promi- 
nently identified with the public interests. 

In 1872 Mr. Jones came to Ishpeming, 
and was appointed City Marshal, holding 
that office for three years, when times were 
tough and a rough class of people were to 
be managed. He ably discharged his duties, 
however, and his name was feared by the 
worse element, while the better class of 
people regarded it as a symbol of protection. 
In 1875 he embarked in the transfer busi- 
ness on a small scale, having an old horse 
and a dray, but as the years have passed he 
has greatly enlarged his facilities and is 
doing an extensive business, owning a large 
barn and about sixteen horses and wagons. 
He also runs a team between Ishpeming 
and Marquette for the American Express 
Company. He has been connected with 
this company for twenty years, and has 
been an agent at Ishpeming for fourteen 
years. 

Honored and respected by his fellow 
townsmen who appreciate his superior 
worth, in 1892 he was elected to the State 
Legislature, and so ably did he fill the trust 
reposed in him that he was re-elected in 
1 894. During his first term he served on 
the Jackson State Prison and State Affairs 
committees, also the committee on State 
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chairman of the Grand Traverse Asylum 
committee, the committees on Private Cor- 
porations and on State Affairs. He was a 
popular and esteemed member of the House, 
who labored earnestly for the best interests 
of his constituents and for the public wel- 
fare. He served as Mayor of Ishpeming for 
one term, and was Alderman for two years. 
He is Secretary of the Union Park Associa- 
tion, and was one of three to secure the 
franchise from Ishpeming for the building of 
the electric railroad between this place and 
Negaunee, and one of its originators. He 
gives his support to all matters calculated 
to benefit the community, and is justly 
recognized as one of its most public-spirited 
and progressive citizens. 

In 1863 was celebrated the marriage of 
Mr, Jones and Miss Honora Hynes, a native 
of Ireland and a member of the Catholic 
Church. They now have six children liv- 
ing: Mary E., wife of Dan Ryan; George, 
Maggie, Thomas, Frank and Loretta. So- 
cially, Mr. Jones is connected with the 
Ancient Order of United Workmen, his 
public and private life are alike above 
reproach, and he well deserves representa- 
tion in this volume. 



^y^ENNIS COUGHLIN, of Hough- 
I I ton, Michigan, was born in county 
/^^_^ Cork, Ireland, June 30, 1832, a 
son of Jeremiah Coughlin, who 
also was a native of that place. At the age 
of fourteen years Dennis began work in the 
mines of Ireland. Five years afterward he 
came to America, locating for a short time 
in New York, and then came to Eagle Har- 
bor, Michigan. During his first year in this 
State he worked with the Eagle Harbor 
Copper Company, spent two years with the 



Northwestern Mining Company, worked one 
year in the Phoeni.K mine, two years in the 
Portage mine in Houghton, and began work 
in the Quincy mine when it first opened. 
Mr. Coughlin lived in the first house that 
was built in Hancock. After spending eight 
years in the latter mine, he embarked in the 
express business, and has had as many as 
thirty teams working at one time. In 187S 
he opened a general livery stable, which he 
conducted about ten years, and then sold to 
his son, Thomas, who had been engaged 
with him in the business for two years. Mr. 
Coughlin is now retired from active labor. 

He was united in marriage with Anna 
Neugent, a native of county Waterford, 
Ireland, and they have eight children living. 



,>^ R. CHARLES DA. WRIGHT, of 

I I Norway, Michigan, was born at 

/^^^ Chatham, Canada, November 22, 

1863, son of Rev. William S. 

Wright, a Methodist Episcopal minister, 

who died in August, 1878. 

Charles was not, however, deprived of 
educational advantages; he graduated at 
the Dodgeville high school in 1877, and 
afterward pursued the arts at the State 
University of Wisconsin at Madison. He 
then went west to Dakota and began the 
study of pharmacy and medicine under J. 
T. Tidball, Ph. C, and Dr. G. J. Coller at 
Brookings. In 1887 he graduated in medi- 
cine at Ann Arbor, and came directly to 
Norway, where he has since had charge of 
the B. N. W. Hospital and been engaged as 
surgeon to the Aragon mine, owned by 
Angus Smith, of Milwaukee. He has since 
completed post-graduate courses at Chicago 
and served one winter in the Illinois Char- 
itable Eye and Ear Infirmary in that city. 



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In the summer of 1895 he took a partner, 
E. C. McDowell, M. D., L. R. C. P., and 
accepted the position of assistant professor 
of diseases of the eye and ear in the medical 
department of the State University at Ann 
Arbor, where he will hereafter be engaged 
during the college year. The Doctor is 
identified with almost all of the fraternal 
organizations of the State, and is Chancellor 
Commander of the K. of P. lodge at 
Norway. 

Dr. Wright was married in August, 1 890, 
to Miss Kate E. Keating, then principal of 
the Norway school, and they have one 
child, Muriel Cathrine, a little girl of three 
years. 



m 



AJOI'i HENRY DUVALL, Sec- 
retary of the Weston Furnace 
Company, Manistique, Michigan, 
was born in Louisville, Kentucky, 
in 1836, and is of French and Welsh de- 
scent. He is a son of Alexander and Annie 
Elizabeth (Elliott) Duvall, natives of Mary- 
land and Virginia, respectively. Alexander 
Duvall was an expert accountant, was City 
Treasurer of Louisville for a number of 
years, and also was for years a member of 
the School Board, always taking a deep in- 
terest in educational matters. He died in 
Louisville, in 1884, and his widow is still 
living, she having attained the advanced 
age of eighty-four years and being well pre- 
served in both body and mind. She is now 
the oldest school-teacher in Iventucky. 
They have six children, four of whom are 
living, namely: Henry, whose name heads 
this article; Virginia, of Louisville, Ken- 
tucky; Alexander, Bowling Green, Ken- 
tucky; and Mary, a professor of music in 
Louisville. 



The subject of our sketch was reared 
and educated in his native State, his educa- 
tion being received at Louisville and at 
Transylvania University. Early in life he 
began learning the jeweler's business, but on 
account of hand-sweat was compelled to 
to give it up. In 1855 he started out as a 
commercial traveler, on horseback and with 
his goods in saddlebags, that being before 
the days of railroads. This business he 
continued until i860. In 1 861 he was en- 
gaged by the authorities of the State of 
Tennessee to serve as military instructor, 
and while serving in this position visited 
various points of the State. That same 
year he entered the active service of the 
Confederate army and in July went with 
the troops into Virginia. He was assigned 
to the position of A. A. G., with the rank 
of Major, of the Third Brigade, Army of the 
Northwest, under General Daniel S. Don- 
aldson. After the fall of Nashville he left 
the army and returned to Louisville. Sub- 
sequently he engaged in mercantile business 
at Frankfort, Kentucky, where he remained 
until after Kirby Smith left the State. 

In 1865 Mr. Duvall had an occasion to 
make a business trip to Chicago, and while 
there was favorably impressed with the 
prospects for the future of the city that he 
decided to make it is home, and at once es- 
tablished himself in business. For a quarter 
of a century he was engaged in hardware 
specialties and for the past fifteen years in 
pig iron, etc. In February, 1890, he lo- 
cated in Manistique, taking the position of 
secretary of the Weston Furnace Company, 
of which he is a stockholder. On coming 
to Manistique, he looked after the construc- 
tion of the furnace, and he himself turned 
over the first shovel of dirt when the work 
was begun. He has always been an enthu- 



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siastic gymnast. Major Duvall is a Knight 
Templar, a thirty-second degree Mason, 
and is a hfe member of all the bodies of this 
order with which he is affiliated. For a 
number of years he was Secretary of Blar- 
ney Lodge, F. & A. M. He is well known 
in Masonic circles and has a host of friends 
all over the country. 

June II, 1865, he married Miss Mary 
E. Strickland, of Salem, Connecticut. 
Mrs. Duvall is a member of the Presbyte- 
rian Church. 



K,/'^ OBERT C. McIvESSON.— In pro- 
I /«^ fessional circles in Manistique 
\ _ y stands this gentleman, who is now 
engaged in the practice of dentis- 
try with good success. He was born in 
Summit county, Ohio, on the 7th of March, 
1850, and is a son of Robert C. and Rebec- 
ca (Viers) McKesson, the former a native of 
Harper's Ferry, Virginia, and the latter of 
the Buckeye State. The father was born in 
1800 and made farming his chief occupation 
through life. In 1820 and 1821, he worked 
for the Government in Chicago and Cleve- 
land and was offered five acres of land 
where the city hall of Cleveland now stands 
as compensation for his services, or $25 in 
money. Little realizing how valuable the 
former would become he took the coin. He 
was three times married and became the 
father of twelve children. 

The boyhood and youth of Robert Mc- 
Kesson quietly passed upon his father's farm, 
where as soon as old enough he began work 
in the fields and ere long was familiar with 
all the duties that fall to the lot of the agri- 
culturist. He attended the common schools 
to a limited e.xtent, but has acquired the 
greater part of his knowledge in the hard 



school of experience. By reading and ob- 
servation, however, he has become a well 
informed man and keeps abreast with the 
times. On attaining his majority, realizing 
that his school training was not sufficient 
for the business life which he wished to fol- 
low, he entered Bryant & Stratton's Com- 
mercial College, of Cleveland, Ohio, just 
after his graduation at the high school of 
Kent, Ohio. He took up the study of den- 
tistry in the latter place and subsequently 
attended dental college in Cincinnati. It 
was not originally his intention to follow 
this calling, but, being afflicted with rheu- 
matism and thus incapacitated for many 
other branches of business, he was led to 
adopt the profession to which he now de- 
votes much of his time. 

The Doctor was married, in 1878, to 
Miss Elizabeth Keating, a native of Ohio, 
and their union has been blessed with one 
child, Robert Ray. Mrs. McKesson is an 
estimable lady and to her husband has been 
a faithful companion and helpmeet. 

The Doctor first opened a dental office 
in Northfield, Ohio, where he remained for 
two years, and in 1882 he came to Manis- 
tique, Michigan, where he has since success- 
fully engaged in the prosecution of his pro- 
fession. He does good work, has a well- 
appointed office, supplied with all the latest 
appliances, and the public attests its confi- 
dence in his ability by a liberal patronage. 
Dr. McKesson also established an art gal- 
lery in Manistique, and is meeting with suc- 
cess in his work as a photographer. 

In the Modern Woodmen of America 
Dr. McKesson holds membership, and po- 
litically he supports the Republican party. 
In the spring of 1882 he was elected Town- 
ship Clerk, and has served in that capacity 
for twelve years, with credit to himself and 



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satisfaction to his constituents. He was 
County Deputy Game and Fish Warden 
from 1887 until September, 1894, is now 
holding the office of Deputy Warden, being 
re-appointed February 15, 1895; and since 
locating in Manistique has been identified 
with her public interests, the community 
recognizing him as one of its valued citizens. 
He takes great interest in gaming and finds 
in hunting one of his chief sources of recre- 
ation. 



^y^ EV. J. M. ROGERS, pastor of the 
I ^Z Presbyterian Church of Manistique, 
\ , y was born in Brunswick, Maine, on 
the 7th of May, 1855, and is a son 
of John and Margaret (Green) Rogers, who 
were also natives of the Pine Tree State 
and were of Scotch-Irish descent. The father 
was commissioned a Colonel of the Maine 
Militia, which was engaged in the " Mada- 
waska war," which trouble arose concerning 
the boundary line. He engaged in business 
in Brunswick and in Topsham, Maine, and 
died in 1882. His widow still survives and 
now makes her home with the subject of this 
article. Of their seven children six are yet 
living: John R., Robert H., Caroline, Mar- 
garet, J. M. and George. 

Rev. J. M. Rogers was reared in the 
city of his birth and his early education, 
acquired in the common schools, was sup- 
plemented by a course in the preparatory 
high school, and in Bowdoin College. He 
entered upon his business career as a teacher, 
which vocation he followed for several years. 
In 1873 he came to the West, locating first 
in Buchanan, Michigan, and subsequently 
he was employed as a teacher in the schools 
of New Troy, Richland, Schoolcraft and 
Frankfort. He then went to Essex, Iowa, 



where, after a year as Superintendent of 
Public Schools, he embarked in the drug 
business, and for two years he also engaged 
in that line of trade at Burlington Junction, 
Missouri. The year 1888 witnessed his ar- 
rival in Galesville, Wisconsin, where he ac- 
cepted a position as President of Gale Col- 
lege, the Prebyterian institution which was 
conducted under the direction of the Synod 
of Wisconsin. For four years he thus served 
and the school flourished under his able 
management, for he has excellent ability as 
an instructor and wins the confidence and 
respect of his pupils, which fact adds not a 
little to his success. 

Before leaving that school Mr. Rogers 
was ordained as a minister of the Presbyte- 
rian Church by the Presbytery of La Crosse. 
In July, 1892, he received a call from the 
Church of the Redeemer of Manistique, and 
was installed as pastor on the 6th of Octo- 
ber, 1892, and has since acceptably filled 
that pulpit. As an educator and minister 
he stands in the front rank. He is an able 
speaker, possessing good oratorical powers, 
and his arguments are logical and convinc- 
ing. His work in Manistique has been very 
successful, and he has built up a fine con- 
gregation, having taken into the church 
under his pastorate^ over 100 members, thus 
more than doubling the membership at the 
time of his arrival, which numbered but 
sixty-eight. The church edifice was erected 
in 1888, and is a neat frame structure, well 
arranged with a comfortable auditorium, the 
seating capacity of which is 500. In addi- 
tion there is the session room and parlor, 
also a kitchen, fitted up with cooking uten- 
sils and everything necessary for the pre- 
paring of suppers, and for general social 
purposes. This is one of the most com- 
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and its pastor spares neither labor nor time 
in making it such. 

In 1879 Rev. Rogers was united in the 
holy bonds of matrimony with Miss Martha 
Kane, of Michigan, and their union has been 
blessed with two children, one dying in in- 
fancy. Mr. Rogers holds membership with 
the Knights of Pythias fraternity and the 
Knights of the Maccabees, and while in Wis- 
consin was a member of the Grand Lodge of 
Knights of Pythias. 

It is fitting here to make further mention 
of Gale College, whose present prosperous 
condition is due almost entirely to Mr. 
Rogers. When he became connected with 
the institution it seemed that it could exist 
but little longer, but after a few months of 
Mr. Rogers' connection with it as vice-presi- 
dent the friends of the school recognized in 
him the man who might be its salvation, be- 
lieving that he might increase its patronage, 
and secure the sympathy and support of a 
larger constituency. As a man, he was not 
only qualified as a teacher, but endowed with 
marked practical judgment and sagacity, and 
the spirit of self-devotion to the cause of 
Christian education and withal a large faith 
in the possible future of that college. It 
was, therefore, decided to raise the indebted- 
ness from this institution through his efforts. 
Accordingly a circular was prepared and sent 
out, stating in brief the condition of things, 
and appealing to the Presbyterian public for 
contributions to the sum of $3,000, with the 
request that the money should be sent direct 
to Professor Rogers. The debt was entirely 
wiped away through his efforts and sufficient 
funds were provided for the opening of the 
school. In a report concerning the college, 
given by the Synod Committee in 1891, the 
following was read: "The college, after 
years of embarassment by debt and by a 



constantly diminishing attendance, has en- 
tered upon a better era in which all encum- 
brance upon the property is removed, and a 
greatly increased list of students is secured. 
President Rogers is to be thanked and pub- 
licly commended by the Synod for the ability 
and faithfulness which he has brought to the 
work, and with the trustees he shares the 
credit of that unusual measure of success 
which the college has enjoyed in the last 
year or two." 

Rev. Rogers is a gentleman of strong 
character, marked individuality and possesses 
a magnetic power both in and out of the 
pulpit, which draws to him all classes of peo- 
ple, who acknowledge his influence and fol- 
low his e.xample. While he may not be styled 
an orator, he delivers his sermons in an 
earnest, conversational tone which makes a 
good impression. He is seldom emotional 
and uses illustrations sparingly. His sermons 
are more of the topical than textual order. 
He preaches the essentials of religion, pre- 
senting truths in that practical way which 
readily appeals to the average judgment. 
He is a fearless man, an industrious worker, 
and believes in practical Christianity, the 
kind which not only extends sympathy but 
will render more material aid if needed. 
The Church of the Redeemer is to be con- 
gratulated on securing his efficient services. 
As a member of the Presbytery he holds a 
number of offices, is at this writing Moder- 
ator of Presbytery of Lake Superior, and 
since December, 1894, has been its clerk. 



QB. PETERS, of Manistique, has 
had an eventful and interesting 
life. He has lived for more than 
sixty jears through the most 
eventful period of this country's history. 



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since the United States was a free nation. 
Science and art have made wonderful strides 
during this time, and invention has given to 
the world many of the most wonderful 
works of man. Government has undergone 
many changes and the events which consti- 
tute the history of the country are all known 
to Mr. Peters, he bearing his part in many of 
them. The record of his career will certainly 
prove of interest to many of our readers, 
and with pleasure we add his sketch to those 
of other prominent and well-known men. 

A native of New York, Mr. Peters was 
born in Cayuga county, on the 20th of Feb- 
ruary, 1833, and is a son of Norman and 
Mary E. (Hill) Peters, both of whom were 
natives of Litchfield, Connecticut. The 
family is of English origin and was founded 
by ancestors who landed at Plymouth Rock 
about 1636. The paternal grandfather, 
Eber Peters, was an iron manufacturer and 
set the first full cart tire in the State of Con- 
necticut, the work bemg witnessed by about 
3,000 people. He died in the Nutmeg State 
where the family lived for some years. The 
maternal grandfather was a soldier in the 
British army. The father of our subject 
was born February 14, 1788, was reared to 
the iron business, but subsequently turned 
his attention to fanning. His death occurred 
March 25, 1874, and his wife survived him 
only about a month, dying in April. He 
was the father of thirteen children, five by a 
former marriage and eight by the mother of 
our subject. Six of the children are still 
living. 

Of the survivors M. B. Peters, the eld- 
est, was reared on the old homestead 
in his native county and began his educatiou 
in the common schools of the neighborhood, 
completing his school life in the Monroe 
Academy of Onondaga county, New York, 



and was a classmate of Judge Champlain 
and his wife at Harpersfield, in 1852. On 
attaining his majority he emigrated to the 
West, locating in Eaton county, Michigan, 
where he purchased a tract of wild land, 
which he at once began to improve. He 
continued there until 1856, when he went to 
Illinois, where he taught school. He after- 
ward went to Kansas and was in Kansas 
City when H. Clay Pate went out with fifty 
men to capture John Brown, but instead 
was captured himself by the eleven followers 
of Brown! Continuing his journey to the 
West, Mr. Peters aided in laying out the 
city of Denver and was in the mountains 
with Kit Carson, with whom he "bunked." 
He witnessed the first murder that took 
place in that Territory and went through all 
the experiecnes that one encountered in 
W^estern life in those days. He remained 
in the mountains about seven months, en- 
gaged in prospecting, then returned to 
Omaha, where in June, 1859, he was invited 
to join an expedition that had in view the 
platting of Sioux City, Iowa; but the little 
family that he had left in Illinois had greater 
attraction for him, and he returned to his 
home. Until the spring of 1862 he engaged 
in teaching in Putnam county, after which 
he sought a home in Van Buren county, 
Michigan, where he engaged in fruit-growing 
until 1864. He then sold out and returned 
to Eaton county, Michigan, where he again 
taught school and followed farming until 
1871, serving as principal of the Olivet 
Union Schools for two years. He had in 
the meantime engaged in selling machinery, 
and in that pursuit continued until 1872. 
He had accumulated considerable property, 
and embarked in the pine-lumber business, 
but the monetary panic of 1873 came on 
and he was "forced to the wall." 



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A man of resolute purpose and strong 
courage he at once began anew, determined 
to retrieve his lost possessions. In 1875 he 
went to Lansing, Michigan, where he en- 
gaged in building portable engines for a short 
time, and next embarked in the bracket and 
picture frame business, which he carried on 
until the year 1882, the year of his arrival 
in Manistique. Mr. Peters was one of the 
leaders in manufacturing circles in this lo- 
cality and his efforts have added to the pros- 
perity and progress of the town. He first 
engaged in the manufacture of cant-hooks 
and heavy handles, and was quite successful 
in that undertaking. He built a factory at 
Cook's for the manufacture of cant-hooks, 
and added to these umbrella handles; but 
misfortune again overtook him. In Decem- 
ber, 1891, he went to Newberry and studied 
law with his son, Frank H., and was ad- 
mitted to the bar on the 18th of March, 
1893; he practiced there until July, 1894, 
when he returned to Manistique, where he 
has since been engaged in the prosecution 
of his profession. 

Mr. Peters organized the Democratic 

party here and was chairman of the central 

committee for a number of years. He is 

now chairman of the central committee of 

the Populist party. Mr. Peters has heard 

many of the noted orators of the country, 

including Daniel Webster, whom he heard 

deliver an address in Syracuse, New York, 

in 1850. Fred Douglass, after his release 

from prison, made his first speech at the 

school house belonging to our subject's 

father. He was at Stuartsville, Missouri, 

at the time John Brown and four others 

crossed the river in a skiff to St. Joseph, 

went to the jail and released two prisoners 

who had been sentenced to twenty-five years' 

imprisonment. Another fact of interest is 
33 



that the Peters family have in their posses- 
sion the original parchment deeds from King 
George for three leagues of land, lying op- 
posite the city of St. Louis on the Illinois 
side. Many interesting incidents concern- 
ing matters of history, yet not generally 
known, Mr. Peters can relate, and he is an 
instructive as well as entertaining conversa- 
tionalist. 

On the 26th of October, 1853, was cel- 
ebrated the marriage of M. B. Peters and 
Miss Sarah M. Sheldon, and to them were 
born nine children, seven of whom are yet 
living, namely. Mary E., Frank H., Ella 
E., Helen, Lazette, Emma and Ada. The 
parents hold membership in the Baptist 
Church and are most highly esteemed peo- 
ple. 



"^VAMES PRYOR, general contractor 
f for public works and river and harbor 
A 1 improvements, Houghton, Michigan, 
was born in Devonshire, England, 
October 4, 1833, the twelfth in a family of 
fourteen children, — five sons and nine 
daughters. His parents, Joseph and Eliza- 
beth (Sampson) Pryor, were both natives of 
that shire. The father, a mine agent in 
England, emigrated to this country in 1852 
and settled at Eagle River, Michigan, 
where he became well known and highly re- 
spected. 

James grew up in his native land, at- 
tending school until he was sixteen years of 
age, when he began working in the Wheel 
Franco mine, and continued thus employed 
there until 1852, the year of the emigration 
to America. His first employment in this 
country was in the Albion mine at Eagle 
River, one year; the next year he was em- 
ployed at Portage Lake. After this he took 



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a commercial course in the Gregory Busi- 
ness College, at Detroit, where he graduated 
in due time. Next he was at Houghton, 
working in the New Albion mine, which he 
assisted in locating. From 1855 to 1857 he 
was in England, and upon his return to 
Michigan he became principal of the public 
schools of Houghton, continuing as such two 
years and a half. Then he was appointed 
mining captain of the Columbia mine, 
served a year, and the next three years was 
general superintendent of the Boston mine 
in Keweenaw county. His next venture 
was in the general merchandise trade at 
Eagle Harbor, in partnership with Messrs. 
Uren and Bowden, under the firm name of 
Uren, Bowden & Company, which he con- 
tinued until 1868, when he sold out to the 
other members of the firm. From 1868 
until the spring of 1870 he was surface 
superintendent for the Franklin Mining 
Company. His next position was as clerk 
and cashier of the Portage Lake & Lake 
Superior Ship Canal Company; and, upon 
completion of the canal he was appointed 
superintendent in charge of the entire busi- 
ness, which position he held until 1892, 
when the canals were sold to the United 
States Government. At this time he was 
also secretary and treasurer of the Portage 
Lake and River Improvement Company, 
and was in charge of the canal company 
until it also was sold to the United States 
Government in 1892. He then became a 
Government contractor, and is now em- 
ployed on a large Government contract. He 
is also interested in a sawmill and lumber- 
yard, in partnership with his son, their busi- 
ness being conducted under the firm name of 
James Pryor & Son. 

During his early residence in Houghton 
county Mr. Pryor served as Township Clerk 



and School Inspector. He was the first Su- 
perintendent of Schools in Keweenaw coun- 
ty. He is a member of the Methodist Epis- 
copal Church, and is one of the founders of 
this denomination in Houghton. He was 
first married in 1855, in England, to Emily 
Warne, who died in 1863. By this union 
there are three children who are still living. 
Mr. Pryor, the second time, in 1865, was 
married, also in England, to Isabella J. 
Chappell, and they had four children, who 
are living. This wife died August 8, 1875, 
and Mr. Pryor was again married. May i, 
1877, to Mary J. Gale, by whom he has six 
children living. He has also ten grandchil- 
dren. 

His children are: Joseph F., dredge 
engineer; Charles H., manager of a planing- 
mill and lumber-yard; James R. , a machin- 
ist and dredge engineer; Edwin J., mechan- 
ical engineer; Reginald C, civil and mining 
engineer; William T., architect; John C, 
accountant and bookkeeper; Blanch E. L. ; 
Alfred Tennyson; Estelle B. ; Francis C. 
G. ; Ethel J, attending school, and Clarence 
E., at home. 

Mr. Pryor began practical life a poor 
boy, at the bottom round of the ladder, and 
gradually climbed up till he has reached the 
top. He has worked hard and toiled long 
and has brought up his children as they 
should be reared, giving them all a good 
education, and many of them are doing well. 
Mr. Pryor can boast of a life well spent, and 
he can now live to enjoy the fruits of his 
industry. He has never sought office of 
any nature, but has paid strict attention to 
his business, which has made him independ- 
ent. His early life was spent as most lives 
are spent in a new country. His education 
was entirely self-obtained, by being a close 
student of human nature and studying books 



NORTHERN PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN. 



579 



of value and information instead of novels, 
etc. , and his life teaches a lesson to the ris- 
ing generation whose eyes may fall on this 
meager biography. His motto has always 
been "honesty." He is now sixty-two 
years of age and is yet hale and hearty and 
looks much younger. 



*| ^ ENRY JAMES ATKINSON, drug- 
l'^^ gist, Harbor Springs, Emmet 
M . p county, is one of the leading busi- 
ness men of the town. He is a 
native of county Mayo, Ireland, born August 
9, 1850, son of Henry Atkinson, also a 
native of that place. Henry Atkinson was 
a Chief of Police in Ireland for many years. 
The subject of our sketch attended public 
school and college until he was fourteen, 
when he entered the employ of Thomas 
McPherson, a dry-goods merchant, and 
clerked for him nearly three years. It was 
at the end of this time that he came to 
America. Arrived in New York city, he 
secured a situation as clerk in the dry-goods 
establishment of William K. Payton, on the 
Bowery, and remained in that city thus 
employed six months. Then he came still 
further West and took up his abode at 
Green Baj', Wisconsin. He taught school 
in Brown county about eight months, after 
which he was for a short time in the employ 
of Petebone & Company and next with 
Flatterly & Company, general merchants, 
remaining in Green Bay and vicinity about 
two years and a half. From there he came 
to Michigan, his first location being at 
Negaunee, where he was employed in the 
grocery store of John Hogan until the spring 
of 1872. At that time he started out as a 
traveling salesman for Day & Whitney, 
wholesale grocers, and remained on the road 



about six years, returning to Negaunee and 
clerking the next two years for P. B. Kirk- 
wood, druggist. In 1882 he moved to 
Michigamme, as manager of a drug store 
for Mr. Kirkwood, conducted this store for 
him one year, and at the end of that time 
purchased it. In 1S95 he moved his stock 
to Harbor Springs, where he is engaged in 
business under his own name, dealing in 
drugs, paints, oils, sundries, etc., and enjoy- 
ing a thriving trade. 

While in Michigamme Mr. Atkinson was 
in many ways prominently identified with 
the town. He served as Postmaster under 
President Harrison's first administration. 
He was Chief of the Fire Department eleven 
years, was Treasurer of the township two 
years, and for a time Treasurer of the School 
Board; was also agent for the American 
Express Company and for three large steam- 
ship lines and several insurance companies. 

Mr. Atkinson is an ardent Republican 
and a member of the A. O. U. W. , I. O. 
O. F. and A. F. & A. M., having advanced 
in Masonry to the K. T. and Shrine degrees. 

He married Miss May Wright, of Har- 
bor Springs, Michigan, daughter of Judge 
Charles R. Wright. 



@EORGE H. WESTMON, president 
of the lumber company that bears 
his name at Daggett, Michigan, is 
a son of Nels Anderson Westmon, 
who was a farmer and ship carpenter of 
Norway. George H. was born in that 
country in 1847, and he was seven years of 
age when the family emigrated to America, 
locating in Door county, Wisconsin. He 
attended the public schools there until fif- 
teen years of age and then secured a posi- 
tion as clerk in the general merchandise 



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Memorial record of the 



store of Lambert & Nau, in Green Bay, 
Wisconsin. In 1863 the family removed to 
Albert Lea, Minnesota, and he was em- 
ployed as a clerk there in the store of Frank 
Hall for nine months. Next for a year he 
attended Cedar Valley College at Osage, 
Iowa, and then returned with his family to 
Green Bay, Wisconsin. 

Soon he went to sea on the trading 
schooner Monitor, being employed as sea- 
man and salesman for his brother-in-law, 
J. O. Linguist, and remained in his employ 
for three years. He then purchased the 
vessel and stock and ran the schooner on his 
own account. At the age of twenty-two 
years he received a captain's commission, 
and after running the schooner for three 
years he sold it and launched out, in 1872, 
in local business at Marinette, Wisconsin. 
In the autumn of 1874 he sold out his busi- 
ness there and was engaged in miscellaneous 
things. 

In 1877, after his return from the Cen- 
tennial Exposition at Philadelphia, he went 
to work for McKindley, Gilchrist & Com- 
pany, wholesale grocers, at the corner of 
State and South Water streets, Chicago, 
and traveled for them until they retired from 
the trade. In 1883 he secured a position as 
traveling salesman for Gray, Burt & King- 
man, in the same line of business, and re- 
mained with this house until 1889, and 
while in their employ he established gen- 
eral merchandise stores as follows: J. 
H. Hanrahan & Company, Stephenson, 
Michigan; C. E. Bradner & Company, 
Powers, same State; and K. Lunberg-& 
Company, at Menekaunee, Wisconsin. He 
was the " company " in each of the above, 
but in the autumn of 1888 he sold out his 
interest in them all, and purchased the gen- 
eral merchandise store of Mr. Rush at Dajr- 



gett, Michigan, and ran that establishment 
three years, when he sold it to the G. H. 
Westmon Lumber Company. In the fall 
of 1 89 1 this company was incorporated with 
W. C. Wilson as president, George H. 
Westmon as vice-president, and John Dun- 
ham as secretary; capital stock all paid up. 
After the first year Mr. Westmon was made 
president, which position he still retains. 
The daily capacity of their mill is 35,000 
feet of lumber and 80,000 shingles. They 
have also dealt very heavily in telegraph 
poles and cedar posts for other purposes. 
The present value of their land and plant is 
$35,000. Mr. Westmon is also a partner 
in the firm of Linquist, Westmon & Camp- 
bell, of Marinette, Wisconsin. 

Mr. Westmon was married in 1891 to 
Miss May Bradner, of Powers, Michigan. 
She is the sister of C. E. Bradner, an old 
partner of Mr. Westmon. Our subject is a 
Master Mason. His residence is on the 
corner of Hall avenue and Jackson street, 
Marinette, Wisconsin. His chief amuse- 
ment is yachting. 




IMOTHY NESTER.— This gentle- 
man bears a name that is well 
known throughout the northern 
and southern peninsulas of Michi- 
gan, and especially at Marquette, where for 
years he has figured conspicuously as an en- 
terprising citizen. It is therefore emi- 
nently fitting that biographical honors be 
accorded him in this volume, devoted as it 
is to the portrayal of the lives of northern 
Michigan's representative men and women. 
Timothy Nester was born on Christmas 
Day in the year 1847, near Kingston, Can- 
ada, to which place his parents, Patrick and 
Mary (Pheehan) Nester, had emigrated that 



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same year from the Emerald Isle, their na- 
tive land. Patrick Nester, a blacksmith by 
trade, ran a shop in Canada from 1847 until 
1850, at which time he removed to Sanilac 
county, Michigan, where he continued work 
at his trade for some time, but finally turned 
his attention to the lumber business, which 
he carried on up to the time of his death in 
1864. He was accidentally killed by a fall- 
ing tree. His wife survived him until 1 869. 
In their family were six children, Timothy 
being the youngest. 

At the time of the removal of the Nester 
family to Michigan our subject was three 
years of age, and in Sanilac county his 
youthful days were spent. He was educated 
there and at Saginaw, and was brought up 
in the lumber business, in which, as already 
stated, his father was engaged. At the age 
of seventeen years young Nester left the pa- 
ternal home and started out in life on his 
own responsibilit}^ and for some time was 
employed at Saginaw. In 1872, in com- 
pany with his brother John, he took the con- 
tract for the building of twenty-five miles of 
road for the Michigan Central Railroad, 
north of Grayling, and after this was suc- 
cessfully completed he himself contracted to 
build si.xteen and a half miles of road for the 
Flint & Pere Marquette Railway Company, 
east of Ludington, which he finished satis- 
factorily and in due time. He then en- 
gaged in lumbering throughout the upper 
peninsula for several years, and since then 
has given his attention to the real, estate and 
lumber business. He has handled large 
tracts of pine timber lands and has also dealt 
in city property. He laid out the Nester 
addition to Marquette, which has been hand- 
somely improved and which is now ranked 
with the best additions of the city, and he 
has also contributed to the material growth 



and prosperity of this place by the erection 
of the Nester block, equipped with all the 
modern improvements, — in short, one of 
the finest blocks in the city and a fine resi- 
dence, beautifully located and built at a cost 
of no less than $20,000. He was one of 
the organizers of the Marquette City Street 
Railway, and was its first vice president. 

At this writing (August, 1895,) he is en- 
gaged in directing the development of one 
of the most extensive and comprehensive 
enterprises ever opened up in the West. 
East of Marquette lies the Pictured Rocks 
and the Grand Island country, which, for 
about eighty miles long and twenty-five miles 
wide, comprises the finest belt of hard woods 
known to exist in Michigan. The island it- 
self is eight miles long and four and one- 
half miles wide, and forms the natural pro- 
tection to Munising or Grand Island bay, 
one of the finest and largest harbors on the 
chain of lakes. Years ago large purchases 
from the Government were made in this lo- 
cality of those lands for speculation, for the 
wood for charcoal purposes. About three 
years ago Mr. Nester commenced a system- 
atic examination with several crews of ex- 
pert land examiners of this great belt of 
country, with the view of ascertaining the 
extent and quality of this timber for lumber 
purposes. This sort of timber heretofore 
had not been considered of much value for 
that purpose in the "north country." The 
examination was conducted quietly through 
the season of 1893-4 and culminated in 
the purchase of about 200,000 acres of land 
by Mr. Nester and his associates and the 
organization of the Munising Company of 
Ohio, owning nearly 100,000 acres, and the 
Lac LaBelle Company of Michigan, owning 
100,000 acres. 

After the purchase of those lands and 



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careful surveys had been made, a system of 
railways was agreed upon and the Munising 
Railway Company was organized, and at 
this moment is working over 300 men in 
prosecuting the construction of its railway 
from the head of Munising bay to the North- 
western Railway, a distance of thirty-eight 
miles, also a branch leaving the main line 
near the bay and running parallel to the Pic- 
tured Rocks, about eight miles back from 
the shore, a distance of thirty miles, also a 
branch of thirty-five miles from the main 
line to Manistique. All of these lines are 
now being built and designed to open up 
this rich hard-wood belt and carry the prod- 
ucts of these and adjoining lands to Munis- 
ing bay, which means sawmills, hoop and 
stave mills, tanneries, blast furnaces, etc., 
and unquestionably will build up a large 
community at the bay. In all these enter- 
prises Mr. Nester's associates are such well 
known men as Dan P. Eells, president of 
the Commercial National Bank of Cleveland; 
Joseph Colwell, vice-president; Fayette 
Brown, — all of Cleveland, Ohio; and Hon. 
E. H. Scott, of La Porte, Indiana. These 
names are enough, and nothing further is 
needed to convince the public that this de- 
velopment will rank as one of the greatest 
in the State. 

The scope and plan is original with the 
subject this sketch, and is broad and com- 
prehensive. Their syndicate proposes to 
have the timber cut which will make lumber 
and sell farms to settlers, as there is no 
better soil existing in Michigan. The rail- 
way is being built in a good substantial man- 
ner, with heavy rails, — not lumbering roads 
but roads to stay. It is not too much to say 
that the combination of capital, the birth of 
the project, the vigorous prosecution of the 
work, the broad and liberal plan, — which 



embraces no one man, project or idea, — 
owe to "Tim Nester, " as he is familiarly 
called, all they are. 

Mr. Nester was married in 1868 to Miss 
Mary E. Sheridan, a native of Michigan, 
and they have three children, two daughters 
and a son, namely: Hattie A., Mary E. and 
Arthur S. 

A man of broad and progressive views 
and well posted on the topics of the day, 
Mr. Nester has in many ways made his in- 
fluence felt in this State. In 1887 he was 
elected to the honorable position of Mayor 
of Marquette, his election being without any 
opposition, and he filled the office with 
credit to himself and the city. He has 
ever taken a deep interest in politics and has 
fought bravely for his party, but notwith- 
standing this his advice to young men is to 
"keep out of politics." 



E 



ON. C. A. HANSCOM, Ironwood, 
Michigan, was born in the city of 
Buffalo, New York, March 19, 
1859. 

Mr. Hanscom's father, Captain Charles 
Hanscom, was a native of Maine and was a 
sailor for a period of sixty-one years, his 
early life being spent on the high seas and 
during war times on the lakes. Captain 
Hanscom was married four times. His first 
wife, ncc Eliza C. Read, was the mother of 
two children, a daughter and son, and died 
when the latter, C. A., the subject of this 
article, was less than two years of age. 
The daughter, Arabella, is now the wife of 
B. F. Bedortha, an eminent physician of 
London, England. The mother was born 
in Jefferson county. New York, and was 
descended from Revolutionary ancestors. 
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NORTHERN PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN. 



583 



and participated in some of the important 
engagements of that war. 

Thus early in hfe deprived of a mother's 
loving care, Mr. Hanscom found a home 
with his uncle, Luther Read, with whom he 
remained from the time he was two and a 
half years old until he was nine. At the 
age of nine he returned to Buffalo, and 
there spent the next three years in attend- 
ance at the public schools. From the time 
he was twelve until he was fifteen he was 
again in the home of his uncle. During his 
boyhood days he applied himself closely to 
his books, and before he was sixteen began 
teaching school, which occupation he fol- 
lowed for a period of ten years. After this 
he was in the employ of the Lake Superior 
Transit Company, between Buffalo and 
Duluth, and in all had about four years' ex- 
perience on the Great Lakes. In 1880 he 
came to Michigan and located at Eagle 
Harbor, where he was principal of the school 
two years, and was afterward principal of 
the schools at Copper Falls and Eagle River. 
While at Eagle River he served as Secre- 
tary of the School Board four years, and for 
a time was deputy County Clerk of Ke- 
weenaw count}'. In January, 1887, he was 
selected as Secretary of the Committee on 
Judiciary of the House of Representatives, 
which called him to Lansing, where he 
remained during the session. In July of 
that same year, 1887, he became identified 
with Ironwood, and has since been a promi- 
nent factor in the town. Since 1888 he 
has been engaged in the insurance business, 
and now represents many of the leading 
companies, among which we mention the 
Lancashire Fire Company, Manchester, 
England; the American, of New York; 
British American, Toronto, Canada; Com- 
mercial Union, London, England; German- 



American, New York; Queen of America; 
Michigan Mutual Life of Detroit, etc. 

In 1888 Mr. Hanscom was nominated 
for Representative, on the Republican ticket, 
was elected to the office in November of 
that year, and served his constituency with 
credit both to himself and to them, the 
Ontonagon district, which he represented, 
including the counties of Ontonagon, Ba- 
raga, Gogebic, Keweenaw and Isle Royale. 
He has from time to time made investments 
in real estate, and especially in mining prop- 
erty, and has served as secretary of the 
East Dangler Mining Company and of the 
American Iron Mining Company. 

And while Mr. Hanscom is prominent in 
business and political circles, it is in fra- 
ternal circles that he is best known. He is 
a member of Ironwood Lodge, No. 389, F. 
& A. M. ; of the I. O. O. F., both lodge 
and encampment, and is Past Chief Patriarch 
of the latter; of the K. O. T. M., of which 
he was Sir Knight Commander in 1889; 
and of Court Garfield, No. 7798, A. O. T. 
of A. In May, 1891, he was selected to 
represent Court Garfield in the Grand Court 
of Michigan, A. O. T. of A., and in that 
body was chosen by a unanimous vote to 
represent the State of Michigan in the Su- 
preme Court of the A. O. T. of A. , which 
convened at Brooklyn, New York, August 
10, 1 89 1. Mr. Hanscom was honored by 
being made Speaker of the day, and acquit- 
ted himself most creditably. 



>Y*OHN K. RYAN, of the firm of Slat- 
^ tery & Ryan, proprietors of a leading 
A 1 livery stable of Red Jacket, Michi- 
gan, is a wide-awake and enterprising 
business man, whose energy and industry 
have been the means of placing him at the 



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head of a thriving business. He is a West- 
ern man by birth and by character, being im- 
bued with the true Western spirit of prog- 
ress. He was born in Wiota, Wisconsin, 
on the 23d of February, 1855, and is of 
Irish Hneage. His father, CorneHus Ryan, 
a native of the Emerald Isle, emigrated to 
America, within the decade which followed 
1850 and established his residence in Onto- 
nagon county, Michigan. He died on the 
1 8th of March, 1893, at his home in Han- 
cock, this State. 

John R. Ryan remained in Wisconsin 
only two years and was then taken by his 
parents to Hancock, where he was reared, 
attending the public schools until seventeen 
years of age and acquiring a good education. 
Starting out then in life for himself, he first 
secured work in the old Calumet stamp-mill 
at Calumet, washing copper, and was em- 
ployed there for three years, when the mill 
was removed to Lake Linden and Mr. Ryan 
also sought a home in that place in order to 
continue his work in the mill. For five 
years he devoted his energies to that labor, 
and then changed his business by entering the 
employ of Edward Ryan, his uncle, who was 
engaged in the general merchandise trade in 
Hancock. He worked for Mr. Ryan for 
about five years and then came to Calumet, 
with the interests of which place he has 
since been identified. 

Here Mr. Ryan embarked in business in 
connection with Patrick Slattery as proprie- 
tor of a livery barn, which they have since 
successfully conducted, under the firm name 
of Slattery & Ryan. They have on hand a 
fine line of vehicles and have many good 
horses, hence are able to supply all demands, 
and their business is steadily increasing, a 
liberal patronage being accorded them. In 
addition to their livery line they have added 



an undertaking business, which they have 
conducted since 1 891, and their invested capi- 
tal now amounts to $40,000. Earnest en- 
deavor to please their patrons and fair and 
honorable dealing have brought them pros- 
perity, and they are recognized as the lead- 
ers in their line of trade in Red Jacket. 

The lady who now bears the name of 
Mrs. Ryan was in her maidenhood Miss 
Margaret Conway, a resident of Hancock, 
Michigan. Mr. Ryan takes considerable in- 
terest in civic societies and is a member of 
the Ancient Order of Hibernians, serving as 
Treasurer of Division No. 2, of Calumet. 
He also belongs to the Ancient Order of 
United Workmen, the Modern Woodmen of 
America and is one of the board of directors 
of the last named. For two terms he has 
been a member of the Village Council, and 
his faithful discharge of the duties devolving 
upon him numbered him among the valued 
citizens of the community. His life has 
been quietly passed in the faithful perform- 
ance of duties that have come to him, and 
his fidelity to all trusts has won the confi- 
dence and merited regard of all who know 
him. 



^V*"^ E. DUNN, one of the representa- 
E U tive men of Crystal Falls, was born 
\ in Renfro, Province of Ontario, 

Canada, March 27, 1846. His 
father, James Dunn, was a native of Ireland, 
but located in Canada when a young man. 
He was a lumberman in early life, but after- 
ward located on a farm, and spent the re- 
mainder of his days in Canada, dying at the 
of seventy-six years. The mother of our 
subject, nee Mary Castello, was born in Ire- 
land, where she remained until si,\ years of 
age, and then moved with her parents to 



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Canada, dying there at the age of seventy- 
two years. Mr. and Mrs. Dunn were the 
parents of eleven children, five sons and six 
daughters. 

P. E. Dunn, the third child and third 
son, remained in Canada until eighteen 
years old, attending the common schools, 
but working at farm labor during summer 
months. He then secured emploj'ment as 
freight clerk for the Chicago & Northwest- 
ern Railroad at that city, but after one year 
there moved to Marinette, Wisconsin, and 
for the following ten years worked in the 
lumber woods. Mr. Dunn opened the first 
mine for the Metropolitan Land & Iron Com- 
pany at Felch Mountain, in 1876, and came 
from there to Crystal Falls, in the interest of 
the Youngston Iron Company. He opened 
the Youngston, now known as the Clare, mine 
in this city, and discovered ore at the Alpha 
mine at Mastodon, having owned an interest 
in the latter mine for a number of years. 

In his political relations, our subject is a 
proniinent and active worker in the Demo- 
cratic party. In 1886 he was elected the 
first Clerk and Register of Deeds in Iron 
county, which position he held three terms, 
and previous to that time was elected the 
first Supervisor of Crystal Falls. He has 
also served as a member of the School Board. 
Socially he is a member of the Knights of 
Pythias. 

Mr. Dunn was married in 1888, to Emma 
Miller, a native of Germany. They have 
one daughter, Phyllis. 



>Y*OHX MURRAY, one of the leading 
m business men of Detour and agentle- 
/• 1 man widely known throughout Chip- 
pewa county, is a native of Ross- 
shire, Scotland, born August 4, 1851, and 



received a fair education in that country. 
When about sixteen years of age he started 
out to learn the engraver's trade in the city 
of Glasgow, but, not liking the business, he 
decided to take up carpentry, which he did, 
under the instruction of Campbell Brothers, 
who likewise were the owners of the shop 
where he first engaged to learn the machin- 
ist's trade. He was employed at his trade 
until 1877, when, with his instructor, he 
went to Liverpool, England, where he was 
employed for two years, and then, during 
the winter of 1878-9, sailed for America, 
the land of greater opportunity. The first 
four years here he spent in Chicago, re- 
ceiving good wages and laying up a respect- 
able portion of his earnings. In 1883 he 
was hired to go to the mining regions of 
West Virginia and work there at the rate of 
$6 a day; but, instead of going there, he 
came to the "Soo," where he was advised to 
remain. However, in the spring of 1884, 
he came to Detour, purchased property and 
built the Huron House, which he conducted 
as a hotel for four years. This proved to 
be a magnificent investment. He has, alto- 
gether, accumulated the handsome sum of 
$4,000. He also owns a farm of 160 acres, 
of which sixty acres were cleared and con- 
tained other improvements. He also has 
property in Sault de Ste. Marie. 

In his political principles he is a Demo- 
crat. In 1894 he was a candidate for nom- 
ination to the office of Sheriff, but was 
defeated by only one vote. Mr. Murray is 
a gentleman of robust constitution and 
genial disposition and affable, — so much so 
indeed that whoever makes his acquaintance 
can never forget him. He is a member of 
the I. O. O. F. 

He was married in Greenock on the 
Clyde, Scotland, April 24, 1876, to Miss 



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Margaret McKay, a daughter of Christopher 
McKay, who was connected with the Cale- 
donian Railway and was an old Crimean 
soldier. He married Miss Davidina Ross 
and had seven children, of whom three are 
living: Margaret; Christopher, now in St. 
Paul and employed as a railroad engineer; 
and John, who was a bookkeeper in Benton 
City, Montana, some years ago, when last 
heard from. Mrs. Murray was born July 
19, 1853. Mr. and Mrs. Murray's children 
are: Jessie A., aged sixteen years; Christo- 
pher, fourteen; Murdock, twelve; Donella, 
ten; Maggie, seven; Lizzie, five; and Ken- 
neth, two years. Two are deceased: Andrew, 
the eldest, and Kenneth (ist). 

Kenneth Murray, the father of the sub- 
ject of this sketch, is now ninety-two years 
of age, and his wife ninety, — both still liv- 
ing in Ross-shire, Scotland. They are the 
parents of six children, of whom four are 
living, namely: Mrs. Ann McLeod, in Scot- 
land; John, our subject; Neil, on the home 
farm; and Donald M. McKenzie, half brother 
of John, of Sault Ste. Marie. 



HRTHUR J. KREMER is a popular 
citizen and the capable Postmaster 
of Hermansville, Michigan. He 
belongs to that class of enterpris- 
ing young business men to whom the West 
is largely indebted for its prosperity and 
progress, and with pleasure we present the 
record of his life to our readers. He was 
born in the neighboring State of Wisconsin, 
the place of his birth being New Cassel, and 
the date February 11, 1870. His father, 
James Kremer, was a shipping clerk m the 
employ of the Fond du Lac Sash and Door 
Company, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. 

Arthur J. Kremer began his education in 



the public schools of his native town, where 
he pursued his studies until fourteen years 
of age and then attended Mann's Business 
College, of Fond du Lac, where he pursued 
his studies for several terms. At the age 
of seventeen he entered upon his business 
career as an employe in the office of Will- 
iam McDermott, a real-estate and insurance 
agent of Fond du Lac, with whom he con- 
tinued for a year and a half. He then ac- 
cepted a position as bookkeeper with the 
Wisconsin Land & Lumber Company, and 
was sent to Hermansville, where he also has 
charge of the shipping department. Soon, 
however, he will go upon the road in the in- 
terest of his company; and with good busi- 
ness ability, energy and enterprise, which are 
numbered among his chief characteristics, we 
predict for him success in his new field of 
labor. He was appointed Postmaster of 
Hermansville, October 4, 1893, and his 
fidelity to duty has won high commendation, 
while his genial, pleasant manner has won 
popularity and esteem. 

On the 1 6th of May, 1893, was cele- 
brated the marriage of Mr. Kremer and Miss 
Anna Leitenberger, of Fond du Lac. In 
social circles the young couple hold an 
enviable position. 



\/^ EV. JOHN EVANS, Treasurer of 

I /"^ Gogebic county, Michigan, and a 

JB^P resident of Ironwood, is one of the 

highly respected citizens of this 

county. A rcsitmc of his life is as follows: 

John Evans was born in England, August 

27, 1844, youngest son of Richard and 

Elizabeth (Mayrung) Evans, both natives of 

England. He was reared and educated in 

his native land, was ordained a minister of 

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fifteen years in the work of the ministry in 
England. In September, 1884, he came to 
America, and upon his arrival here was 
received on credentials as a minister at the 
Detroit, Michigan, Conference. He was 
given work at Menominee and Ironwood, 
where he labored efficiently until, on account 
of failing health, he was obliged to retire 
from the active work of the ministry. He 
is still, however, a member of the Detroit, 
Michigan, Conference. About the time of 
his retirement from pastoral work he was 
elected City Clerk of Ironwood and was also 
made Librarian, and in 1 894 he was elected 
County Treasurer of Gogebic county, Mich- 
igan. 

Mr. Evans is a man of family. He was 
married September, 1873, to Miss Anna C. 
Cooper, who was born and reared in Eng- 
land, and they have five sons, namely: 
Arthur M., William De J., Charles E., 
Edgar J. and Percy J. 

In his political views, Mr. Evans is in 
harmony with the Republican party. As a 
Christian gentleman, and a man of broad 
and progressive views, and marked business 
ability, he is ranked with the leading citi- 
zens of the county. 



>^OHN FISHER, Treasurer of Iron 
■ county, was born in Sweden, De- 
/» J cember 7, 1844. He came to Amer- 
ica in 1868, spending the first six 
months in New York city; went thence to 
Marshall county, Iowa, and remained for 
two years; spent six months in Chicago, 
Illinois, next followed the carpenter's trade 
in Marquette, Michigan, resided in Hough- 
ton and Hancock for a time, and also spent 
several years in Ishpeming. In 1881 he 



went to the Black Hills, where he had en- 
tire charge of the erection of the twenty- 
stamp mill for the Gold Star Mining Com- 
pany, the entire cost of the mill having 
been about $50,000. He returned to Ish- 
peming in 1 88 1, was there married, and in 
the summer of 1882 he came to Crystal 
Falls to engage as bookkeeper for H. H. 
Hastings. Three years afterward he opened 
a meat market in this city. Mr. Fisher has 
served as Township Clerk three terms, one 
term as Township Treasurer, was President 
of the Village Board two years, Trustee of 
the same four years, and in 1894, by the 
Republican party, was made Treasurer of 
Iron county, which important position he 
still fills. 

In 1 88 1, in Ishpeming, our subject was 
united in marriage with Nettie Raisky, a 
native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. They 
have three sons, — Herbert J., Roy F. and 
Walter F. The family are members of the 
Presbyterian Church, in which Mr. Fisher 
is a Trustee. In his social relations he is a 
member of the Knights of Pythias, Crystal 
Falls Lodge, No. 128. 



^V^^ ENNIS RYAN was born in county 
I I Tipperary, Ireland, and is a son of 
J^^J Patrick Ryan, a farmer, who spent 
his last years in Sault de Ste. 
Marie. Our subject was reared in county 
Kilkenny until his fifteenth year, when he 
decided he would seek a home in the New 
World, for he believed he could not make 
much advancement on the Emerald Isle. 
As he could not get the consent of his par- 
ents, he "ran away" from home, sailing for 
Boston, where he had friends living, but 
the ship Western \\'orld, on which he took 



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passage, was shipwrecked at Sandy Hook, 
New Jersey, and with 200 other passengers 
he was landed there. 

Four days later Mr. Ryan reached New 
York city, thence started by rail for the 
West, and finally reached Sault de Ste. 
Marie. At that time the old canal was 
being constructed and Mr. Ryan secured 
work on the same, being thus employed for 
about a year. He then visited relatives in 
Boston, and the same fall returned to Michi- 
gan, where he drove a team on the Lower 
Peninsula, along the road of the Pontiac 
Railway which was then being constructed. 
On returning to the Upper Peninsula he 
went to Marquette and entered the employ 
of the Collins Iron Company, with which he 
was connected for two years, working later 
in the copper mines in Houghton county for 
six months. Then he came again to Mar- 
quette and took a contract for loading ore 
on vessels, and was thus employed for four 
years, when he went into the mines, in 1870. 
The following year he returned to Sault de 
Ste. Marie, and engaged in hotel-keeping as 
proprietor of the American House, devoting 
his energies to that enterprise for ten years. 
He was quite successful in his undertaking, 
accumulating capital very rapidly, much of 
which he judiciously invested in property. 

The failure of his wife's health compelled 
Mr. Ryan to leave the hotel, and he retired 
to his estate, improving much of the prop- 
erty and disposing of the remainder. He 
was married January 16, 1858, in Marquette, 
to Margaret Buckley, who was born in 
county Kerry, Ireland. She died August 3, 
1888. They had an adopted son, George 
J. Ryan, a harness-maker of Sault de Ste. 
Marie, who married Nora C. Rooney, and 
has three children, — Mary Margaret, Ray- 
mond J. and Cecil J. 



Dennis Ryan has never taken a very 
prominent part in public affairs since com- 
ing to Chippewa county, but while in Mar- 
quette county he served as Township Clerk, 
and Deputy and Under Sheriff. In politics 
he has ever been a stalwart Democrat, cast- 
ing his first presidential vote for James 
Buchanan. He is numbered among the hon- 
ored pioneers of the Upper Peninsula, and 
is a self-made man, who through persever- 
ance, enterprise and good management has 
acquired a handsome competence. 



" ^vy w ^ L. M O A S E, secretary of the 
Mm I Electrical & Mechanical Works 
\j^^l of Menominee, was born in Bron- 
son, Michigan, April 20, 1869, a 
son of Charles and Cornelia (Jackson) Moase, 
the former a native of England and the lat- 
ter of Rochester, New York. The father 
came to America about forty-five years ago, 
locating in Michigan, but for the past three 
years, on account of poor health, he has re- 
sided at Clearwater Harbor, Florida, where 
he has a large orange grove. During the late 
war, Mr. Moase served as First Lieutenant 
of the First Michigan Infantry, in the three- 
months service, and was afterward promoted 
as Captain of Company C, Eleventh Michi- 
gan Volunteer Infantry. He took part in 
all the battles of his regiment. Six children 
were born to Mr. and Mrs. Moase, namely: 
Nellie Rudd, a banker of Bronson, Michigan; 
Charles B., paying teller in the same bank; 
W. L. , the subject of this sketch; May 
Coachman, of Jacksonville, Florida; Oracle 
and Irene. 

W. L. Moase was reared and educated 
in his native place. He spent six years in 
the Detroit Electrical Works, under his uncle. 



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William A. Jackson, and for the following 
two years was employed in the Great West- 
ern Manufacturing Company of Chicago. 
Since that time he has been identified with 
the Electrical and Mechanical Works of Me- 
nominee, Michigan. In political matters, 
Mr. Moase is allied with the Republican 
party. 

In 1889 he was united in marriage with 
Miss Luella Sheridan, a native of Hudson, 
Michigan. She received her education in 
that city and Monroe, same State. 



ED. JOHNSTON, the veteran in- 
surance man of Sault Ste. Marie, 
is engaged in business as the senior 
member of the well known firm of 
Johnston & Blank, general insurance agents, 
and his well directed efforts have brought to 
him prosperity. 

He is a native of the Pine Tree State, 
born in Milford, Maine, on the 13th day of 
July, 1857, and is the only child living of 
Aaron H. and Maria (Whitney) Johnston. 
He left his native State when a small boy, 
and went to live in Ingersoll, Ontario, where 
he remained for some time, obtaining a fair 
English education in the public schools. His 
boyhood was passed in a quiet and unevent- 
ful manner. About twenty-seven years ago 
he entered the general agency office of the 
Aetna Insurance Company at Cincinnati, 
Ohio, of which J. B. Bennett was general 
agent, and remained there over seven years, 
during which time he was initiated into the 
working of the machinery that makes insur- 
ance a profitable business. One of his lead- 
ing characteristics was soon manifest, — 
fidelity to trust; and his employers, recogniz- 
ing his worth and ability, promoted him from 



time to time. He resigned his position with 
this company, and, for a time acted as 
special agent for other companies. For 
many years previous to his arrival in Sault 
Ste. Marie (and for some time after) he main- 
tained a prosperous general insurance agen- 
cy at Whitehall and Montague, Muskegon 
county, Michigan, — the first few years on his 
own account, and the remainder of the time 
associated with Hon. J. H. Williams, under 
the firm name of Johnston & Williams. This 
firm established an agency at Sault Ste. 
Marie in March, 1887, and operated at both 
places until the partnership was dissolved. 
Mr. Williams retained the Whitehall-Mon- 
tague agency and Johnston & Blank suc- 
ceeded to the Sault Ste. Marie agency, 
which is one of the largest in the State, 
representing over twenty of the largest and 
most reliable companies in the world, and 
doing a general insurance business, includ- 
ing fire, tornado, life, accident, marine, 
plate glass and employers' liability. 

Meeting with all classes of people, as he 
does, Mr. Johnston has become a close stu- 
dent and a good judge of human nature, — a 
qualification necessary to one in his calling. 
He is a wide-awake and enterprising busi- 
ness man, progressive and industrious; and, 
though an Eastern man by birth, he pos- 
sesses the true Western spirit of progress 
and advancement. In manner he is pleasant 
and genial, a popular man who in the com- 
munity has gained a host of warm friends. 
He is a member of several fraternal orders, 
— the F. & A. M., — being a Knight Tem- 
plar,— the I. O. O. F., and the K. of P. 

In Kansas City, Missouri, in September, 
1889, Mr. Johnston was united in marriage 
with Miss Frances S. Baker, a native of 
Montague, Michigan. They have one child, 
Frances, born on the 23d of June, 1890. In 



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the community where they now make their 
home they have become quite widely known, 
and their many friends hold them in high 
regard. 



HLEXANDER G. SHIELDS, Judge 
of Probate, Baraga county, Michi- 
gan, is a gentleman whose name is 
well known here, having been 
prominently identified with the county for a 
number of years. 

Judge Shields was born in Glasgow, 
Scotland, May 3, 1841, son of John Shields, 
a native of that place. When he was two 
years old he was brought by his parents to 
America, their location having been in 
Canada, where he attended school until the 
age of twelve. When he was fifteen he 
came to Michigan, and in Houghton county 
secured a position as fireman in the Pewabic 
mine stamp mills, remaining thus occupied 
two years and then returning to his home in 
Canada. Then, feeling in need of more 
education than he had, he went to New 
York and spent the following winter in 
attending school. From New York he 
came back to Michigan, and at Baraga was 
employed to put up the machinery in a saw- 
mill, after which he ran the mill one sum- 
mer. The next two years he ran the Rip- 
ley mill at Houghton. Then, in partner- 
ship with George Churches, he bought the 
tug-boat Mentor, which they ran one season, 
at the end of the season selling out to the 
canal company. Next he turned his atten- 
tion to the lumber business. He built a 
sawmill and operated it one year, and soon 
after this he became identified with L'Anse, 
where he took a contract to build the ore 
dock, which work he completed in due 
time; and he also built the stone dock for 



the L'Anse Brownstone Company. He was 
the first Sheriff of Baraga county, elected 
in 1875, ^nd was twice re-elected, serving 
in all three terms. He has also served as 
Highway Commissioner of the county, and 
for three terms was a member of the City 
Council of L'Anse. At this writing he is 
Probate Judge. Thus in many ways he has 
been prominently connected with the affairs 
of L'Anse and Baraga county. 

Judge Shields is a Chapter Mason and a 
Select Knight of the A. O. U. W. 

He married Miss Maria Jackson, of 
Houghton, and they have three children. 



tV^ A. WILLSON.— The water-power 
I /^r and electric-light system of Mar- 
M - F quette is superintended by this 
gentleman, one of the rising and 
progressive young men of the Upper Pen- 
insula. He has the honor of being a native 
of this State, his birth having occurred in 
Ishpeming on the 13th of November, 1866. 
His parents, Daniel and Beatrice (Arm- 
strong) Willson,were both natives of Canada 
and came to the Upper Peninsula in 1855, 
locating in Marquette, but after a time they 
removed to Ishpeming, where the father be- 
came an employe of the Lake Superior 
Iron Company, with which he continued for 
many years, serving in the capacity of 
"boss" blacksmith of the mine until 1879. 
He possessed considerable inventive genius 
and was the inventor of the dump wagon, 
which is still in use. He was also the in- 
ventor of several other devices of usefulness. 
In 1879 he left Ishpeming and removed to 
Florence, Wisconsin, where he died in 
1 88 1 and where his widow is still living. 
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five children, R. A. being the youngest. 
He was reared in Ishpeming and began his 
education in the schools of that city, com- 
pleting his studies in Milwaukee. He 
learned the electric light business in the lat- 
ter city, where he lived for about twelve 
years. He first served as a sort of errand 
boy around the electric light works of Mil- 
waukee, but he made himself useful, learned 
all he could about the business, and his 
fidelity afterward won him promotion by 
steady advances until he had attained a 
good position. Later he had charge of the 
electric-light plant for the Cleveland Min- 
ing Company at Ishpeming for eighteen 
months and then set up the Winstrom Ore 
Separator at Michigamme, after which he 
came to Marquette to take charge of the 
electric-light plant at this place, a position 
which he has filled for more than five years 
in a most creditable and satisfactory man- 
ner. He has proved himself entirely com- 
petent and is devoted to his work. The 
plant is located on Dead river, at Collins- 
ville, three and a quarter miles from Mar- 
quette, and is run by water power with a 
312-horse-power engine. They have 100 
arc lights and 3,500 incandescent lights. 

Mr. Willson lives with his family at the 
plant, having a very nice home there. He 
was married in August, 1890, to Miss Car- 
rie Raisky, a native of Ishpeming, and two 
children grace their union, — Beatrice and 
Russell. Mr. Willson is a member of the 
Knights of the Maccabees and is a popular 
and agreeable man who has many friends. 
He is progressive and has made his own 
way in the world unaided. Diligence, en- 
terprise and energy have been the stepping- 
stones on which he has risen, and these 
qualities always exercised will bring him 
still greater success in the future. 



aAPTAIN AXEL V. LINDQUIST, 
of Escanaba, is a native of Sweden, 
born April 2, 1847. His parents 
came to America in 1854, and 
after a residence in Chicago of eleven 
months finally settled in Marinette, Wis- 
consin, which was ever afterward their home 
excepting the ten years they were living at 
Ephraim, that State, — 1860-70. 

The father, Nichols Lindquist, born Oc- 
tober 27, 1 805, is now living in Menekaunee, 
Marinette county, at the very advanced age 
of ninety years, being Marinette's oldest 
Swedish citizen. He is a descendant of 
noted warriors, his paternal grandfather 
having been a soldier in three wars and his 
maternal grandfather killed while serving in 
the army. In 1830 Mr. Lindquist moved 
to Orebro, Sweden, where he engaged in 
teaching school, and passed an examination 
in special branches of surgery. He fol- 
lowed the profession of teaching seventeen 
years, but during his active life in this coun- 
try he has been a shoemaker. Twenty 
years ago he was one of the organizers of 
the Swedish Lutheran Church at Marinette, 
and after a membership of three years in 
that congregation he united with the Meth- 
odist Episcopal Church, of which he re- 
mains a member. In 1882 he and his wife 
Christine celebrated their golden wedding. 
She departed this life June 10, 1884. They 
had seven sons and one daughter, of whom 
one son died in Sweden, one while on the 
ocean voyage to America, and the daughter 
in Chicago, who was buried at the present 
site of Lincoln Park. Of the five sons living 
we have the following account: Carl 
Gustaf, born in 1833, now a painter at 
Menekaunee; John O., born in 1835, is a 
wholesale dealer in fish at the same place; 
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on Green Bay and Lake Michigan, making 
his home in Menekaunee; F. W. , born in 
1 841, is engaged in the real-estate business 
in Iron Mountain, Michigan; and the Cap- 
tain, the subject proper of this biographical 
sketch. 

Captain Lindquist acquired his education 
in the schools of Menekaunee, and Ephraim, 
Wisconsin, pursuing his studies in the latter 
place during the winter season, and engaged 
in manual labor on the lakes during the 
summer. He was only seven years of age 
when the family emigrated to America and 
commenced service on the lakes with his 
brother John; the next season he went with 
his brother August, on the Belle of Green 
Bay, the fastest-sailing boat on the lake, 
built by Nate Saunders. During this time 
he and his brother August had a schooner 
built, — the Celia. In 1869 he received a 
captain's license, since which time he has 
been employed as captain on various boats, 
first having charge of the tug Annie Laurie 
for the Menominee Lumber Company, with 
which he continued two seasons. He then 
resigned that position to accept the com- 
mand of the side-wheel tug Mary Reed, 
owned by the Ludington, Wells & Van 
Schaick Lumber Company, of Menominee, 
and with that company he confined for the 
long period of twelve consecutive years, 
commanding the vessels Bob Stephenson 
and the A. Burton; then he left that com- 
pany to engage in business for himself. He 
now bought a pleasure boat, which he ran 
for a year, when he sold out to his brother, 
John O., but commandedher for one season, 
for his brother. 

He then moved to Escanaba and en- 
tered the employ of A. Booth & Sons, man- 
aging their boat Frances R. Anderson, and 
buying fish. After continuing in the employ 



of this firm for two years he ran the tug J. 
F. Dayan, for Charles Burns, of Escanaba, 
for a season. His next engagement was on 
the passenger boat Lucile, running between 
Escanaba and Gladstone, one season, when 
he entered the employ of the Escanaba Tow- 
ing & Wrecking Company, running the tug 
Owen, for five years. In 1894 he was mate 
on the tug Temple Emery, and in the sea- 
son of 189s he again took command of the 
tug Owen. He is a careful sailor, always 
on the alert, watchful and painstaking, and 
in consequence his services are constantly in 
demand. 

Turning from the semi-public life of 
Captain Lindquist to his more private life, 
we note the interesting event of his marriage 
to Miss Amelia Hanson, the ceremony being 
performed on the 14th of August, 1870, in 
Ephraim, Wisconsin. The lady, a native 
of Norway, was born June 28, 1S50, a 
daughter of Henry and Henrica Hanson, 
who came to this country when their daugh- 
ter was a child of three years, in 1854, set- 
tling in Ephraim, where her father is still 
hving and where her mother died, in 1894. 
They were the parents of seven children, as 
follows: Amelia; Henrietta, the wife of 
Ole Tostenson, who is a farmer of Sturgeon 
Bay; Soren, owner and master of a sailing 
vessel on Green bay; Olaf, on the old home- 
stead; James, a fireman in Ephraim; Julia, 
the wife of Hans Abramson, of the tug Mon- 
arch; and one that died in infancy. To the 
Captain and Mrs. Lindquist have been given 
also seven children, five of whom are yet 
living, namely: Henry Walter, John Lem- 
uel (a machinist of Maywood, Illinois), Lydia, 
Delia and Alberta. The two deceased chil- 
dren were Georgie and Mertie. Lydia is 
now the wife of P. W. Axelson, who is the 
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dish newspaper published weekly in Esca- 
naba. Of their two children one only is now 
living. 

C^ftptain Lindquist is well known in po- 
li%ital circles and has long been a stalwart 
supporter of the Republican party. His 
name, however, was placed on the Populist 
ticket in 1894 as candidate for the office of 
Sheriff, though without his solicitation and 
against his will. He is now serving his sec- 
ond term as Alderman for the Fifth ward, 
elected on the Republican ticket, and in the 
Common Council he is serving on various 
important committees, where he is doing 
effective and valuable service for the city 
and its welfare. He possesses that progressive 
spirit which is devoted to the public welfare of 
the city with considerable self-sacrifice, 
worthy of the highest commendation. He and 
his family are members of the Swedish Meth- 
odist Church, and in the community are held 
in warm regard on account of their many 
excellencies of character. 



A^AMUEL MITCHELL, president of 
•^^^k* the Jackson Iron Company, is one 

ps^^J of the most prominent business 
men of the Upper Peninsula. His 
efforts have largely promoted the material 
prosperity of this section of the State, and 
he has been instrumental in its upbuilding 
and advancement. He is a self-made man 
and the spirit of self-help is the source of all 
genuine worth in the individual. His con- 
nection with mining and public affairs in 
this community has been such as to justly 
entitle him to representation in the history of 
Northern Michigan, and with pleasure we 
present to our readers the record of his life. 
Mr. Mitchell is a native of Devonshire, 
England, born April 1 1, 1846, and is a son 



of George Mitchell, a Devonshire farmer. 
He attended the public schools of his native 
land until he had arrived at the age of ten 
years, when he left the school room, laying 
aside his text-books in order to earn his own 
living. Thus early in life he was thrown 
upon his own resources, and few indeed have 
been the privileges and advantages which he 
received in his youth, but he worked on 
quietly and patiently day by day and year 
by year, and wrung practical favors from per- 
verse fortune. It seems that the men who 
have obtained the most brilliant success in 
life are those who have had to fight their way 
against obstacles and difficulties, but perse- 
verance and energy at length triumph and 
the fruits of their labor are then ready 
for the harvest. Mr. Mitchell was first em- 
ployed in a grocery store owned by William 
Heme & Company, and after a year began 
work in a fancy confectionery and bakery, 
where he continued two years. His next 
service was in the copper mines, where he 
remained until eighteen years of age, and 
thus an extended period of preparation fitted 
him for the present responsible position 
which he to-day occupies. 

When a young man of eighteen Mr. 
Mitchell determined to seek a home in 
America, believing that better opportunities 
and advantages were afforded here for 
young men. He accordingly sailed for the 
United States and made his way to the 
copper regions. Here years before the un- 
civilized tribes had engaged in copper min- 
ing and yet the supply in nature's deposi- 
tories was not e.xhausted. Mr. Mitchell 
secured a position as a common miner in 
the Phoenix mine, but remained there only 
about a month when he obtained work from 
the Madison Copper Mining Company, with 
which he continued for a year. On the ex- 



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piration of that period he secured a position 
with the Delaware Mine Company, remain- 
ing in service there for about six months. 
After spending two months with the Calumet 
Company and four months in the old Cliff 
mine, he came to the Iron Range and worked 
in the Washington mine at Humboldt for 
three years. The year 1870 witnessed his 
arrival in Negaunee. He had hitherto been 
employed as a common miner, and his first 
work after arriving in this city was to take a 
contract to deliver iron ore on the cars, the 
ore being taken from the mine of the old 
Negaunee Mining Company, and from the 
South Jackson property. He finished that 
contract at the close of 1 871, and in Janu- 
arj', 1872, took another contract from the 
old Saginaw mine to take out ore by the ton 
until the following spring. According to the 
terms of his next contract he took out ore 
for the Lake Superior Company. During 
these various connections he was accumulat- 
ing some capital, preparatory to becom- 
ing a stockholder in mines himself. He 
thoroughly understands mining in all its de- 
tails, as well as in its major points, and his 
services were therefore very valuable. 

In the spring of 1873 Mr. Mitchell was 
appointed mine captain of the property of 
the Saginaw Mining Company, and on the 
first of the following December was given 
charge of all their property, being the sole 
superintendent of their business until 1882, 
when they closed. In 1876 Mr. Mitchell also 
bought the Shanango mine near Ishpeming 
and organized the Mitchell Iron Mine Com- 
pany, but the property was sold in 1883. 
In 1878 he entered into partnership with 
A. G. Stone, of Cleveland, Ohio, and leased 
160 acres of land from the Lake Superior 
Iron Company and discovered what was 
known as the National iron mine, which he 



worked until 1884. In 1879 he leased for 
the Saginaw Company the Perkins mine on 
the Menominee Range at Norway, and 
worked that mine until 1885. In 1883 he 
began operations on the property now known 
as the Negaunee mine, and for the same 
people who comprised the old Saginaw Min- 
ing Company, beginning to sink the shaft in 
1885. The entire development of that mine 
was under the immediate supervision of Mr. 
Mitchell, who had great confidence that the 
property would become a paying invest- 
ment. His knowledge and sagacity were 
soon demonstrated, and in the year 1894 
they took out of the mine 132,492 tons of 
ore. He is still in charge of this mine. In 
January, 1887, he went to New York city to 
negotiate for the purchase of the Jackson 
mine, and successfully completing his bargain 
he has since been president and general 
manager of the Jackson mine, which under 
his able administration has never been shut 
down. 

On February i, 1886, Mr. Mitchell pur- 
chased a controlling interest in the leases of 
the Montreal River Iron Mining Company 
and the Section Thirty-three Iron Mining 
Company on the Wisconsin end of the 
Gogebic Range, and explored and developed 
those properties into producing and paying 
mines. They are now in operation, although 
Mr. Mitchell sold his interests in them to 
Cleveland parties some years ago. In 1 890, 
with others, he purchased a controlling 
interest in the Blue Iron Company's lease 
and explored and developed that mine into 
a producing property, having to sink a shaft 
450 feet deep to reach the ore body. In 
addition to his other mining interests Mr. 
Mitchell is the president and general mana- 
ger of the Blue Mine of Negaunee, is secre- 
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and Iron Land Company and treasurer of 
the Mitchell Iron and Land Company. He 
is interested in four steamships engaged in 
freighting ore, namely: the William Chis- 
holm, J. H. Devereaux, J. H. Wade and 
the Sam Mitchell. 

The subject of this record has done much 
toward developing the mining interests and 
resources of this part of the State, an in- 
dustry which has brought much wealth and 
commercial activity to this region. Gifts of 
money, judiciously e.xpended, may add to 
the beauty and attractive appearance of a 
town, but the real benefactors of a com- 
munity are the men who add to its progress 
and prosperity through the establishment of 
enterprises which furnish employment to 
others and thus promote commercial activity. 
A locality may be like a lake, — beautiful, 
but still as the waters, — but it is life and 
action that pleases the Western man, for it 
is in keeping with the progressive spirit of 
the age. Mr. Mitchell is a man of great 
capabilities in many directions, and the 
banking interests of this section of the State 
bear the mark of his handiwork. He is the 
honored vice-president of the First National 
Bank of Negaunee, a director of the Mar- 
quette County Savings Bank, of Marquette; 
president of the First National Bank of 
Hurley, Wisconsin; director of the First 
National Bank of Escanaba; a stockholder 
in the Lincoln National Bank of Chicago, 
and one of the organizers of the Bank 
of Ishpeming. When he is connected with 
the management of a banking institution 
one may feel assured that it is conducted on 
sound business principles, honorable busi- 
ness methods, and that it is a safe, con- 
servative institution. 

Mr. Mitchell was united in marriage 
with Miss Elizabeth Penglaze, of England, 



and to them have been born eleven children, 
three of whom are now married. They 
have a fine home, which stands as a monu- 
ment to the thrift and enterprise of the 
owner, who came to this country a penniless 
young man, and for three years after his 
arrival sent home to his parents nearly 
everything he earned. Not on the plains of 
affluence, but in the valley of limited cir- 
cumstances, with the rough and rugged 
path of hard undertaking before him, he 
commenced the ascent, worked his way 
steadily upward, climbing higher and higher 
until, in the prime of life, he stands on 
the mountain top of prosperity. 



>T^OHN RUSSELL, one of the prosper- 
m ous merchants of Iron Mountain, 
^ J Michigan, has been engaged in busi- 
ness here since 1884. That year he 
opened up a stock of general merchandise 
on Fleshiem street, continued there until 
1887, and then erected the building he has 
since occupied, this being the first brick 
building in Iron Mountain. He carries a 
fine assortment of all kinds of general mer- 
chandise and has an excellent trade. 

Mr. Russell was born in Aberdeen, 
Scotland, May 18, 1858, son of John Rus- 
sell, who still resides in Scotland. He was 
reared in his native town and there learned 
the grocery business. In 1879, on attaining 
his majority, he came to America and lo- 
cated at Chicago, securing a position in a 
grocery establishment in that city and re- 
mained there until 1884, when as above 
stated, he came to Iron Mountain and be- 
came a general merchant. 

Mr. Russell was married in 1893 to 
Marion Burdon, a native of Green Bay, 
Wisconsin, and a daughter of one of the 



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early settlers of that place. For some time 
previous to her marriag^e Mrs. Russell was 
one of the popular and successful teachers 
in the public schools of Iron Mountain. 
They have one child, Adelaide. 

Fraternally, Mr. Russell is identified 
with the blue lodge and chapter, F. & A. 
M., of Iron Mountain; also of the A. O. U. 
W. His political sympathies are with the 
Republican party. 



aw. DUNTON, the incumbent 
of the important office of Prosecu- 
ing Attorney of the Eleventh Judi- 
cial District of Michigan, who 
retains a residence at Manistique, the flour- 
ishing county-seat of Schoolcraft county, is 
a native of the Wolverine State, having been 
born at Kalamazoo, June 25, 1864, son of 
A. A. and Margaret (Cummings) Dunton, 
both of whom came of prominent old New 
England ancestry. They emigrated from 
their Eastern home to Michigan, in 1836, 
and settled in Battle Creek, Calhoun coun- 
ty, where the father devoted his attention 
to agricultural pursuits. They subsequently 
took up their residence in Kalamazoo, long 
known as the "big village " of Michigan, by 
reason of its refusal to admit of a city incor- 
poration. A. A. and Margaret Dunton be- 
came the parents of five children, of whom 
we make brief record as follows: Dr. 
Alfred is located at Kansas City, Missouri; 
Alton is a resident of Battle Creek, Michi- 
gan; C. W. is the immediate subject of this 
review; and Maggie and Daniel are residents 
of Virginia. 

C. W. Dunton received his preliminary 
educational discipline in the public schools, 
after which he entered Hillsdale College, at 
Hillsdale, Michigan, where he completed 



the literary course and graduated in 1885. 
After leaving college he began his profes- 
sional studies in Hillsdale and that he was 
an assiduous and discriminating student is 
shown in the fact that he secured admission 
to the bar, at Hillsdale, in 1886. He soon 
determined to identify himself with the Up- 
per Peninsula, and took up his abode at 
Sault de Sainte Marie, where he practiced 
his profession with a due measure of success 
until 1 890, when he removed to Manistique, 
where he has since been established and 
where he retains a large and representative 
clientage. 

Mr. Dunton was elected Prosecuting At- 
torney of the Eleventh Judicial District in 
November, 1894, having previously served 
as Circuit Court Commissioner for one term. 
Politically he is a stalwart young Repub- 
lican, and takes an active interest in party 
work. Fraternally he is identified with the 
Knights of Pythias. 

The marriage of Mr. Dunton was cele- 
brated October 11, 1893, when he was 
united to Miss Edith C. Bennett. 



SICHARD C. FLANNIGAN, a resi- 
dent of Norway, Michigan, is ranked 
with the eminent young lawyers of 
the State. 
Mr. Flannigan is native of northern 
Michigan, born at Ontonagon, December 
15, 1859, son of James F. Flannigan, a 
miner, who dates his birth in Waterford, 
Ireland. The subject of our sketch spent 
the first twelve years of his life in his native 
town, after which he went to Marquette, 
Michigan. He attended the public schools 
up to the time of his fifteenth year. At that 
age he secured a position in the weighing 
department of the Marquette, Houghton cS: 



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NORTHERN PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN. 



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Ontonagon Railroad Company, where he re- 
mained four years, his prompt and faithful 
service during this time gaining for him the 
high esteem of his associates and employ- 
ers. After this we find him in the law office 
of Parks & Hayden, at Marquette. Here he 
also gained the favor of his employers, and 
soon worked his way up from the position 
of junior clerk to that of managing clerk. 
Then he took a six months' course in a law 
school, passed his examination with credit, 
and was duly admitted to the bar. That 
was in 1880. Immediately afterward he 
came to Norway, opened an office and en- 
tered upon his professional career; and while 
he still has his office at Norway he has es- 
tablished a law practice that extends all over 
the State of Michigan. He has been attor- 
ney for some of the most noted cases ever 
tried in the State. 

Mr. Flannigan was early recognized as 
one of the leading spirits of Menominee 
county. In 1 886 he was elected Prosecut- 
ing Attorney of the county, in which office 
he rendered able service, and he also served 
as the first Mayor of Norway. Politically, 
he is an ardent Democrat. 

November 11, 1885, Mr. Flannigan mar- 
ried Miss Anna Hurley, of Marquette, and 
they have one child, a son, six years of age. 



HH. POWELL, formerly the Mayor 
of Gladstone, is the leading drug- 
gist of this growing city. He is a 
native of Bay county, Michigan, 
born August 29, 1859. His early years 
were passed at the home of a robust and in- 
dustrious mill man, for his father was the 
head sawyer in one of Saginaw's first lum- 
ber mills. Retiring from that business the 
latter adopted the vocation of farming and he 



continued in the same until his final retire- 
ment from active business affairs; but, as we 
were about to say, our subject in his child- 
hood and youth was a daily eye-witness of 
the exemplification of those virtues, ever 
present in the home of the model pioneer, 
which form the basis of genuine manliness. 
That he profited by the example is obvious. 

He acquired the rudiments of an educa- 
tion at the country school during the event- 
ful years immediately succeeding the late 
war. When approaching his majority he 
attended the high school of Bay City, and 
lastly, as an aid to the proper preparation 
for a business career, he spent some time in 
Swensberg's Business College in Grand Rap- 
ids, Michigan. Next he taught two terms of 
school in the country, as a " stepping-stone" 
to something more lucrative, and, perhaps, 
as an "experiment;" but, not being pleased 
with the work, he sought other fields more 
to his taste. 

He entered the employ of Rathborn & De- 
Witt, druggists in Millington, Michigan, and 
remained with them two years, when he 
launched out for himself at Atlanta, Mont- 
morency county, also in this State, and some 
years later located at Frederick, where he 
conducted a drug business until he came to 
Gladstone in 1887. He is almost a pioneer 
in this new metropolis by the bay. At the 
time of his arrival here there were scarcely a 
dozen buildings on Delta avenue, which 
thoroughfare is now well built up for more 
than a mile in extent. He located between 
Seventh and Eighth streets, in the Kratz 
block, and in the spring of 1889 bought his 
present commodious quarters. He pushes 
his business, as do all modern energetic 
business men; and, besides his large store in 
Gladstone, he has a branch establishment 
at Rapid Ri\er, started in September, 1894. 



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Mr. Powell is a son of Martin Powell, 
\\-ho was born in St. Lawrence county, New 
York, more than seventy years ago, a mem- 
ber of a long line of farmers, the first of 
whom in America settled in this country 
previous to the days of the Revolution. At 
length Mr. Martin Powell emigrated West, 
in 1S50, choosing Saginaw county as his 
abiding place and the lumber business as his 
occupation. He was the Justice of the 
Peace of his township when it was yet a 
part of Bay count}-. He served through 
the war, in the Twenty-ninth Michigan 
Regiment, being a Corporal in Company B; 
was at the battles of Nashville, Stony River, 
Stephenson and Chattanooga. 

He was married at Toronto, Ontario, 
April 14, 1848, to Miss Mary Stevens, of 
Irish birth, and their children who are liv- 
ing are: Mrs. Sarah Wertz, of Grand Rap- 
ids; Mrs. Lydia R. Miller, of Benton Har- 
bor; William Powell, of Bay City; A. H., 
the subject of this biographical outline; A. 
E., a druggist in the State of Washington; 
and Miss Ida. Mr. Powell is now a resi- 
dent of Gladstone. 

The gentleman whose name heads this 
sketch was married October 27, 1884, in 
Tawas City, Michigan, to May A. Laidlaw, 
a daughter of James and Eliza Laidlaw, de- 
ceased. Mr. Laidlaw was a native of Canada 
and a lumber manufacturer. Mrs. Powell 
was born in Port Austin, October 8, 1862, 
and received a liberal education in her native 
town. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Powell 
are: May, aged three years; and ^^'alter, 
aged one year. 

In the spring of 1888 Mr. Powell was 
elected Town Assessor for Gladstone, on 
the Citizens' ticket, and served one term; 
and in the spring of 1893 he was elected 
Mayor of the city, on the Democratic ticket, 
being the only Mayor of the place ever 
chosen as a Democrat; and on the same he 
was a candidate for the office of County 
Treasurer in the fall of 1894, when there 
Avas a general failure of the Democratic 



slate in most places. Mr. Powell is a very 
popular man, liked most by those who know 
him best. He is a member of the K. O. T. 
M., and of Lodge No. 396, F. & A. M., 
and of the chapter at Escanaba; is Chief 
Counsel of Arbutus Lodge of the Order of 
Modern A\'oodmen. 



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ILLIAM A. COX is numbered 
among the honored pioneers of 
the Upper Peninsula, having been 
identified with the interests of this 
part of the State for nearly a third of a 
century, — a record that is hardly paralleled. 
He has been a prominent factor in its de- 
velopment and progress, and whatever is 
calculated for its advancement receives his 
hearty support and co-operation. He is now 
engaged in merchandising in Munising, and 
is also serving as Postmaster of that place. 
This volume would be incomplete without 
the record of his life, and with pleasure we 
present it to our readers. 

Mr. Co.x is a native of Pennsylvania, 
born July 16, 1832. His grandfather, John 
Cox, was a farmer by occupation and a 
Quaker in religious belief. His father, J. 
F. Co.x, was a prominent lawyer in the 
middle part of this century in the Keystone 
State, and was a partner of Judge Jeremiah 
Black, also of Judge Williams, a famous 
jurist of Pennsyhania. He read law near 
Philadelphia and when admitted to the bar 
located in Somerset county, eighty miles east 
of Pittsburg. He was born in r8o6 and 
died in 1852. His wife, who was in her 
maidenhood Miss Maria Armstrong, was of 
Scotch-Irish descent and was a daughter of 
John Armstrong, who was born in the north 
of Ireland. The children of this marriage 
\\'ere Thomas, who died in California, in 
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F. Fundenburg, a practicing physician of 
Pittsburg, where he lives with their two 
sons; JuHa, who died in childhood; Mary, 
widow of Dr. W. F. Fundenburg, of Pitts- 
burg; and W. A., of this sketch. 

The last named received liberal educa- 
tional privileges, being taught by private in- 
structors and later pursuing his studies in 
Connersburg, Pennsylvania. He continued 
in the East until 1853, when, possessed of a 
spirit of adventure and a desire to try his 
fortune in the gold regions, he started for 
California, going by waj' of Aspinwall, up 
the Chagres river in a pole-boat and then 
across the mountains on mules, travel- 
ing thus for three days. He concluded 
his trip to San Francisco on the old 
side-wheeler John L. Stephens. He found 
the city a place of about 10,000 people 
at that time. He pushed his way back 
into the interior and engaged in mining, 
but success was not such as to make him 
desirous of continuing this for a very long 
period. Returning to the East by the same 
route which he had taken in coming to Cali- 
fornia, he located in Pittsburg, where he 
took up the study of medicine. He also 
studied for a time in Wheeling, West Vir- 
ginia, but again to have a desire to know 
more of the West; and accordingly, in 
March, 1857, we find him in Nebraska, where 
he spent the following winter, engaged in 
clerking for the firm of Patrick Brothers. 
The following year he again returned to 
Pittsburg and resumed the study of medi- 
cine, but again abandoned it and emigrated 
to Wisconsin, where he engaged in fishing, 
with good success. In two years he had 
saved $1,600, where he could not draw it 
again, and started for the Lake Superior 
region, going later to Grand Island. Mr. 
Cox made many trips on the lake and 



through the woods from Munising to Mar- 
quette in the frontier days of the Upper 
Peninsula, thus becoming familiar with the 
Upper Peninsula, when it was largely an 
undeveloped region, — the home of more 
Indians than white settlers. In December, 
1862, he went from Depere, Wisconsin, to 
Marquette and soon after entered the em- 
ploy of Campbell Brothers, prominent mer- 
chants of those days, engaged in the fur trade, 
in locating land and in exploring for min- 
erals. His connection with them continued 
for about four years, and when terminated 
Mr. Cox located at old Munising, where he 
opened a store and engaged in buying furs 
and at the same time in getting out cord- 
wood. 

In 1866 the Schoolcraft Iron Company 
opened the plant at Munising and Mr. Cox 
assumed charge of their store, which he con- 
ducted for that company and its successors 
for five years with an intermission of one 
year, when he was proprietor of a store of 
his own. That was a day of prosperous 
merchandising, prices were good and they 
did an immense business. All goods were 
brought in on boats and purchased six 
months in advance. Lake boats were then 
the only means of transportation in this 
region and made regular calls, Munising be- 
ing an important place, both as a trading 
point and as a resort for tourists. 

When Mr. Cox located in the old town, 
it was then a part of Marquette county, but 
afterward it was detached and became a 
part of Schoolcraft county. When it was 
under that jurisdiction he was elected Judge 
of the Probate Court, was also County 
Treasurer and County Surveyor, holding 
each position for one term. Although he was 
a radical Democrat, he was chosen without 
opposition in the Republican locality, the 



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policy of the community being to elect com- 
petent officials, without regard to party affil- 
iations, and this faithful service was secured. 
The county seat was then at Onata, now a 
deserted village, which at that time was a 
flourishing metropolis, a large furnace and 
lumber market. Mr. Cox has also filled 
the offices of Justice of the Peace, Super- 
visor and School Inspector in his township, 
and for many years was a member of the 
School Board. He took a deep interest in 
educational affairs and did much toward ad- 
vancing the standard of excellence in this 
locality. He is now serving as the capable 
Postmaster of Munising, where he has made 
his home since 1 890, and discharges his du- 
ties with a promptness and fidelity worthy 
of all commendation. He is a type of the 
old class of office-holders, not a representa- 
tive of the politicians of the present day 
whose sole aim seems to be to get the most 
out of the office possible. He is also en- 
gaged in merchandising and is doing a good 
business in that line. 

Mr. Cox was married in Hamilton, Ohio, 
in July, 1859, to Miss Lulu Annewalt, a 
daughter of John Annewalt, of Pennsylva- 
nia, of German lineage. She died in 1880, 
at the age of thirty-two years, leaving three 
children, namely: E. C, who is serving as 
Supervisor of Munising township: he mar- 
ried Etta O. Donnell and has three chil- 
dren, — Bertie, Bessie and one other. Lydia, 
and Bertha, the younger daughter of the 
family, are both attending the Cleveland Art 
School. Mr. Cox has been an honored and 
valued member of the Masonic fraternity for 
almost a third of a century. His life has 
been one of interest, marked by many thrill- 
ing experiences, and his career, if written 
out in full, would tell the story of many in- 
cidents that would equal the adventures of 



the novel. He was one of those who saw 
California, when it was the home of the 
gold seeker; was in Nebraska when that 
State was an undeveloped region, and 
Michigan numbers him among the early set- 
tlers of the Upper Peninsula. Through all, 
his record is that of an honorable, upright 
man, and his standing in this community is 
most honorable. 



^^>^ERAPHIN La LONDE, of Sault 
•^^^kT Ste. Marie, Michigan, is a genuine 

P\^J landmark of this locality, and is 
the oldest settler in point of resi- 
dence now living here who is not a native 
of this county. Mr. La Londe has resided 
at this place since 1826 and has been an 
eye witness to its growth from a hamlet 
containing only three white families to its 
present size and beauty. 

It was when a child and with his father, 
Francis La Londe, that our subject came to 
Sault Ste. Marie, coming here from Mani- 
toba. Francis La Londe had resided in 
Manitoba for ten years previous to that 
time, employed as a voyager for the Hud- 
son Bay Fur Company, having entered their 
service in Lower Canada some years before. 
He was born of French parents in Quebec, 
in 1767, and was a farmer till going into the 
employ of the above named company. He 
was transferred to the Red river country, 
where his son, Seraphin, was born May 12, 
1822. Our subject's mother was before her 
marriage Miss Josette Marlow, and he was 
the seventeenth of her eighteen children. 
The only ones beside himself of this remark- 
able family who survive are Mrs. Barbeau 
and Mrs. Daziell. When a youth Seraphin 
La Londe lived with his brother-in-law, Mr. 
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Fur Company, but later a fur-dealer and 
merchant of Sault Ste. Marie, two terms a 
member of the Michigan Legislature and at 
death a man of much wealth. When Mr. 
La Londe launched out for himself he estab- 
lished a wood yard and dock at Sailors' 
Encampment, and conducted the same for 
eight years; but his business, not yielding 
such returns as to make it satisfactory, he 
gave it up and came back to Sault Ste. 
Marie. Here he secured work on the lakes 
a part of the three seasons following. He 
was ne.xt Custom Inspector under Mr. Mc- 
Mahan, serving as such seven years and a 
half. On retiring from Government service 
he bought a small farm near town and the 
succeeding fifteen years was a tiller of the 
soil. Since then he has been retired from 
active work. During the rapid increase of 
value in city realty in the "Soo" in 1887 
Mr. La Londe disposed of some of his prop- 
erty at handsome figures, and with this 
additional capital he improved a portion of 
his remaining holdings, erecting one of the 
most comfortable and commodious homes in 
the city, where he is now spending most 
pleasantly his declining years. Thus has 
the orphan boy who started out in life with 
no capital save a strong constitution and 
willing hands been rewarded for his honest 
and untiring industry. To-day he occupies 
a position among the wealthy and influential 
citizens of Sault Ste. Marie. 

In 1849 Mr. La Londe married Miss 
Charlotte, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John 
B. Rosseau, her father a French-Canadian. 
Mrs. Rosseau is still living, having attained 
the extreme old age of ninety years, and 
makes her home with her daughter, Mrs. 
La Londe. Mr. and Mrs. La Londe are 
the parents of the following children: Will- 
iam S., Sault Ste. Marie; J. E., Ishpeming, 



Michigan; Sophia, wife of Charles H. Pease, 
Sault Ste. Marie; Henry J., of the firm of 
P. C. Keifer & Company of this city, has 
been a prominent business man here for a 
number of years; Louise L. , wife of Dr. 
Daziell, Minneapolis; and Adelaide Olive, 
at home. Augusta and Joseph A. are 
deceased. 




HOMAS G. CARROLL, assistant 

superintendent of the St. Mary's 

Falls locks, Sault Sainte Marie, 

Michigan, has for many years been 

engaged in contracting, in various capacities, 

and has a wide and valued experience in this 

line. 

Mr. Carroll was born in Syracuse, New 
York, July 18, 1852, and is descended from 
good old Irish ancestors. His father, James 
Carroll, was born on the Emerald Isle, and 
came from there to the Empire State about 
1842, locating at Syracuse, where he was 
engaged in the salt business. James Car- 
roll and his wife, whose maiden name was 
Margaret Galvin, became the parents of si.x 
children, two sons and four daughters, 
Thomas G. being their third born. Their 
other son, James, is foreman for McArthur 
Brothers, the well-known contractors. 

Thomas G. Carroll first became identi- 
fied with the contracting business when he 
was eighteen years of age, entering the em- 
ploy of Geer & Vanduzen, as timekeeper. 
His next employers were McArthur Broth- 
ers, with whom he remained in New 
Jersey three years. The two years fol- 
lowing he was at Syracuse with Geer & 
Vanduzen. Returning then to McArthur 
Brothers, he was sent to Illinois to con- 
struct a lock and dam over Copperas creek, 
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that work came to Sault Sainte Marie to 
superintend the building of the water power 
canal. October 9, 1889, work on this was 
suspended and he was employed by Collins 
& Farwell to remove the old lock and to ex- 
cavate for the new one. April I, 1 89 1, he 
went to work on the construction of the new 
lock for Hughes Brothers & Bange. In 
July, 1893, he was appointed to his present 
position by the Secretary of War. He co- 
operates more or less actively with the 
Democratic party, and hence this appoint- 
ment. 

Mr. Carroll is a Knight Templar and a 
member of the " Soo " Club. He is unmar- 
ried. 



HFORD HURSLEY, late of Sault 
de Ste. Marie and ex-Sheriff of 
Chippewa county, was born in 
Jefferson county, New York, June 
16, 1852. He was thirteen years of age 
when his parents came with their children 
to this country, and for a number of years 
he was identified with his brothers as a fish- 
erman. Upon attaining his majority he de- 
cided to take up sailing as a business, and 
in this capacity he commanded a number of 
boats and tugs for several years. He was 
master of the Andrew J. Smith in the lum- 
ber trade one season, and for three years 
sailed Hall & Buell's yacht, the Romona. 
As a navigator he was of the first rank. His 
knowledge of St. Mary's river was such that 
his services as a pilot were eagerly sought, 
and masters who engaged him to take their 
crafts through the tortuous windings of that 
stream, even before range lights and buoys 
were placed in position, felt perfectly safe. 
It was he who piloted the steamship North- 



west through the Hay Lake channel on her 
first trip up the lakes. 

Very early in life Mr. Hursley became 
connected with political interests, and was 
an ardent Democrat. In 1888 he was nom- 
inated for the position of Alderman from the 
First ward, and with one other exception 
was the only Democrat elected at that time. 
He was in the Council one term and was 
chairman of the committee on finance and 
police. In the fall of 1890 he was elected 
Sheriff, and so acceptably did he discharge 
the duties of that position that on the ex- 
piration of his first term he was re-elected. 
In the fall of 1894 he was defeated for Coun- 
ty Treasurer, at which time all of his party 
suffered defeat. He was peculiarly adapted 
for public service, and this disappointment 
was keenly felt by him. 

Mr. Hursley was a man who made friends 
readily, and those who knew him best held 
him in the highest esteem. He was liberal 
and sympathetic, would share his last dollar 
with a needy friend, but this benevolence 
prevented him from accumulating much 
capital for his own use. 

Mr. Hursley was married in Sault de 
Ste. Marie, to Miss Alma Rains, a sister of 
H. D. Rains, of this city. Their only child, 
Augusta Alma, is ten years of age. Mr. 
Hursley was a member of Moslem Temple 
of Detroit, Grand Rapids Consistory and 
Sheboygan Council, being a thirty-second- 
degree Mason and a prominent member of 
the fraternity. After his retirement from the 
office of County Sheriff, he made several 
efforts to secure a Government appointment 
but was disappointed at each turn, and it is 
thought that this discouragement caused hnn 
to commit self-destruction, which was done 
in the Park Hotel on Saturday evening April 
6, 1895. His funeral occurred under the 



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auspices of the Masonic fraternity, and he 
was laid to rest in Riverside cemetery the 
following Monday. Ford Hursley was large- 
hearted and generous almost to a fault, 
possessing many noble traits of character, 
and his popularity was attested by words of 
deepest regret on every side when the news 
of his death became known. 



^ y^y W ^ T. WELLS, the popular and ef- 
■ ■ I ficient principal of the Dollar- 
mjl^J ville School, is now closing his 
third year at this place and has 
accepted the position for the coming year. 
He is a gentleman whose high scholarly at- 
tainments and natural ability as an in- 
structor, together with his many estimable 
traits of character, have gained for him ad- 
vancement in his chosen profession and ren- 
der him a fit subject for biographical honors 
in this work. 

Professor Wells began his career as a 
teacher'in Portage county, Ohio, in 1876, as 
master of a district school, as is usual in 
cases where farmer lads engage in such pro- 
fessional work. His country school teach- 
ing continued some seven or eight years, in- 
cluding an engagement as teacher of pen- 
manship at West Farmington, Trumbull 
county, and at intervals during the same 
time he was completing his education and 
preparing himself for higher and more pro- 
ficient work. Most of his student life was 
spent at Garrettsville and in Hiram College 
in Ohio, where the great and lamented Gar- 
field had been both pupil and president. 
Mr. Wells left college in 1880, and in 1884 
his father moved to Lake county, Michigan, 
whither he also came and took up his 
chosen work amont: the Wolverines of the 



rural districts. He completed his six years' 
work in that vicinity at Chase, Lake county. 
In 1892 he came to the northern peninsula 
and in September of that year accepted a 
position in Dollarville, the same which he 
has since filled. His service here has been 
attended with the most satisfactory results. 
He not only receives the indorsement of his 
own immediate patrons, but has also gained 
a reputation elsewhere as a careful, com- 
petent and successful educator. 

Mr. Wells was born in Portage county, 
Ohio, November i, 1858. His grandfather, 
Daniel W^ells, emigrated from Connecticut 
to the Western Reserve very early in the 
present century and made his home in Ohio 
for a number of years. In 1849, while on a 
trip to California, he was lost. He and his 
wife, who before her marriage was a Miss 
Adams, had a family as follows: Mrs. 
Caroline Tinker, of California; Byron Wells, 
Ithaca, Michigan; Wallace, Grand Ledge, 
Michigan; and Chester F. , the father of 
Professor Wells. Chester F. Wells was 
born in Ohio fifty-seven years ago, has been 
a farmer all his life, and is now residing in 
Lake county, Michigan. He married a 
Miss Peterman, daughter of George Peter- 
man, a Trumbull county farmer who had 
removed to Ohio from Pennsylvania. W. 
T. Wells is their only child. He was mar- 
ried in Ohio August 14, 1881, to a Miss 
Griddle, daughter of Robert Criddle, a na- 
tive of England. Mrs. Wells has three 
brothers and a sister: Matthew, Theodore, 
Amos and Mrs. Ella Webb. Our subject 
and his wife have an interesting family of 
five children, — Nora, Clyde, Ethel, Charles 
and Raymond, ranging in age from thirteen 
to one year. 

Fraternally Mr. Wells is identified with 
the I. O. O. F. 



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* m ^ ENRY L. NEWTON, the well- 
1^ "% known market man and real-estate 
\ . * owner of Sault Ste. Marie, has 
been a familiar character in these 
parts almost as long as any other man now 
in business in this thrifty city. It will be a 
score of years July 3, 1896, since Mr. New- 
ton made his way by water and rail from 
his boyhood home and the scenes of his ear- 
liest experiences as a business man. Mount 
Clemens, Michigan, and cast his lot with 
the unpromising " Soo," then scarcely more 
than a trading post. He was a practical 
butcher and opened a shop on Water street, 
where he ministered to the public wants, 
maintaining his establishment for fifteen 
years. Four years ago he retired from 
behind the block, shut up his shop, and 
went on the road for the Minneapolis Stock 
Yards & Packing Company, covering the Soo 
line west of Rhinelander, Wisconsin. 
Eighteen months of this service sufficed, 
after which he again engaged in business in 
Sault Ste. Marie. In April, 1894, he opened 
a market in partnership with his son-in-law, 
Mr. McBean. 

Mr. Newton invested much of the prof- 
its of his business in desirable real estate, 
and when the " Soo " began taking on city 
airs his property at the corner of Ashmun 
and Spruce streets leaped into figures; but 
he still retains it and has four as desirable 
business plats as are on the street. Mr. 
Newton also owns a farm located four miles 
and a half from the city. He has all these 
years taken an active interest in local affairs, 
casting his ballot with the Republicans. He 
served as Township Treasurer one term, 
represented the Second ward in the first 
City Council of Sault Ste. Marie, has served 
as Street Commissioner, and was one year 
Chairman of the Board of Supervisors. 



Fraternally, he is a Chapter Mason and a 
member of Bethel Lodge, No. 358. 

Mr. Newton was born in Lincolnshire, 
England, May 21, 1849, and came to this 
country with his parents. His father, Luke 
Newton, upon landing in this country with 
his family, stopped first in Detroit and soon 
afterward settled in Macomb county, this 
State. There he opened a farm which he 
cultivated for some fifteen years, removing 
thence to Mount Clemens, where he died in 
1893, at the age of eighty-four years. His 
widow, ncc Charlotte Whitelaw, is a resi- 
dent of Mount Clemens and is now eighty- 
five years of age. Five of her nine children 
survive: Thomas W., Mount Clemens; 
Joseph, Pontiac; Sarah, wife of H. C. 
Stevens, Sault Ste. Marie; Mary, Mount 
Clemens; and Henry L. 

Henry L. Newton was married in Utica, 
Michigan, November 6, 1872, to Emma J., 
daughter of Francis and Freelove Chaple, 
from Connecticut and New York respect- 
ively. Following are the children of this 
union: Nellie, wife of Charles H. McBean, 
of Buffalo, New York; Blanche, who died in 
December, 1893, at the age of nineteen; 
Florence, who died in January, 1 894, at the 
age of fourteen; Sadie, aged thirteen; Fred, 
aged eleven; and Henry, who died in in- 
fancy. 



eDWARD W. DINGMAN, proprietor 
of the City 'Bus Line of Sault 
Sainte Marie, and a passenger con- 
ductor on the Soo line between 
Sault Sainte Marie and Pembina, is an en- 
terprising and thoroughgoing business man. 
His history is that of a boy, who, tiring of 
the restraints and humdrum life of the school- 
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of his teacher or his parents and in a dis- 
tant city began life on his own responsibility, 
and by his pluck and industry has attained 
a footing that entitles him to personal con- 
sideration along with the representative men 
of his town. 

Mr. Dingman has maintained his resi- 
dence in Sault Sainte Marie since May, 1887, 
when he was given a •' run " into this place. 
In 1892 he saw an opening for a hustling 
transfer man to do a profitable business, and 
with less than $200 in cash he managed to 
get his line in operation. At first he en- 
countered opposition, but now is without a 
competitor. He runs four 'buses and three 
baggage wagons. 

Mr. Dingman was born in Northumber- 
land county, Ontario, November 23, 1863, 
and in his veins is found a mixture of Ger- 
man, Irish and Scotch blood. His father, 
John Dingman, now a lumberman of the 
Muskoka District, was born in 1838 in the 
same county in which our subject first saw 
the light. John Dingman's father was born 
in Pennsylvania, of German parents, and 
was there married to Miss Driscoll, a native 
of Ireland. Their son John wedded Miss 
Jane Prentiss, of Scotch descent, and they 
became the parents of six sons and two 
daughters, namely: Edward W., whose 
name initiates this sketch; William, a resi- 
dent of Canada; Walter, Sault Sainte Marie; 
and Harry, John, Earnest, Nettie and 
Catherine, — all of Canada. 

E. W. Dingman, as above intimated, 
ran away from school and came to the 
United States. That was in 1881. He 
crossed over at Detroit, thence to Saginaw, 
and from there to Oshkosh, Wisconsin. At 
the last named place he secured employ- 
ment as brakeman under Superintendent 
D. E. Langloise of the M. L. S. & W. R. R. 



In seven months he was running a train and 
in seven years had a regular passenger run. 
He remained with that company four years. 
Since then he has been with the Soo line. 

August 22, 1S90, he was married in 
Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Miss Pick, 
daughter of W. W. Pick, a hotel man 
formerly of Lincoln, Maine. 

Mr. Dingman is a Mason, belonging to 
Clintonville, Wisconsin, Lodge; New Lon- 
don Chapter, Oshkosh Commandery and 
Wisconsin Consistory, having received the 
thirty-two degrees of Masonry. He is also 
a Knight of Pythias, and in politics is a 
Republican. 



aARL SCHULDES, a popular and 
enterprising citizen of Iron Moun- 
tain, who is now acceptably and 
creditably serving as Postmaster, 
has been a resident of this place since the 
spring of 1882. A native of Austria, he 
was born on the 23d of September, 1839, 
and is a son of Anton and Elizabeth (Stark) 
Schuldes, whose family numbered eight 
children, six sons and two daughters, Carl 
being the sixth in order of birth. The father 
carried on agricultural pursuits and upon the 
old homestead farm in his native land the 
subject of this review spent the first seven 
years of his life. 

It was at that time that he accompanied 
his parents to the New World. Severing the 
ties that bound them to their old home, they 
took passage upon a sailing vessel, and after 
a voyage of several weeks reached their des- 
tination. They took up their residence in 
Appleton, Wisconsin, where Carl Schuldes 
further pursued his education \>y attending 
the common schools of that place for four 
years. At the early age of eleven years he 



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started out to make his own way in the 
world, and whatever success he has achieved 
in life is due entirely to his own efforts. He 
first secured a clerkship in a store and con- 
tinued his connection with mercantile pur- 
suits for some years thereafter. 

Mr. Schuldes remained in the Badger 
State until the year 1882, when he came to 
Iron Mountain, with the development and 
progress of which he has since been identi- 
fied. He takes an active interest in all that 
pertains to the welfare of the community, 
and is a public-spirited citizen whose sup- 
port and co-operation are withheld from no 
interests which are calculated to prove of 
public benefit. In the spring of 1883, he 
engaged in the dry-goods and clothing busi- 
ness there, and, building up a good trade, 
successfully carried on operations in that 
line until 1892, when he sold out and turned 
his attention to the insurance business, 
which he yet follows. He was appointed 
to his present position as Postmaster of Iron 
Mountain in September, 1894, and his ad- 
ministration of the affairs of the office have 
won him the commendation of all concerned. 

In August, 1883, Mr. Schuldes was united 
in marriage with Miss Nora Allard, a native 
of Vermont, who at the time of her mar- 
riage resided in Wisconsin, her parents be- 
ing Moses and Elizabeth Allard. Mr. and 
Mrs. Schuldes have a family of five children, 
four sons and a daughter, namely: Win- 
field, Martha E., Harold, Malcom and Ken- 
neth. 



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ONALD N. McLEOD.— In the 
subject of this article we have the 
genial proprietor of one of the pop- 
ular hotels in Newberry, a gentle- 
of business enterprise and push, 



who has occupied his present position 
during the past ten years and who has 
gained an enviable reputation here and 
among the traveling public. We take 
pleasure in referring in this connection to 
his personal history and his business career. 

Donald N. McLeod was born in Glen- 
garry, Ontario, Canada, April 21, 1858. 
His father, Niel McLeod, was a shoemaker 
by trade and of Highland-Scotch parentage, 
his father being Captain McLeod, a farmer 
whose last days were spent in the vicinity of 
Glengarry. Niel McLeod moved to Peshtigo, 
Wisconsin, some time in the sixties, and 
died there in 1870. Jane McDonald be- 
came his wife at Glengarry. She was a 
daughter of Finley McDonald, of Highland- 
Scotch blood and by occupation a farmer, 
trader and merchant. Niel McLeod's chil- 
dren were as follows: Mrs. S. Legault, of 
Cheboygan; D. N., whose name heads this 
sketch; Mrs. M. O'Connor, deceased at 
Cheboygan; Mrs. E. A. Simons, Baton 
Rouge, Louisiana; Mrs. Jennie McQuaig, 
Iron Mountain, Michigan; Mrs. A. A. Hen- 
derson, of Newberry; F. A. McLeod, Chi- 
cago; and Miss Lizzie McLeod, Cheboygan. 

Donald N. was the mainstay of the fam- 
ily after his father's death and it neces- 
sitated his beginning the actual realities of 
life at as early an age of thirteen years. His 
first employment was in the lumber woods 
at Glengarry, whither the family returned 
from Wisconsin after his father's death. 
They soon after came to Michigan, located 
in Cheboygan, and in 1875 young Donald 
was in the employ of McArthur Bros.; later, 
with the Cheboygan Lumber Company, as 
camp cook. He quit the woods in a few 
years. Then for two years he ran the 
Benton House in Cheboygan and the two 
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iness. He came to the Upper Peninsula in 
188 — and for six months ran the Everett 
House in St. Ignace. In 1885 he located 
in Newberry. Here he has since been propri- 
etor of the McLeod Hotel. From a recent 
publication we clip the following reference 
to this house: 

"The McLeod Hotel is one of the most 
popular hotels in the peninsula, and its pro- 
prietor, Donald M. McLeod, is one of the 
most liberal and public-spirited citizens in 
Newberry today. Genial ' Dan ' McLeod, 
as he is more familiarly known, came to 
Newberry April 15, 1886, and on the 20th 
of the same month he rented the McLeod 
House, which was then known as the Vul- 
can Company's boarding-house, and by his 
enterprise and thorough knowledge of hotel 
management he soon commanded a liberal 
patronage, which has been constantly on the 
increase from that day to the present time. 
Mr. McLeod takes constant and untiring 
pains to make it pleasant for guests, and no 
one has ever put up at his house without 
having gone away feeling well repaid for the 
money expended. They feel at home from 
their first arrival, and the writer knows 
whereof he speaks. The house is provided 
with a nice parlor, sample rooms, large din- 
ing room with a seating capacity of about 
fifty guests, and the entire house is excep- 
tionally clean, regarding its sanitary condi- 
tion, both within and without. The menu 
is up to the standard of first-class hotels, the 
tables being supplied with the very best the 
market affords, and all gotten up in that 
edible style such as only the cooks of this 
house know how to prepare. As a hotel 
manager Mr. McLeod has but few superiors. 
This is shown by the fact that when he first 
located here his means were very limited 
and from the fact that he is now the owner 



of one of the finest and best equipped hotels 
on the Upper Peninsula. Mr. McLeod is 
continually adding improvements to his 
house, and under his control the hotel can- 
not help but prove as profitable in the 
future as it has in the past. In many cases 
all the landlord cares for is the money left 
by the guests, and the comfort of those who 
make his home a visit is of only secondary 
importance, and usually the sanitary condi- 
tion of the hotel run by this kind of a land- 
lord is of the very worst character. But 
such is not the case in the McLeod House, 
for the genial landlord and all the employes 
of the house vie with each other to see 
who can bestow the most attention to guests, 
and especially so in the dining room. Mr. 
McLeod also has a fine sample room in con- 
nection with the house and keeps the very 
best brands of foreign and domestic liquors 
on sale and a fine line of cigars. " 

About two years ago Mr. McLeod again 
became interested in the lumbering business, 
and the past year he took out no less than 
2,000,000 feet of saw logs. He also owns 
a fine farm of 102 acres located near New- 
berr)'. More might be said of his busy and 
useful life, but enough already has been 
given to serve as an index to his character 
and place him, where he belongs, among 
the leading business men of his community. 
In politics a Democrat, he has been shown 
official preferment by his party. He served 
four years as Village Trustee in Newberry, 
and was twice the Democratic candidate for 
Village President but was defeated. 

Mr. McLeod was married in Cheboygan, 
Michigan, May 4, 1884, to Catharine, 
daughter of William Harcourt, originally 
from Upper Canada, but more recently from 
Bay City. Mr. and Mrs. McLeod's children 
are Niel, Nettie, Donald and Cora, aged 



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nine, seven, five and three years respect- 
ively. 

Mr. McLeod has a membership in the 
K. of P. and the A. O. U. W. 



>^OHN H. JACOBS, the popular and 
m honored Mayor of Marquette, is the 
A J pioneer in 'the stone business on the 
Upper Peninsula, and has been an 
important factor in the development of what 
has become one of the leading industries of 
the Lake Superior region. His career seems 
almost phenomenal in its success, but when 
we inquire into the methods he has followed, 
the plans he has pursued, we see why it is 
that he has been enabled to pass on the 
highway of life many who started out ahead 
of him, surrounded by advantages that would 
aid them in the race. Energy, enterprise, 
keen discrimination, clear judgment and in- 
tegrity, — these are the traits of character 
which have brought him prosperity and 
raised him from a humble position to one of 
eminence. 

Mr. Jacobs was born in Lorain county, 
Ohio, April i8, 1847, and is a son of John 
and Rachel (Neipfoot) Jacobs, both of whom 
were natives of Saxony, Germany. They 
sailed from the Fatherland in 1830, and on 
the Sth of June took up their residence in 
Lorain county, locating upon a tract of wild 
land, which the father transformed into a 
fine farm. At that time there were many 
wild animals in the neighborhood, wild 
game of all kinds indigenous to the region 
abounded, and Indians still roamed in the 
forests. John Jacobs purchased the farm, 
and thereon he and his wife spent their 
remaining days. For eighteen years he 
held the office of Justice of the Peace, being 
elected but once, yet his faithfulness and 



fidelity to duty continued him in office and 
won him the commendation of all concerned. 
He was a man of rare genialty, and his 
pleasant, social disposition won him the 
respect of many friends. In the family 
were twelve children, namely: Catherine, 
now deceased; Rachel; an infant, deceased; 
Elizabeth; Melissa; Catherine; an infant 
son, deceased; John H. ; Charles, Francis 
and Sarah. 

The childhood and youth of John Jacobs, 
whose name begins this review, was not one 
of ease and leisure, but one of hard labor 
and few advantages. He was reared on 
the old Ohio homestead and aided in the 
arduous task of developing a new farm, 
clearing away the forest and transforming 
the land into rich and fertile fields. He re- 
mained on the farm until seventeen years of 
age and in the winter season attended the 
district schools, where his education was ac- 
quired. When in his ninth year he went 
to school barefoot through an inch of snow, 
wearing a hickory shirt and drill trousers. 
Who would imagine that the little lad thus 
attired would thus became one of the 
wealthy and most prominent citizens of the 
Upper Peninsula .' In 1855, when the in- 
sects destroyed all the wheat, the family 
was often a week or ten days without any 
bread in the house. 

Mr. Jacobs, however, was ever an in- 
dustrious boy and made the most of his op- 
portunities. When still a young lad he be- 
gan running a threshing-machine, in which 
he owned a third interest, working thus for 
four seasons, threshing the grain for so much 
a bushel, and in this way he made not a 
little money. In 1862-3 he cut cord-wood 
for the first horse he ever owned, and one 
fall he took a contract, in partnership with 
a colored man, cutting wood for fifty cents 



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per cord, and with the money thus acquired 
he bought his first pair of boots. At the 
age of eleven he began running a wheelbar- 
row for twenty-five cents per day, and since 
that time has been entirely dependent upon 
his own resources. At the age of si.xteen 
he left home and went to Independence, 
Ohio, where he began his connection with 
the stone business, in connection with the 
Cliff Stone Company, with which he contin- 
ued for a year. He then returned to Am- 
herst, Ohio, where he became manager of the 
Ohio Stone Company, operating the Peach 
Orchard quarry for two years. He then 
took a contract for Worthington & Sons to 
operate their quarry then known as Hubbard, 
but now called Nichols, spending the suc- 
ceeding year in getting out grindstone. He 
next worked in Barber's quarry, the firm 
having a contract to furnish the stone for 
the City Hall of Detroit, Michigan. When 
this was done Mr. Jacobs entered the em- 
ploy of George E. Hall, getting out stone 
for the Capitol of the State of Ohio, then 
building in Columbus, and for the Union 
depot at Cleveland. On the 15th of March, 
1870, he engaged with Wolf & Company of 
Chicago to come to Marquette, Michigan, 
to take charge of their quarry at this place. 
In the fall of that year Mr. Jacobs left 
Marquette, returning to Oberlin, Ohio, to 
take a course in a commercial college, for 
he felt the need of a better education than 
he had been able to obtain in his boyhood. 
There he pursued his studies until grad- 
uated in 1872, and upon his return to Mar- 
quette he again engaged in the stone busi- 
ness with the firm that he had quitted on 
going to the Buckeye State. He worked 
in that quarry for twelve years, part of the 
time on salary, and afterward acquiring a 
small interest in the business. In 1883, in 



company with others, he purchased a large 
quarry, and under the firm name of Wolf, 
Jacobs & Company established an extensive 
business. At length the senior member of 
the firm sold out and the firm became Furst, 
Jacobs & Company, thus continuing until 
May, 1 89 1, when Mr. Jacobs disposed of 
his interest and retired from the stone-quarry 
business. He had also owned a quarry at 
Portage Entry. During all these years he 
was general manager of the business, and 
his careful attention, familiarity with all the 
details of the business and good judgment, 
brought to the enterprise the excellent suc- 
cess which crowned the undertaking. 

For two years after selling out, Mr. Ja- 
cobs traveled extensively throughout the 
United States. From early boyhood his 
time and energies had been closely given to 
business and he now spent this period in 
rest and recreation. "Travel is the true 
source of all great wisdom," and he found 
in his journeyings not only much of interest, 
but much of benefit as well. The broad- 
minded man is generally the traveler, and 
there is certainly nothing narrow or con- 
tracted in the nature of Mr. Jacobs. Since 
his return he has established the Kerber- 
Jacobs Red Stone Campany, of which he is 
president and general manager. He is also 
interested in various stock companies, and 
is the owner of considerable land and not a 
little city property, including his own beau- 
tiful residence, in Marquette. 

Mr. Jacobs was the first stone mason on 
the Upper Peninsula, and for over twenty- 
five years has carried on operations in this 
line. He also engaged in quarrying for eight 
years in all. He shipped the first block 
stone ofif Lake Superior and has furnished 
the stone for some of the finest buildings in 
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Omaha, St. Paul, Minneapolis and other 
cities in the United States. For six years 
he owned two vessels and a steam barge and 
kept them employed in the stone business 
during the entire time, carrying the products 
of the quarry to the market. He has been 
the inventor of several useful devices con- 
nected with stone work. He established a 
system of quarrying by blasting the rock by 
boring a system of holes and firing by elec- 
tricity. He also invented a drill which 
makes an oblong hole twice the length of its 
width, and is the inventor of a stone sawing- 
machine for sawing and manufacturing 
stone, which is a great improvement over 
the old process of sawing. 

Mr. Jacobs was married in 1872 to Miss 
Mary Wolf, a native of Chicago, and they 
have four children, — Anna C, Albert B., 
Ella M. and Lawrence J. The parents are 
members of the Presbyterian Church and 
hold a very enviable position in social circles. 

In his politicial views, Mr. Jacobs is a 
stalwart Republican, and in April, 1895, 
was elected on that ticket to the office of 
Mayor of Marquette by a majority of 381. 
The total number of votes cast was 1,571, 
and this was the largest majority ever given, 
— a fact which shows his great personal 
popularity and the confidence which is re- 
posed in him. His unsullied business rec- 
ord has gained him the high regard of all 
who know him, and his election was a 
tribute to his personal worth and ability. 
Already he has given indication of a policy 
in the affairs of the office which has won 
him high commendations. He never before 
sought office, and this time was strongly 
urged by his friends before he became a 
candidate. Steadily has he worked his way 
upward from a humble beginning. Few 
men who have started out in life as he did, — 



a penniless boy, — have achieved greater 
prosperity and with a record so untarnished. 
He has by well directed efforts and untiring 
exertion secured a place among the substan- 
tial residents of this section of the State, 
and upon his career there falls no shadow of 
wrong. 



^Y^ENJAMIN O. PEARL. — It is with 
l/'^L distinctive satisfaction that the bio- 
J^^J graphist turns to the data which 
dimly shadows forth the life history 
of one who has attained to a position of 
prominence in the Lake Superior country, 
both in the line of professional attainments 
and precedence, and as a progressive citi- 
zen of the section. 

He whose name initiates this review holds 
preferment as President of the City Council 
of Marquette, the metropolis of the Upper 
Peninsula of Michigan, and stands as one of 
the most able and honored representatives of 
its legal fraternity. A native son of the old 
Buckeye State, our subject was born, at 
Springfield, Ohio, on the i6th day of Feb- 
ruary, 1862, the son of George and Isabella 
(Lowry) Pearl, the former of whom was a 
native of Maine and the latter of Massa- 
chusetts. In the early '50s they emigrated 
from their Eastern home and took up their 
abode at Springfield, Ohio, where the father 
became an influential and honored citizen 
and where he retained his residence until 
summoned into eternal rest, December 28, 
1894, having attained a venerable age. The 
mother is still living and resides at the old 
home, in Springfield, which is hallowed by 
the tender associations of many years. They 
became the parents of three children, namely. 
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Emma, deceased; and Benjamin O., the sub- 
ject of this review. 

Benjamin O. Pearl was reared to mature 
years in his native city, receiving his prelim- 
inary educational discipline in the public 
schools, and graduating at the high school 
in the class of 1878, being at the time but 
sixteen years of age. After leaving the school- 
room he did not content himself with complac- 
ently reviewing "past honors and with waiting 
for opportunity to present itself, but promptly 
made ready to prove a useful member of 
society. For a time he was connected with 
the mercantile business, and thereafter was 
for four years employed by the Ridgely Roll- 
ing Mill Company, of Springfield. This 
practical discipline represented to him not 
only a valuation in itself considered, but was 
held as a means to an end, — for he was am- 
bitious to fit himself for a wider field of use- 
fulness and to acquire a more finished edu- 
cation. He accordingly matriculated at the 
Northern Illinois Normal School, at Dixon, 
where he graduated in 1883, with the de- 
gree of Bachelor of Arts. While at this in- 
stitution he devoted some little attention to 
the study of stenography, in view of the fact 
that he believed such knowledge would prove 
of value to him in connection with that pro- 
fession which he had by this time determined 
to follow as his life work, — namely, that of 
the law. 

He went to Chicago, where he had a 
position in view, but on arriving at the 
Western metropolis he found that the pros- 
pects were not such as offered much prom- 
ise or would satisfy him, and from that 
point he made his way to Marquette, where 
he arrived in May, 1884, forthwith entering 
the office of Hon. O. F. Clark in a clerical 
capacity and with the understanding that he 
should here be afforded the opportunity of 



prosecuting the study of law under the able 
preceptorage of his employer. It is scarcely 
necessary to predicate the fact that our 
subject, as yet scarcely more than a boy, 
found himself assailed with unmistakable 
home longings after his arrival in a section 
of country which was rugged and austere in 
many ways and which in almost every re- 
spect differed essentially from the older-set- 
tled communities with which he had been 
familiar. But the mental caliber of the 
man was of that sturdy and indomitable or- 
der that enabled him to "stick to it" and to 
eventually expose the falchion of victory. 
He gave himself assiduously to the study of 
Blackstone and Kent, and in the spring of 
1890 he was admitted to the bar. On 
January i, 1891, he entered into a profes- 
sional partnership with his former preceptor, 
and since that date the firm of Clark & 
Pearl has stood forth as one of the strongest 
in the "upper country" and one which re- 
tains a large and representative clientele. 

Mr. Pearl has proved himself a young 
man of most mature and comprehensive 
judgment, has a mental capacity which en- 
ables him to grasp the salient points in any 
cause presented, and in his efforts at the bar 
he has proved himself forceful and discrimin- 
ating, — facts that ever gain appreciation 
and insure success. He is a ready and en- 
tertaining speaker, never at a loss for appro- 
priate phraseology in which to clothe his 
thoughts. Both as a man and an attorney 
he enjoys a distinctive popularity, and is 
looked upon as one of the influential citizens 
of Marquette. 

In his political adherency Mr. Pearl is 
firmly arrayed in the support of the Repub- 
lican party and the principles which it repre- 
sents. Upon him has been conferred local 
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he was elected as a member of the City 
Council, of which body he was appointed 
President, — in which capacity he is now 
serving his second term. His administration 
is one that has been straightforward and 
judicious as to policy, and has gained to him 
the endorsement of all classes of citizens. 

In his fraternal relations our subject is 
identified with the Masonic order, in which 
he has officiated as Master of his lodge, and 
with the National Union. Religiously he is 
a zealous member of the Baptist Church. 

December 28, 1886, were celebrated the 
nuptials of Mr. Pearl and Miss Hattie E. 
Nelson, of Cleveland, Ohio. Mrs. Pearl is 
a devoted member of the Congregational 
Church, and for three years she was a teacher 
in the Ridge Street School at Marquette. 



BRANK KARTHEISER— The Kart- 
heiser Sash & Door Company, of 
Menominee, was organized in 1888, 
in the Crawford manufactory build- 
ing, by Mr. Kartheiser and John H. Jewett, 
with the name Jewett & Company, and was 
incorporated in 1891 as a stock company, 
with the following as directors and officers: 
Frank Kartheiser, president and treasurer; 
Henry J. Deters, vice-president and secre- 
tary; and M. Kartheiser. This company 
manufactures sash, doors, mill supplies, etc., 
and their market is principally in Wisconsin 
and adjoining States. The establishment 
cost $10,000. Mr. Kartheiser, our subject, 
is also a stockholder in the Menominee Gas 
Company. 

He was born at Flat Rock River, in the 
northern peninsula of Michigan, January 21, 
1855. His father, Nick Kartheiser, a na- 
tive of Luxemburg, Germany, emigrated to 
America in 1848, settling in this peninsula; 



he now resides in Osaukee county, Wiscon- 
sin, aged seventy-three years. Ten of his 
children are still living, three of them in 
Menominee. 

When the subject of this sketch was 
eight years of age the family moved to Wis- 
consin, and he was educated in that State, 
in the German schools, kept in a log house. 
At the age of eighteen years he left home, 
although not being able to speak English, 
and was employed in the woods for the Lud- 
ington Company. After working there for 
five months he returned home, where he 
continued work in the lumber woods for 
three years. Next he learned telegraphing, 
bookkeeping, etc., and went to Chilton, 
Wisconsin, and was engaged in a sash and 
door factory for half a year. Then he went 
into the cedar swamps of northern Michigan, 
where he was engaged in lumbering; next he 
followed carpentering a few months, and 
then returned to the swamps; next for three 
months he resided at Flat Rock River, and 
then entered the swamps again. In the 
spring of 1882 he came to Menominee and 
was employed by L. Young & Company in 
a sash and door factory for a year and three 
months. In 1885 he married Miss Lizzie 
Gratz, a native of Wisconsin, and settled 
permanently in Menominee, where he is now 
at the head of a large and prosperous busi- 
ness. When he began for himself he had 
but $2. 50 in money. Veritably he is a self- 
made man. He owns three houses in Me- 
nominee, besides a blacksmith-shop in con- 
nection with one of these properties; and he 
has money out at interest. 

He is a zealous Republican and a mem- 
ber of the Catholic Church, of which relig- 
ious body Mrs. Kartheiser also is a member. 
Frank and Edie are the names of his chil- 
dren. 



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Vt'UDGE ALEXANDER iMAIN.— This 
m gentleman is what may be termed an 
/• 1 Americanized Scotchman. In his 
make-up are found blended the ster- 
ling characteristics of his countrymen and 
the broad and progressive views of the 
American. Judge Main figures as one of 
the early pioneers of Luce county, Mich- 
igan, and has gained distinction here as its 
Probate Judge. It is therefore fitting that 
a review of his life be presented on these 
pages. 

Alexander Main was born in Sterling- 
shire, Scotland, May 7, 1847. He bears 
his father's name and followed his occupa- 
tion, that of a farmer, as long as he was in 
the mother country. He was the sixth born 
in a family of nine children now living, four 
besides the Judge being in the United States, 
— Robert, Mary, Marion and Jeannette, — 
all in Washington State; two are in Eng- 
land and two in Scotland. The subject of 
our sketch came to the United States in 
1881, crossing the Atlantic on the steamer 
Austrian and landing in Boston April 27, 
accompanied by his young wife. They di- 
rected their course to Goderich, Ontario, 
where they sojourned for a few weeks, re- 
moving from there to Saint Ignace, Mich- 
igan, where he was employed in bridge 
building on the D. M. and M. R. R. He 
was thus occupied fourteen month?. He 
next came to Newberry as a carpenter for 
the Newberry Furnace Company, in whose 
employ he remained until 1885. At that 
time Newberry was building up rapidly and 
he turned his attention to contracting and 
building here, which he followed several 
years, putting up a majority of the best res- 
idences and other structures, including the 
bank and courthouse. Ere long he took 
rank with the leading citizens of the town, 



his advice and opinion frequently being 
sought on other subjects than those pertain- 
ing to his immediate business. He was 
chosen School Director and served as such 
from 1884 to 1 89 1, for four years was a 
member of the City Council, was Chief of 
the Fire Department three years, and has 
also served as Justice of the Peace. He 
was first appointed Probate Judge by Gov- 
ernor Rich, and in November, 1894, was 
elected to this office by a majority of 100 
votes. As a public official he has ever dis- 
charged his duty with the strictest fidelity 
and has made many friends with all with 
whom he has come in contact. 

Judge Main has one of the most delight- 
ful homes in Newberry. He was mar- 
ried April 26, 1880, to Margaret McLaren, 
daughter of James McLaren, a farmer of 
Scotland. Their children are Margaret, 
aged fourteen years; Agnes, twelve; Jessie, 
eleven; and Marion, nine. 

Like the majority of men who are socially 
inclined. Judge Main has identified himself 
with a number of fraternal organizations. 
He is a Master Mason, an Odd Fellow, 
a Knight of Pythias, and a Forester. 



HNGUS D. CHISHOLM, superin- 
tendent of the Newberry schools, is 
at the head of the chief institution of 
learning in Luce count}', Michigan, 
and for a number of years has been promi- 
nent as an educator. It is, therefore, fitting 
that biographical mention be accorded him 
in this volume. Before giving a sketch of 
his life, however, we present a brief history 
of the schools with which he is intimately 
connected. 

The Newberry public schools consist 
of a fine, commodious, two-story frame 



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building, which when erected cost $7,000. 
It contains six large rooms, easily heated 
and ventilated and stands on a fine elevation 
in the western part of the town. Under 
Professor Chisholm's progressive regime the 
schools have been graded, a written course 
of study has been prepared providing for a 
twelve-years' course in English; and, begin- 
ning with September, 1895, Latin and Ger- 
man will constitute a part of the curriculum 
and graduates will be equipped for entering 
the freshman class at any State educational 
institution without examination. The first 
class to graduate in Newberry is that of 
June, 1895, comprising three members. 
The number of pupils enrolled is 295, out 
of a school population of 320, and six teach- 
ers are employed. The pupils of the high 
school have access to a magnificent library 
of over 1,000 volumes. 

Professor A. D. Chisholm, the efficient 
superintendent of this school, and also 
County Commissioner of Schools for Luce 
county, was born in Middlesex county, On- 
tario, September 29, 1853. His elementary 
education was gained in the public schools of 
his native county. At the age of seventeen 
he was a successful teacher. Realizing that 
a progressive teacher must be a diligent 
student, he devoted his spare moments to 
study, in which he was greatly assisted by 
his father, who had been for many years 
a prominent educator. After teaching one 
year in Ontario, he came to Newaygo, 
Michigan, to attend the high school, which 
was at that time under the able supervision 
of his uncle, the late Professor Dovvnie, of 
Muskegon. He subsequently taught school 
in Michigan for several years, and then en- 
tered the Lindsay High School, and after 
graduating from that institution he decided 
to take a full course of instruction at the 



Provincial Normal School, Toronto. After 
completing his studies at the Normal he at- 
tended a course of lectures at Queen's Uni- 
versity, Kingston, and two years later gradu- 
ated from the London Commercial College 
and National Training School. He then re- 
moved to Michigan, and for the past fifteen 
years has been actively engaged in educa- 
tional work. He taught in Wayne, Kent, 
Muskegon and Washtenaw counties, and it 
was through the general recognition of his 
ability as a teacher that he was elected mem- 
ber of the Washtenaw County Board of 
School Examiners, a position which he filled 
with credit to himself and satisfaction to the 
teachers of the county. Professor Chisholm 
was first elected to the superintendency of the 
Newberry public schools in June, 1892, and 
has since received the unanimous sup- 
port of the Board of Education and of the 
pupils and patrons for his able management 
of the schools. It can be truly said of him 
that every detail of work pertaining to edu- 
cation has received his careful attention. 
He is active and energetic, an excellent dis- 
ciplinarian, and thoroughly abreast with the 
times in educational methods. 

Professor Chisholm is president of the 
Luce County Teachers' Association, and is 
identified with a number of other organiza- 
tions. He was Sir Knight Commander of 
the local tent of the Knights of the Macca- 
bees, has been Secretary of the Independ- 
ent Order of Odd Fellows, and is a member 
of the Knights of Pythias. 

He was married June 15, 18S0, in De- 
troit, Michigan, to Anne D., daughter of 
Duncan and Euphemia (McKellar) Ferguson, 
of Middlesex county, Ontario, she being one 
of a family of six children. The Pro- 
fessor and his wife have a family of children 
as follows: Annie Belle, Effie May, Daniel 



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D., Angus D., Jr., and John A., ranging in 
ages from twelve to two years. 

Having thus briefly outlined the Profes- 
sor's life and the work in which he is en- 
gaged, we turn for a glimpse at his ancestry, 
which, however, can be traced back no fur- 
ther than his grandfather, James Chisholm. 
This James Chisholm was a farmer, honest 
and industrious and respected by all who 
knew him. He and his wife were the par- 
ents of seven children, four sons, — Donald, 
Angus, Alexander and William, and three 
daughters. His son Donald, the father of 
our subject, was born in Nova Scotia and 
was educated in Halifax and Truro. Set- 
tling in Ontario, he there followed the oc- 
cupation of teaching for a period of twenty 
years, finally retired to a farm in Middlesex 
county, and there passed the closing years 
of his life. His death occurred in 1887, 
at the age of seventy-three years. He mar- 
ried Anne, daughter of Atalcom Downie, 
one of the wealthy farmers of Middle- 
sex county; and they became the parents 
of eleven children, the subject of our sketch 
being the third son and one of the eight who 
are still living. Professor John A. is a res- 
ident of Seney; Malcom and Donald are 
farmers; and James, Hugh and Colin reside 
at the old homestead, at Kilmartin, Middle- 
sex county, Ontario. 



>-t'OHN H. bone, a trading black- 
^ smith of Sault Ste. Marie, and a 
f% 1 member of the City Council from the 
Second ward of that city, was born 
in Roxeter county, Ontario, November 3, 
1 86 1, a son of Adam Bone, a shoemaker, 
whose birth occurred in Aberdeenshire, 
Scotland, in 1822, and who came to Can- 
ada, and is now a resident of Paris, On- 
tario. He was married in his native land 
to Jane Herron, whose father, Gilbert Her- 
ron, was a farmer. The children by this 



marriage were: David, a resident of Ash- 
awa, Canada; Jennie, the wife of Thomas 
Sullivan, of Seattle, Washington; Agnes, 
who is now Mrs. Daniel Docksetter, of 
Huron county, Ontario; Adam, a farmer of 
Paris, Ontario; Maggie, who married John 
S. McTavish, of Huron county; Anne, the 
wife of Peter Miller, of Brantford, Canada; 
Lizzie, now married and living in Leadville, 
Colorado; John H., the subject of this 
sketch; James, of Cheboygan, Michigan; 
and Jessie, the wife of Stephen Playford, of 
Leadville, Colorado. 

Mr. Bone, whose name introduces this 
sketch, received a limited education in the 
common schools of his native country. At 
the age of fifteen he began to learn his 
trade in the establishment of JohnS. David- 
son, and on completing his apprenticeship 
he erected and equipped a shop in the same 
town and remained there in the successful 
prosecution of his business for a number of 
years. In 1S89 he came to Sault Ste. 
Marie, opened a shop and began his career 
as a skilled artisan in iron, in which he con- 
tinues and is a worthy citizen and business 
man of this new and growing city. 

In public matters Mr. Bone found him- 
self in sympathy with the Democratic party, 
and on becoming an enfranchised citizen, in 
the spring of 1895, he was nominated by 
his party to represent his ward in the City 
Council and was elected April i by a ma- 
jority of fifty, and on the organization of 
the new council he was placed on the com- 
mittees on the fire department (of which he 
is chairman), sidewalks and police. His 
previous career and well known character 
insure an efficient service in this public 
capacity. He is Past Grand of the I. O. 
O. F. in this city, and is a member of the 
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In Chippewa county, Michigan, June 22, 
1 88 1, he was married to Miss Frances A., a 
daughter of Henry Larky, who came to this 
county from Huron county, Canada, seven- 
teen years ago; he married Catherine Ful- 
ler. Mr. and Mrs. Bone have one child, 
Russell H., born August 27, 1892. 



Vy w ^ ILLIS C. MARSH, of the firm of 
mm I W. C. Marsh & Company, bank- 
^J^^ ers of Manistique, is a native of 
Illinois, his birth having occurred 
in Lake county, on the 5th of April, 1862. 
His parents, J. J. and Adeline P. (Maltby) 
Marsh, were natives of Auburn, New York, 
descending from Puritan ancestry. About 
the year 1845 the father emigrated westward 
and took up his residence in Illinois, where 
he followed the trade of wagon-making until 
1862, when he removed to Decorah, Iowa, 
and engaged in the agricultural implement 
business. He is still carrying on operations 
in that line, and is recognized as one of the 
leading merchants of Decorah. He is also 
numbered among the prominent and influen- 
tial citizens and for many years has served 
as Mayor of West Decorah. Both he and 
his estimable wife hold membership in the 
Baptist Church, and in his social relations 
he is a Mason. In the family were six chil- 
dren, our subject, who is the oldest, and five 
daughters. 

During his first year, Willis C. Marsh 
was taken by his parents to Iowa, and his 
childhood and youth were spent in the 
Hawkeye State, where he attended the com- 
mon schools, obtaining there his elementary 
education. He completed his studies by a 
course in the University of Michigan at Ann 
Arbor, where he was graduated with the 
class of 1883. Entering upon his business 



career he followed banking and insurance at 
different places in the West until 1889, when 
he came to Manistique, and engaged as as- 
sistant cashier in the Manistique Bank. After 
serving in that capacity for a year he was 
promoted to the post of cashier, and his 
connection with that bank continued until 
March, 1894, when he organized the present 
banking institution of W. C. Marsh & Com- 
pany. He is now doing a lucrative business 
in banking and insurance, and is at the head 
of one of the solid financial institutions of 
this locality. The safe conservative policy 
which he follows commands the confidence 
of the public and insures a paying business. 

Mr. Marsh is also connected with other 
leading enterprises of the Upper Peninsula. 
He is interested in the Park Hotel of Sault 
de Ste. Marie, and is a director of the Sault 
de Ste. Marie National Bank. He is a 
stockholder in a mining company at Algona, 
Canada. It will thus be seen that his abil- 
ity is not limited to one line of enterprise, 
but that he is a young man of resources 
whose enterprise, good management and 
sound judgment have already brought to 
him an enviable success. 

The fellow-townsmen of Mr. Marsh rec- 
ognize in him a valued citizen, and have 
elected him to the ofifice of \'illage Treasurer 
of Manistique, in which capacity he has 
served for two terms. Socially he is con- 
nected with Lakeside Lodge, No. 372, A. 
F. & A. M., and is also a Royal Arch Ma- 
son. 



,>^ OBERT J. STUART is one of the 

I /"^ leading and influential citizens of the 

\ . r Upper Peninsula, where he has 

made his home since the 22d of 

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Harrison, Ontario, Canada, but was born in 
Stormont, Canada, his natal day being May 
2, 1861. His father, James Stuart, was a 
farmer by occupation, and a native of Aber- 
deen, Scotland, having descended from the 
Royal family of Stuarts. He married Nancy 
Wiseman, who was born in Canada of Scotch 
parentage, her father being William Wise- 
man. His death occurred at the very ad- 
vanced age of 104 years, and his wife was 
also a centenarian when called to the home 
beyond this life. For many years he served 
as a court officer of his county. To Mr. and 
Mrs. Stuart were born thirteen children, 
seven of whom are yet living, as follows: 
Frank, who resides at Rainy River, Minne- 
sota; Jeno Bella, wife of Mr. Nelson; Mar- 
garet, who is living in Iowa; Lucy, wife of 
Alexander Simpson, a resident of Wood- 
stock, Ontario; J. B., who has charge of the 
International Bridge of Ontario; Robert J., 
of this sketch; and Maggie, wife of Thomas 
Anderson, who is living in Lindsay, Ontario. 
Mr. Stuart, whose name begins this re- 
view, served an apprenticeship to the car- 
penter's trade under George Gray, of Harri- 
son, and continued in the employ of that 
gentleman until his arrival in Sault de Ste. 
Marie. Here he engaged in business as a 
contractor, and since 1885 has erected many 
of the best buildings of the city, including 
the residence of Judge Colwell, the J. H. 
Loude block, the residences of Major Brown 
and Frank Perry, the Presbyterian parson- 
age and many others of the most important 
buildings of the city, all of which stand as 
monuments to his skill and enterprise. Mr. 
Stuart is also engaged in buying and ship- 
ping horses, and this branch of his business 
has also proved a profitable one. He is 
likewise engaged in the real-estate business 
and owns some valuable and desirable im- 



proved property in Sault de Ste. Marie. He 
is a director in the building and loan associa- 
tion in the city, and was its vice-president 
in 1894. 

Mr. Stuart was married September 13, 
1893, to Miss Isabella M., daughter of James 
and Jessie Comb, of Guelph, Ontario. The 
members of this family living in Sault de Ste. 
Marie are Maitland; George, who is Alder- 
man of the Third ward; John, a drayman; 
Mrs. Andrew Hotten ; and Mrs. J. K. Mc- 
Donald. Mr. and Mrs. Stuart have one 
child, Virginia June, born May 10, 1894. 
Our subject is a Master Mason, an Odd Fel- 
low and a member of the Knights of Pythias 
fraternity. He is a progressive and public- 
spirited citizen who has many friends, and 
by all who know him he is held in the highest 
regard. 



aHARLES O. BRIDGES, foreman 
of the Chicago Lumber Company 
of Manistique, has been identified 
with the lumber interests of Michi- 
gan since 1 874, and is a representative busi- 
ness man of the Upper Peninsula. A native 
of Maine, he was born in the city of Bangor, 
on the 15th of December, 1849, and is a 
son of Orin and Rachel (Jones) Bridges. 
The father was also a native of Bangor, and 
a son of John Bridges, who was of English 
descent, the family having been founded in 
this country prior to the war of the Revolu- 
tion. The mother of our subject was a 
daughter of Edwin Jones, of Washington, 
who was of Welsh lineage. 

Orin Bridges learned the cooper's trade 
in his youth and followed that business until 
after the breaking out of the Civil war, 
when he enlisted in the Forty-fifth Massa- 
chusetts \'olunteer Infantry for nine months' 



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service. When that term expired he re- 
enhsted in the Nineteenth Regiment of 
Maine, and continued at the front through- 
out the war, gallantly defending the old flag 
and the cause it represented. When honor- 
ably discharged he returned to his home in 
the Pine Tree State, where his remaining 
days were passed. His wife died in Provi- 
dence, Rhode Island, in 1890, at the age of 
seventy-two years. They were both faithful 
members of the Presbyterian Church, and in 
politics he was an uncompromising Republi- 
can. In their family were the following 
children: Captain William H., who is living 
in Bay City, Michigan; Sadie, widow of M. 
P. Madigan, of Grand Rapids, Michigan; 
Alma, wife of Charles Boyle, of Providence, 
Rhode Island; Frank E., who is living in 
California; and Charles O., of this sketch. 

In taking up the personal history of 
Charles O. Bridges, we present to our read- 
ers the life record of one who is widely and 
favorably known in the Upper Peninsula. 

His youth was spent upon the home 
farm until fifteen years of age, when he 
went into the lumber woods on the Machias 
river, engaging there in the lumber business 
for five years. On the expiration of that 
period he came to Michigan and secured em- 
ployment at Springport, on the north shore 
of Lake Huron, where he remained for ten 
years in the employ of General R. A. Alger. 
He was then for seven years with the firm 
of Richardson & Avery, and later entered 
the employ of L. L. Hotchkiss, of Bay City, 
with whom he continued until 1886, when 
he engaged with the Chicago Lumber Com- 
pany of Manistique. He is acting in the 
capacity of foreman, and his fidelity to his 
employer's interests and his faithful per- 
formance of duty has won him the confi- 
dence of all with whom he has been brought 



in contact. He has the respect of the em- 
ployes under him and the esteem of his 
fellow townsmen, and in the community 
where he resides is a valued factor. 



'^j'OHN McDOUALL JOHNSTON 
fl was one of the historic characters of 
A 1 the Northwest Territory and a rep- 
resentative of a family that has been 
connected with the history and develop- 
ment of Michigan for more than a century. 
He was born at Sault de Ste. Marie 
October 12, 18 16, and was the youngest 
child of John Johnston, who held in his own 
right the estate of Craig, near Giant's 
Causeway, county of Antrim, Ireland. His 
mother, Osahw-gush-ksdawaqua, was the 
only daughter of Chief Wau-bo-kieg. This 
gentleman married at the Old Mission, 
Apostle Islands, and after living for one or 
more years at Le Pointe or Bayfield he 
took up his residence in Sault de Ste. Marie, 
more than a hundred years ago. The an- 
cestral residence still stands. A part of it 
was built in 1 792 and is therefore the oldest 
residence in the city. In that year John 
Johnston received a patent from the mili- 
tary authorities for the property, which pat- 
ent was recorded in 1845, at the time the 
estate was probated. In the war of 181 2 
the British retook the fort of Mackinac, 
which had been surrendered to the United 
States on the establishment of the boundary 
at the close of the Revolutionary war. 
This was about the time of the surrender of 
Detroit by the Americans. Colonel John 
McDowall commanded the post while the 
British flag floated over the island for about 
two years, when Lieutenant-Colonel Gor- 
ham, of the United States Army, was or- 
dered to retake this important post. 



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Colonel McDowall sent an appeal to John 
Johnston, who was the most important per- 
sonage in this section of the country at the 
time, for assistance. Mr. Johnston, an ar- 
dent subject of the crown, responded in per- 
son with 100 men armed and equipped at 
his own e.xpense, but the result was disas- 
trous to the Johnston interest in every way. 
His property was plundered and damaged 
and his loss was about ^^9,000, and the 
losses were never made good if even recog- 
nized by the mother country. 

John McDouall Johnston was born after 
these stirring events had occurred, and was 
reared in Sault de Ste. Marie. His educa- 
tion was completed by two years' attendance 
at Lowville Academy in the State of New 
York, whither he was sent in the care of 
Ramsey Crooks, successor to John Jacob 
Astor. Mr. Johnston is one of the historic 
characters in the development of the North- 
west, and no figure was more familiar in 
the early days of this region than he. 
Reared on the very border of civilization, 
not far from the haunts of the Indians, he 
became familiar with their ways and their 
language, and in 1852, when sixteen years 
of age, was employed as interpreter by 
Henry R. Schoolcraft, Indian agent at Sault 
de Ste. Marie; and when that gentleman 
removed to the island of Mackinac he con- 
tinued to serve in the same capacity for 
Andrew Odran, sub-agent. On the 14th of 
September, 1836, he was appointed by the 
United States Indian Commissioner at 
Washington as Indian interpreter for Major 
\V. V. Cobbs, commanding officer at Fort 
Brady. He also acted as Indian agent and 
as interpreter on Sundays, and one evening 
during the week for the Rev. A. Bingham, 
Baptist missionary at Sault de Ste. Marie. 
In May, 1838, he was appointed interpreter 



for the delegations of chiefs and head men 
of the Ottawa and Chippewa tribes, — 
superintended by James L. Schoolcraft, — 
for the purpose of examining the lands 
ceded to them by the United States Gov- 
ernment in 1836. 

While discharging his duties Mr. School- 
craft went to St. Louis, thence up the Mis- 
souri and to the very head waters of the 
Osage river, returning by way of the Wis- 
consin and Fox rivers to Green Bay, Wis- 
consin, and then on to his home. A most 
interesting experience happened to him dur- 
ing this trip, which was the witnessing of an 
Indians' annual dance. In what was then 
the Indian Territory, occupied by the three 
nations, — the Delawares, the Osage and 
the Shawanoes, — he visited the nations' an- 
nual dance, which was attended by several 
hundred Indians, all dressed in their finest 
costumes, the women wearing beaver hats 
with two broad silver bands and long black 
fox tail plumes; their fine cloth blankets 
covered with silver broaches, broad silver 
bracelets and half-moons around their necks; 
and their moccasins garnished with colored 
beads. The supper for the three nations 
consisted of three roasted oxen. Their 
council house was fifty feet in breadth and 
one hundred and fifty feet in length, con- 
taining three fires. Opposite the center 
was the staging, where the old men of the 
nations sat, with their drums and every 
kind of instrument, both old and new. The 
dance once around the three fires, the 
length of the house, consumed three-quarters 
of an hour; but the most interesting part of 
the program was after the announcement 
by one of the young chiefs that the next 
was to be by women only. Between ninety 
and one hundred of them began to dance, 
all singing and keeping time with the mo- 



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tion of their feet, every one with her beaver 
hat, with its silver bands and long black, 
waving plumes, their silver ornaments 
flashing in the firelight. It was indeed a 
picturesque sight and one never to be for- 
gotten. The guard around the council 
house consisted of about thirty young men 
on horseback riding round the building, 
watching to see that no intruder should ap- 
proach. Mr. Johnston was the only one of 
the party that accepted the invitation of 
the young chief, and, while very curious to 
witness the performance, it was rather a 
dangerous position for one alone; but the 
only weapon which he carried was a dirk, 
with the inscription, "Draw me not with- 
out reason; sheathe me not without honor. " 
In October of the same year Mr. John- 
ston was appointed United States Indian 
Farmer at Grand Traverse Bay, Lake 
Michigan, where he remained two years. 
In 1842 he was married, and, settling down 
to a more quiet life, he became head clerk in 
the sutler's store at Fort Brady, employed by 
J. L. Schoolcraft. In the summer of 1844 
he took a bateau laden with goods and with 
nine men started for La Point, Lake Su- 
perior, where the Indians were paid by the 
Government, on the way camping at the 
entrance of Yellow Dog river. The next 
morning, with an easterly wind, they steered 
without a compass, about where the end of 
Point Ke-wayp-o-naw-ning might be, as the 
distance is so great it cannot be seen with 
the naked eye. They encountered a severe 
thunder-storm in going around the point, 
and the trip came very near proving dis- 
astrous; but at length they landed in safety 
in Horse-shoe harbor, six miles east of 
Copper harbor, at three o'clock in the 
morning, — the longest crossing ever known 
to be made on Lake Superior in an open 



boat and without a compass. The distance 
computed by vessel men was eighty-seven 
miles. 

In the same year Mr. Johnston made the 
first thorough examination of the far-famed 
pictured rocks, one of the greatest and most 
marvelous works of the Supreme Being, the 
creator of all good and wonderful works. 
After attending the Indian payment at the 
Apostle Islands, Mr. Johnston started home- 
ward, having in his boat for ballast a Mis- 
sissippi emigrant wagon, one that had been 
brought across the country by a party of 
miners, who cut their way through the for- 
est from Prairie du Chien, on the Mississippi, 
and came out near the site of Ashland, 
Wisconsin. He returned to Sault de Ste. 
Marie with the same crew, and came down 
the rapids with the stars and stripes flying 
in the breeze. On the thirteenth day after 
leaving the islands he was walking on the 
island of Mackinac, or Miche-ne-maw-ke- 
ning, — Turtle-back island. 

In 1855 ^'Jr. Johnston again did service 
among the red men, going with the Ottawa 
and Chippewa delegations of Indians to De- 
troit, where he was appointed United States 
Indian Interpreter for George W. Many- 
penny, Indian Commissioner, and Henry C. 
Gilbert, Indian agent. In 1857 he visited 
the Indians at Fond du Lac and St. Louis 
river, and thence coasted in a bark canoe to 
Grand Portage, after which he piloted the 
Illinois, the first steamboat that ever entered 
the harbor commanded by Captain John 
Halloran, bringing the Indian agent money 
and goods. After the payment was made, 
the agent chartered the old schooner Algon- 
quin to take the party back to the point, 
and on this trip they encountered a north- 
west gale off the Porcupine Mountains, losing 
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upon the lake for three days and two nights, 
and then Mr. Johnston finally piloted the 
schooner in safety into L'Anse harbor. After 
attending the payment at that place, at On- 
tonagon and Bard river, Wisconsin, they re- 
turned to Sault de Ste. Marie. 

Mr. Johnston was the last Indian inter- 
preter in affairs relating to any of the treaties 
between the United States and the Ottawas 
and Chippewas, being in the United States 
employ, under different administrations, for 
more than forty years. He knew every foot 
of the country in the Northwest Territory, 
and the service he performed for the country 
was most valuable and efficient. It was 
often arduous, but he shrank from no duty 
and his loyalty and faithfulness were well 
known. All who ever became intimately 
acquainted with Mr. Johnston regarded him 
as a most wonderful character. His educa- 
cation, though limited in the direction of 
school training, was well rounded by experi- 
ence, observation and reading. He wrote 
easily and was a fluent speaker, and his 
many excellent traits of character command- 
ed the respect of all. 

As before stated Mr. Johnston was mar- 
ried, in 1842, on the 20th of September, to 
Justine Piquette, the ceremony being per- 
formed by Rev. W. H. Brockway, one of 
the first missionaries of the Methodist Epis- 
copal Church at Little Rapids, and the cer- 
tificate, which is preserved in the family 
archives, is a quaint relic in the missionary's 
own hand. This worthy couple became the 
parents of the following children: Spencer 
N.,who lives near Astoria, Oregon; Anna M. ; 
Charlotte J.; Eliza I., wife of T. C. An- 
thony; James L. , who is living near Grand 
Rapids, Wisconsin; Antony; Howard L. ; 
Henry G. and William; all whose residence 
is not designated dwell in Sault de Ste. Marie 



or vicinity, and the family is one of prom- 
inence in the community. Mr. Johnston 
was a man of domestic tastes, specially fond 
of his home and family, and took the great- 
est interest and pride in his children. If he 
had a favorite it was the son named for him- 
self, who died in 1S72, and of whom he 
never tired of talking. From the time of 
the death this son and namesake dated the 
surrender of Mr. Johnston to his Master. 
He did good service for the early mission- 
aries as interpreter, and afterward labored 
in the churches of this place, doing all in his 
power to promote the cause of the gospel 
and to uplift humanity. His life was well 
spent, was truly noble and honorable. He 
was always noted for his fidelity to any trust 
reposed in him, and his forty years' service 
in the Government shows his faithfulness in 
that regard. As a pioneer he was familiar 
with the entire development of this region 
and aided in opening it up to civilization; 
as a business man he promoted the material 
prosperity of the community, and as a citi- 
zen he was devoted to everything that would 
enhance the general welfare, but it was in 
his home and among his friends that his 
true life shone out; they it was who knew 
the beauties of his nature and felt the true 
nobleness of his character, which is indelibly 
written on the pages of Michigan's history, 
and this volume would be incomplete with- 
out the record of his life. 




HOMAS C. ANTHONY, Sk., de- 
ceased, was a w^ell-known resident 
of Sault de Ste. Marie and one of 
the most successful farmers of the 
Upper Peninsula, whose prosperity in life 
was due to his well-directed efforts, his per- 
severance, energy and good management. 



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He was a son of Thomas Anthony, a 
mechanic, and has a brother hving in 
Negaunee. 

The gentleman whose name heads this 
record was prominently connected with the 
farming interests of Chippewa county, and 
his life work demonstrated the fact that the 
Upper Peninsula was not only an excellent 
lumber country and a famous fishing region, 
but that its soil was productive, and field, 
orchard and garden would yield abundantly 
in return for the care and cultivation be- 
stowed upon them. Although a tradesman, 
Mr. Anthony was also an effective workman 
at the forge, and but few things that would 
come under the head of mechanics were un- 
familiar to him. One of his strongest in- 
clinations, however, was in the direction of 
agriculture and horticulture, and this led 
him to take up experimental farming on his 
arrival in Sault de Ste. Marie from old Eng- 
land in 1853. He was familiar with the 
highly cultivated fields and orchards of his 
native land and resolved to make in this 
region — then a practical wilderness — a farm 
that would rival those of the old country. 
Purchasing a tract of land near the city, he 
cleared and broke it, and in a short time 
put in a varied crop of oats, wheat and 
vegetables, and from that time he was 
always first in placing on the market the 
products of his farm. Success crowning his 
efforts in this particular, he engaged in the 
business on an extensive scale and was a 
large potato-grower in this part of the State. 
From early dawn until sunset he might be 
seen upon his farm watching the progress of 
bud and blossom, their transformation into 
fruit and vegetable. He had a keen interest 
in nature aside from the reward of a pecu- 
niary character that could be gained from 
his labors, and he never left his farm except 



on one occasion, when he went to visit his 
brother in Negaunee. He was one of the 
first to introduce improved farm machinery 
into the county; was progressive, and an}-- 
thing that he believed would promote the 
interests of the farm commended itself to 
his judgment. He kept on hand only a fine 
grade of horses and had ample and well- 
arranged stables. He won prosperity not as 
the result of speculation, but as the gradual 
accumulations of years, coming from hard 
labor and perseverance. His only severe 
illness was that which carried him to his 
grave, June 3, 1882. 

In his youth his school privileges were 
limited, but he possessed an excellent busi- 
ness judgment and the knowledge that 
comes through experience, observation and 
contact with the world. His leisure hours 
were largely devoted to reading the subjects 
of interest of the day, but he took no part 
in public affairs besides casting his ballot in 
support of the Republican party. He had 
no sympathy with the schemes of politicians, 
but would support a man with a clean 
political record. He belonged to no social 
organization or church, but was well versed 
in the Bible and could tell very readily from 
what part of the ' ' good book " any quota- 
tion was taken. Physically he was vigorous 
and healthy, his weight was about 147 
pounds, and he was lithe and wiry. He 
had the respect of all who knew him, and 
though his life was not remarkable for ex- 
traordinary events, it is well worthy of 
emulation. 

Mr. Anthony was married in Kingsbridge, 
Devonshire county, England, in October, 
1850, to Mary Ann, daughter of Edward 
Gould. She died in April, 1895. 

T. C. Anthony, Jr., is their eldest child, 
and the others are: Archibald, who was 



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born October 13, 1853, and died January 
31, 1859; James, who was born June 20, 
1858, and died July 5, 1861; Ellen, wife of 
R. D. Ashmun, of Sault de Ste. Marie; she 
was born December 23, i860, and has spent 
her entire life in this county; Matilda, who 
was born August 15, 1863, and died August 
31, 1870; Doretta, born June 5, 1866, died 
September 4, 1870. 

The first named is recognized as the 
leading business man of Detour. He was 
born November 5, 1851, in Kingsbridge, 
England, and received very meager educa- 
tional privileges, for the schools of this 
region, during his boyhood, had not attained 
their present high standard of excellence. 
He spent his boyhood on his father's farm 
learning lessons of industry and frugality. 
At the age of eighteen he joined a surveyor's 
party engaged on the Government work and 
drove stakes, carried the ax and dragged the 
chain for some six years or more. He lived 
at home until twenty-one years of age, when 
he went aboard the steamer St. Paul and 
started on a trip around the country, which 
continued for about a year. He went to 
Marquette, Escanaba, Green Bay, Oshkosh, 
Chicago, Kankakee, Champaign, Urbana, 
Danville, Logansport, Fort Wayne, La- 
fayette, Cairo, Louisville and Nashville, and 
returned b}' way of West Virginia, Indiana, 
Illinois and Michigan to Detroit. He was 
ill much of the following year and then took 
a trip to Chicago, hoping to be benefited 
thereby. 

In 1875 Mr. Anthony began work for 
Colonel Gordon, superintendent of the 
" Soo " canal, and in 1876 he went with the 
Government surveying party from Claybank 
to Lake Superior and down to Lake Huron 
through the old Mackinaw road to the mouth 
of Carp river and St. Martin's bay. Return- 



ing to Claybanks he took the rise and fall of 
the waters of Lake Superior for thirty days, 
after which he was similarly employed at St. 
Martin's bay, this terminating his experience 
as a surveyor. After being employed by 
Alfred Noble on the canal for about two 
years he came to Detour, March 22, 1878, 
and was in charge of the lighthouse until the 
spring of 1 882, when he purchased his store, 
giving his note in payment, for at that time 
he had not a capital of $1,000. Many men 
had previously begun business in Detour, 
but had failed, and Mr. Anthony's friends 
advised him against undertaking the enter- 
prise, but the little town was a prominent 
wooding point for tugs and other small craft, 
and he believed that a store could be made 
to pay. At any rate he resigned his position 
in the Government service and opened his 
stock in the building where a merchant had 
recently failed, paying a good rental there- 
for. His success has been a constant sur- 
prise to his friends. He has enlarged his 
original stock and includes in the general 
business lumbering, coal dealing and fishing, 
besides merchandising. He has coal docks 
at Detour and Sault de Ste. Marie and oper- 
ates three tugs in the fishing trade, making 
extensive shipments of fish to the city mark- 
ets. He is also vice president of the Soo 
Savings Bank and has large real-estate in- 
terests in both city and country property. 
He built a telephone line between Detour 
and a point seventy-six miles distant, and 
owns stock in the Ophir gold mine in On- 
tario. 

Success is not, as many suppose, a mat- 
ter of genius, but of sound judgment and 
determined effort. Industry, enterprise and 
perseverance are the qualities which have 
brought to Mr. Anthony prosperity, and he 
is justly accounted the leading merchant of 



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Detour and one of the prominent business 
men of the Upper Peninsula. 

In politics Mr. Anthony is a Republican, 
unswerving in support of the principles of 
his party. He has often been solicited to 
become a candidate for office by those who 
recognize his worth and ability, but has 
usually refused, preferring to give his time 
and attention to his business interests and to 
the enjoyment of his home. He is, however, 
serving as under-Sheriff of Chippewa county 
and Deputy Fish and Game Warden for the 
county. He was married on the nth of 
August, 1877, to Miss Eliza Johnston, a 
daughter of John McDouall Johnston, and 
two children grace their union: Doretta, 
born February 24, 1882; and Howard, born 
January 19, 1884. 

Mr. Anthony is a pleasant, genial gen- 
tleman, very popular, and has a host of 
warm friends who esteem him highly for his 
sterling worth and strict mtegrit}'. His life 
has been well spent, and a straightforward, 
honorable business career, as well as an un- 
blemished private record, has won him the 
confidence of all. 



HUGUST METTE, of Hancock, 
Michigan, is a son of Joseph Mette, 
a native of Westphalia, Germany, 
and a farmer by occupation. The 
family numbered ten children, six sons and 
four daughters, of whom our subject was the 
youngest. He, too, was born in Westphalia 
on the 7th of September, 1849, ^"^^ in ac- 
cordance with the law of his native land 
attended the public schools until fourteen 
j'ears of age, when he entered college at 
Schmallenberg, Germany. There he pur- 
sued his studies for a 3'ear, and at the age 



of sixteen sailed he from his German home 
across the Atlantic to become a resident of 
" the land of the free." He first located in 
Detroit, Michigan, and there secured a 
position as a salesman in a mercantile estab- 
lishment, where he continued for a year, 
when he was employed in Miller's tobacco 
factory. He also spent a year in that serv- 
ice and then came to Hancock, Michigan, 
the date of his arrival being 1867. He had 
no capital, being dependent entirely upon 
his own resources, but was ambitious and 
energetic and resolved to win success. 

Mr. Mette now obtained a position as 
clerk for W. Schadt, in the general mercan- 
tile business, remaining there for one year 
and three months, when he went to Detroit 
and entered Bryant & Stratton's Business 
College and pursued a commercial course of 
study. He had studied English ere leaving 
his native land, and this course well fitted 
him for a successful career in business. He 
now accepted a position in the employ of 
Heineman, Butzel & Company as assistant 
bookkeeper, and continued there for three 
years, when he secured employment from 
Edward Ryan as bookkeeper and general 
manager, having since served in that capac- 
ity. He possesses excellent business and 
executive ability, and his capable manage- 
ment and well directed efforts have been 
largely instrumental in bringing prosperity 
to the enterprise. Mr. Mette is also secre- 
tary and treasurer of the Hancock Mining 
Company, which was organized in Febru- 
ary, 1880, with a capital of $1,000,- 
000. He carries forward to successful com- 
pletion whatever he undertakes, and enter- 
prise and energy have been important 
factors in his success. He has been the 
architect of his own fortunes and h4s 
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structure on the sure foundation of industry 
and straightforward, honorable dealing. 

The lady who now bears the name of 
Mrs. Mette was in her maidenhood Miss 
Mary A. Burkheiser, of Detroit. In the 
family are now four children, and they also 
lost two in infancy. Both Mr. and Mrs. 
Mette have a wide circle of friends and ac- 
quaintances, and their many excellencies of 
character have gained them the regard and 
good will of all. Mr. Mette is treasurer of 
St. Joseph's Society. It was a fortunate 
day for him when he came to America, for 
in this land where better opportunities are 
afforded for advancement he has improved 
his time and has grasped eagerly every oppor- 
tunity for raising himself to the level of the 
high standard which he set up, until to-day- 
he is numbered among the leading and sub- 
stantial citizens of the Upper Peninsula. 



'^j'OHN DAPRATO, a prosperous and 
^ highly-respected merchant of Iron 
/• 1 Mountain, Michigan, dates his birth 
in Berga, Italy, October 24, 1852. 
Up to the time he was twelve j-ears of 
age he attended school in his native land. 
In 1867 we find him in Chicago, where he 
engaged in business with his cousin, making 
church statuary, the firm being known as 
the Daprato Statuary Company. He severed 
his connection with this firm in 1876 and 
entered the employ of D. B. Fisk & Com- 
pany, a wholesale millinery house, where 
for a period of thirteen years he was hat- 
pattern maker. This worl> required no 
little skill, the models being cast in plaster 
first and afterward in metal. In 1889, 
having resigned his position with D. B. 
Fisk & Company, he left Chicago and came 
to Iron Mountain, Michigan, with which 



place he has since been identified. Here he 
engaged in the crockery, hardware and 
grocery business, under the firm name of 
Daprato & Rigassi, which association still 
continues. 

Mr. Daprato was married in 1884 to 
Miss Aurelia Ginocchio, a native of Chiovari, 
Italy, and a member of a prominent family 
in that country. She received a college 
education there, and at the time of her 
coming to America was eighteen years of 
age. Her brother, John Ginocchio, one of 
the best known Italians in Chicago, was an 
eminent lawyer and stood high both in busi- 
ness and social circles. He was accidentally 
killed March 10, 1894. Mr. and Mrs. 
Daprato have two children, John G. and 
Nino. 

Politically, our subject is a Republican. 
He takes an interest in public affairs and 
has filled several positions of importance and 
trust. He served two years as Alderman. 
In fraternal circles he has been prominent 
and active. He is a thirty-second degree 
Mason and a member of the Chicago Orien- 
tal Consistory. In the I. O. O. F. he has 
passed all the chairs, his membership in 
this order being with Silver Link Lodge, 
No. 521, of Chicago. He was at one time 
President of the Mutuo and Taecorzo Bene- 
ficerza, and is now the Representative to the 
Italian Society of the United States. 

Such, in brief, is the sketch of the life of 
one of Iron Mountain's prosperous business 
men and esteemed citizens. 



aMEILLEUR has for many years 
been identified with the history of 
the Northern Peninsula and has be- 
come one of the most prominent 
business men of Ontonagon. The story of 



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his life is not filled with exciting adventure, 
but is that of a man, who, true to the duties 
of both public and private life, has followed 
the even tenor of his way, becoming one of 
those substantial citizens in whom the com- 
munity places entire dependence, his career 
furnishing an example that is well worthy of 
emulation by those who desire to become 
straightforward, honorable and prosperous 
members of the commercial world. He is 
now successfully engaged in the banking 
business in Ontonagon, and the record of 
his well-spent life is as follows: 

Mr. Meilleur was born in the Province of 
Quebec, Canada, on the loth of July, 1861, 
and is a son of Joseph and Patronille (Le 
Claire) Meilleur, who also were natives of 
the same country and were of French de- 
scent. The father died in 1865, but the 
mother is still living. The subject of this 
sketch started out in life for himself at the 
early age of twelve, and worked at any- 
thing that he could find to do for the fol- 
lowing four years, when he was employed 
by a notary public to do chores, receiving 
$2.20 per month. A year and a half later 
he went to Upper Canada, where he at- 
tended an English school for one year and 
then secured employment in the Bardwell 
House at Rutland, Vermont, where he spent 
a year and a half. 

Since 1879 Mr. Meilleur has been identi- 
fied with the history of the Upper Peninsula. 
Locating in Republic, Michigan, he was em- 
ployed in an iron mine for a year, and then 
engaged in chopping wood for two months, 
at the end of which period he was obliged to 
sell part of his clothes in order to pay his 
board! Borrowing $20 of a friend in Repub- 
lic, he started out to seek a better situation, 
and engaged as porter in a hotel at Negau- 
nee, receiving $15 per month during his 



earlier connection with that house and later 
being given $35 per month in compensation 
for his services. He then entered the gen- 
eral store of Taleen Jochin, of Ishpeming, 
where his wages was increased from $20 to 
$60 per month, — a fact which well indicates 
efficient service and fidelity to his employer's 
interest. He afterward secured a position 
as salesman for another mercantile firm for 
$65 per month, and then entered the employ 
of Myers & Company, being granted $300 
for a year's labor. He continued his service 
there for four years, and having then saved 
some capital from his earnings, he embarked 
in grocery business in Ishpeming, in com- 
pany with a Mr. Le Vigne. Seven months 
later the partnership was dissolved, and 
Mr. Meilleur opened a store on Main street, 
which he conducted for four years. He had 
at the beginning a cash capital of only $289, 
but his first month's sales amounted to $379, 
and the business steadily increased, yielding 
him a handsome income. Through all these 
years he had steadily and resolutely worked 
his way upward to a position of affluence, 
and in April, 1894, he opened the Onto- 
nagon Bank, which is operated on a firm 
financial basis and is now recognized as one 
of the leading moneyed institutions of this 
locality. In connection with the banking 
business he has the agency of several fire 
and life insurance companies, and is also 
ticket agent for the Duluth, South Shore & 
Atlantic Railroad. 

On the 3d of June, 1887, Mr. Meilleur 
was united in marriage with Permelia Trem- 
blay, who was born near Montreal, Canada, 
and with her parents removed to Oconto, 
Wisconsin. They have one son, Theodore. 
Mr. Meilleur is a prominent member of the 
French Canadian Benevolent Society, of 
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and Financier for seven years. He is also 
a member of the Knights of the Maccabees, 
and was serving as commander of the lodge 
at Ishpeming at the time of his removal to 
this place. His success in life is due to no 
man, being the outcome of his own enter- 
prising and industrious efforts. Progressive 
and ambitious, at the same time conserva- 
tive to the degree of safeness, he has man- 
aged his business interests with an ability 
and care that has brought him a handsome 
competence. His life has been well spent, 
and his straightforward, honorable career 
has won him the high regard of all with 
whom commercial or social relations have 
brought him in contact. 



vV^ EV. PETER T. I'iOWE.— A man 
I /<^ of scholarly attainments and one 
\ , P whose life has been dedicated to 
the noble work in the Master's 
vineyard, the subject of this review is one 
who has gained the respect and confidence 
of the people of Chippewa county and the 
love of those who are members of his parish. 
In July, 1882, Mr. Rowe became the in- 
cumbent as rector of Saint James' Church 
(Protestant Episcopal) in SaultSainte Marie, 
and here he has since labored zealously and 
effectively, his first conducting of the serv- 
ice of the church in this place having oc- 
curred on the second day of the month 
which witnessed his arrival here, and his 
first sermon to his little flock having been 
delivered after the morning prayer of that 
occasion. He found a church organization 
consisting of eight communicants, said or- 
ganization having been perfected b\- the 
late lamented Bishop Harris, of the diocese 
of Michigan, in the fall of 1S80. The first 



rector of the parish was the Rev. Edward 
Seymour, under whose direction the present 
church edifice was erected in the fall of 
1 88 1. The first board of trustees was in 
personnel as follows: Colonel J. B. Park, 
Captain J. Spaulding and John A. Colwell, 
each of whom was represented in the orig- 
inal vestry of the church, and of whom 
only the last named is a resident of Sault 
Sainte Marie at the present time. The 
membership of the church now comprises 
200 communicants, and its affairs have 
been prosperous in both a spiritual and tem- 
poral way, our subject having been devoted 
to its upbuilding and to quickening an ap- 
preciation of the One in whose name he ap- 
pears. That his charity is broad and deep 
and that he appeals to the better instincts 
of men in his common intercourse with 
them is shown in the popularity which is his 
in the daily walks of life. 

Peter T. Rowe was born in Canada 
November 20, 1858, being the son of a 
farmer, whose ancestors were among the pi- 
oneers in Canadian history. He was born 
in the Province of Quebec, and his death 
occurred in Toronto, at which time he had 
attained the age of si.\ty-five years. His 
wife, whose maiden name was Mary Trim- 
ble, was the daughter of a native of the 
county Armagh, Ireland. The children of 
this marriage were: Sylvester C, a farmer 
near Toronto; Peter T. , subject of this 
sketch; and Mary, married and residing in 
the vicinity of Toronto. 

The preliminary education discipline of 
our subject was received in the city schools, 
and in 1875 he entered Trinity University 
there, graduating at that institution, receiv- 
ing holy orders. He entered upon mission 
work among the Indians along the north 
shore of Lake Huron, and continued his 



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efforts in this direction until called to the 
rectorate of Saint James' Church. 

In addition to his indefatigable labors in 
connection with his parish, our subject has 
still further broadened his field of usefulness, 
having held the preferment as Commissioner 
of Schools for Chippewa county. The 
method of choosing this officer having been 
changed by legislative enactment, which 
made it an elective office, he was elected to 
the position in 1891. Mr. Rowe has done 
effective work in establishing country-school 
libraries in many of the forty-three districts 
under his direction, and in bringing about 
an organisation of his teachers into associa- 
tions for mutual conference and improve- 
ment. He has raised the standard of county 
examinations, making them a better test of 
an applicant's qualification to preside over 
and instruct the youth, and by this means 
the cause of general education in his province 
has been greatly advanced in the matter of 
opportunities afforded for careful and well 
directed instruction. His administration in 
this important office has been such as to 
gain him the hearty endorsement of the 
residents of the county. 

The marriage of Mr. Rowe was solem- 
nized in the city of Toronto, on the ist of 
June, 1882, when he was united to Miss 

Dora H., a daughter of Rev. Carry, 

I). D., a clergyman of the Episcopal Church, 
and of Irish nativity. Mr. and Mrs. Rowe 
are the parents of two children: Cyril E., 
aged eleven (1895); and Leo R., aged eight. 

In his fraternal affiliations our subject is 
identified with the Masonic order and the 
Knights of Pythias. In the former he has 
taken the chapter and Knights Templar 
degrees, and he was Master of Bethel Lodge 
for a period of four years. He is a Captain 
of the Uniform Rank of the latter order. 



*y ^ ECTOR Mcdonald, one of the 
l*^^^ substantial business men of Sault 
\ , r Ste. Marie, first identified himself 
with the people and interests of the 
Upper Peninsula of Michigan in October, 
1888. For about twenty-five years pre- 
viously he had been engaged in the harness 
business in Gray county, Ontario, where he 
had also been an officer in the public service, 
being a member of the Common Council, 
School Board, etc., for several years, in the 
town of Medford. 

Mr. McDonald, of this sketch, was born 
in Canada, near Toronto, December 15, 
1850. His father, Neil B. McDonald, a 
farmer, was a native of Scotland, emigrated 
to Ontario some time in the '40s, and is now 
buried at Richmond Hill. He married Cath- 
erine McLane and had nine children, of 
whom the living are: Archibald, who is 
now residing at Wiraton, Ontario; Charles, 
Duncan and Euphrasia, living in Gray 
county, same country; Hector, the subject 
of this sketch; Catherine; Sarah, of Dakota, 
and Mrs. Flora Fuller, also of Dakota. 

Mr. Hector McDonald, in his boyhood 
and youth secured but a limited education 
at school, for at the age of fourteen years 
he began to earn his own livelihood. His 
first work was driving team in Gray county, 
for which his wages were very small. He 
began to learn his trade, harness-making, in 
the year 1861, in the village of Medford, 
Ontario, under the instruction of a skilled 
workman named W. F. Livingston. On 
the completion of his apprenticeship he pur- 
chased the business and stock of his in- 
structor, and continued the business from 
1863 to 1888. Coming then to Sault Ste. 
Marie, he bought out William Nettertield 
and launched forth in a new community in 
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artisan. He is now enjoying a good paying 
business in jobbing, retail and repair wori<. 

In his views of national questions Mr. 
McDonald is a Republican. He has served 
one term as Alderman in the City Council, 
representing the ward, and while a member 
of the city legislature he served on the com- 
mittees on the fire department, streets (of 
which he was chairman), and ordinances. 
In his social relations he is a member of 
Bethel Lodge, F. & A. M. 

August 24, 1 87 1, in Cremore, Canada, 
Mr. McDonald was married to Miss Char- 
lotte Raymond, a daughter of John and 
Maria Raymond, of Irish ancestry. Mrs. 
McDonald was born in 1849. The children 
by this marriage are Lillie, the wife of H. 
W. Hicks, of Iron Mountain, Michigan; 
Mabel, now eighteen years of age; Flossie, 
sixteen; Blanche, thirteen; and Vera, ten. 



* y ^ ON. F. C. CHAMBERLAIN, at- 
I'^^V torney at law of Ironwood, Michi- 
\ , P gan, was born at Ripon, Wiscon- 
sin, October 6, 1856, and is a son 
of Oramel H. and Harriet E. (Webber) 
Chamberlain, natives of New York and 
Pennsylvania respectively. The father was 
a farmer by occupation, and at an early 
day emigrated to Fond du Lac county, 
Wisconsin, whence he subsequently removed 
to Floyd county, Iowa, where he died De- 
cember 28, 1888. His widow is still living 
and now makes her home in Hancock, Wis- 
consin. They were the parents of four chil- 
dren: Oscar A., who was born in 1853, and 
resides in Iron Mountain, Michigan; Fre- 
mont C. ; and Albert O. and Francis A., 
twins. 

The subject of this sketch was reared 



upon a farm at Ripon, Wisconsin, and 
acquired his education in the district schools, 
the Ripon high-school and Ripon college, 
which he entered at the age of sixteen years, 
pursuing a mixed course of study. In 1875 
he left his native State, removing to Michi- 
gamme, where he taught school for twelve 
years, studying law in the meantime. In 
1887 he went to Bessemer, Gogebic county, 
Michigan, where he taught school for two 
years. He was admitted to the bar in 
1888, and began the practice of his pro- 
fession in Bessemer, where he continued his 
labors until November, 1893, — the time of 
his removal to Ironwood, — which has since 
been his place of abode. 

While a resident of Michigamme, Mr. 
Chamberlain was elected to and served in 
various offices. He was treasurer and chair- 
man of the board of school examiners and 
was also Justice of the Peace. While at Bes- 
semer he served in the office of the Super- 
visor, was chairman of the County Board of 
Supervisors and was Circuit Court Commis- 
sioner of Gogebic county. In 1892 he was 
elected a member of the House of Repre- 
sentatives, and in 1894 was re-elected from 
the district comprising the counties of 
Gogebic, Ontonagon, Keweenaw and Isle 
Royale. He was chairman of the liquor 
trafBc committee during both sessions, also 
on the committees on railroads. State House 
of Correction, State Prisons, Special Taxa- 
tion and State Officers. He was instrumental 
in securing the passage of several important 
bills, was recognized as a leading member 
of the House, and served with credit to him- 
self and satisfaction to his constituents. 

On the 1st of January, 1884, Mr. Cham- 
berlain was united in marriage with Miss 
Ethel G. Hamblin, a native of Fond du Lac 
county, Wisconsin, who died November 25, 



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1887, leaving a little daughter, Ethel M., 
born on the 2d of January of the same year. 
Socially, Mr. Chamberlain is connected 
with the Masonic fraternity, the Independ- 
ent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of 
Pythias, the Independent Order of Red 
Men, the Ancient Order of United Work- 
men, and the Knights of the Maccabees. 
In politics he is a stalwart Republican, and 
an untiring worker in the interests of his 
party. He is a young man of fine ability 
who has chosen his profession well, and is a 
fluent speaker, whose power and force is 
recognized by his contemporaries. His 
services are in great demand as the orator 
on public occasions, and in this particular 
he was recognized as the leader of the 
House of Representatives. He is eloquent, 
earnest and entertaining, a master of the 
art of rhetoric, and his superior ability in 
this line well fits him for his chosen calling. 



>^ F. CORCORAN, a banker of Crystal 
M Falls, was born in Watertown, Wis- 
/• w consin, June 16, 1863. His father, 
John Corcoran, was born and reared 
in Ireland, was a farmer by occupation, and 
became one of the early pioneers of Wiscon- 
sin. The mother of our subject, itcc Helen 
Prendergast, was a native of Ireland, and her 
death occurred when our subject was but 
two days old. 

The latter, the only son by his father's 
second marriage, was reared in his native 
place, and attended the district and high 
schools of Escanaba. He began work for 
himself as a clerk in his half-brother's store, 
remaining there about two years, and from 
that time until 1888 was engaged in the 
general mercantile business with his brother, 
Michael Corcoran, at Stambaugh, Iron coun- 



ty, Michigan. In that year Mr. Corcoran 
was elected Treasurer of Iron county, and 
located in Crystal Falls, still continuing his 
business at Stambaugh. He was re-elected 
to that office in 1890. In February, of the 
same year, in company with his half-brother, 
John Corcoran, our subject opened the Iron 
County Bank in Crystal Falls, in which he 
has since held the position of manager. 

He is a prominent and active worker in 
the Democratic party, and in 1895 was ap- 
pointed School Inspector. Socially, he is a 
member of the Knights of Pythias, Crystal 
Falls Lodge, No. 128, and of the Uniformed 
Rank, No. 50, of the same order. 



EENRY FISHER, Jr., foreman of 
the Calumet & Hecla Stamp Mill, 
Lake Linden, Michigan, has occu- 
pied this important position for a 
quarter of a century, and for this reason, if 
no other, he is entitled to biographical men- 
tion here; but more than this, he has for 
years figured prominently in the educational 
and social circles of his town. A sketch of 
his life will therefore be of interest and is as 
follows: 

Henry Fisher. Jr., was born in Cleve- 
land, Ohio, January 23, 1846, son of Henry 
Fisher, Sr. , a native of Germany. The lat- 
ter came to America when a young man, 
first settled in New York city and from there 
drifted westward, sojourning for a time in 
Cleveland, and finally taking up his abode 
in Michigan, all the while working at his 
trade, that of mechanic. Young Fisher 
was si.\ years old at the time the family 
came to northern Michigan, their location 
being in Keweenaw county, and afterward 
in Ontonagon county. His education was 
that obtained in night schools and the dear 



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school of experience. At the age of ten 
years he was employed to drive a team, 
hauling ore from the Rockland mine to their 
mill, and he continued teaming for several 
j'ears. His father, as already stated, was a 
master mechanic, and after some time our 
subject decided to follow in the footsteps of 
his father and accordingly entered the shop, 
where he was employed and learned the 
trade of him, remaining there four years. 
At the end of this time he came to Hough- 
ton, where he was employed in different 
mining machine shops until the fall of 1868, 
when he came to Lake Linden. Here he 
worked at his trade until 1870, since which 
time he has been foreman of the mill depart- 
ment of the Calumet & Hecla Mining Com- 
pany. 

Mr. Fisher is a director in the Building 
& Loan Association of Hancock, and for a 
period of eighteen years has been a member 
of the School Board of Lake Linden. So- 
cially he is identified with both the Masons 
and the Odd Fellows, in the former having 
advanced to the Knight Templar and Mystic 
Shrine degrees. 

Mr. Fisher has a pleasant home and is 
comfortably situated to enjoy life. He 
married Miss Elizabeth Paul, of Hancock, 
Michigan, and they have three children liv- 
ing. Their youngest, Ellen, died at the 
age of eighteen years. 



(D 



ORGAN HEWITT STAFFORD, 
secretary and treasurer of the H. 
H. Stafford Company, wholesale 
and retail drugs, of Marquette, 
Michigan, and a wide-awake and enterpris- 
ing young business man, was born in that 
city which was still his home, on the 31st of 
March, 1873. He began his education at 



the age of six years, entering a private 
school, and there continued his studies until 
1 886, when with his parents he removed to 
Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In that city he at- 
tended Markham, later Milwaukee, Academy, 
at which institution he was graduated, on 
completing the classical course, in the year 
1890. 

In 1S89 the family returned to Mar- 
quette, which has since been his home, al- 
though he has traveled to a considerable 
extent, visiting many portions of this coun- 
try. Some one has said that travel is the 
source of all genuine knowledge, and it is a 
widely recognized fact that it broadens one's 
mind and furnishes him a knowledge of men 
and places that could never be gained from 
books. After graduating, Mr. Stafford re- 
turned to Marquette, and entered the store 
of H. H. Stafford & Son in the capacity of 
bookkeeper and cashier. In 1894 the busi- 
ness was transformed into a stock company, 
capitalized with $30,000, fully paid, and he 
was made vice-president. In that capacity 
he served until January, 1895, when he was 
elected secretary and treasurer. He is a 
young man of excellent business ability, in- 
dustrious and enterprising, and the new con- 
cern owes not a little of its prosperity to his 
well directed efforts, his popularity and 
straightforward dealing. 

Henry H. Stafford was born in Boston, 
Massachusets, on January 6, 1833, and 
spent many of the early years of his life at 
Provincetown. In 1856 he removed to Mar- 
quette, Michigan, in charge of office of St. 
Mary's Ship Canal Company. In 1S59 he 
opened a drug store, which is still running, 
being now the H. H. Stafford Company. In 
1865 he was appointed by President Lincoln, 
Register of United States Land Office, which 
position he held for some years. Afterward 



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he was for years Receiver of the United 
States Land Office; was elected first Mayor 
of Marquette in 1871; later was Director of 
the School Board and held other important 
municipal offices; was elected Representa- 
tive in Michigan Legislature in 1876, in 
which he served two terms; removed to Mil- 
waukee with his family in 1886, where he 
bought out a large crockery business, now 
the Stafford China Company; and three 
years later returned to Marquette, which is 
now his home. Mr. Stafford is father of five 
sons, all of whom are engaged in business in 
different parts of the country. 



OE. I\A1^STE, cashier of the Bank 
of Ironwood, Ironwood, Michigan, 
is a young man of marked business 
ability, and as one of the enterpris- 
ing and public-spirited citizens of the town 
is deserving of more than a passing notice 
on the pages of this work. A brief sketch of 
his life reads as follows: 

O. E. Karste was born in Sheboygan, 
Wisconsin, February 1 1 , 1865. His father, 
Fritz Karste, a native of Germany, is one of 
the pioneers of Wisconsin and is now presi- 
dent of the German Bank, of Sheboygan. 
Fritz K^arste and his wife, luc Eva Limmer, 
also a native of Germany, have had a family 
of four children, two sons and two daughters, 
namely: Fred, deceased; Bertha, wife of 
Gus Huette, Sheboygan, Wisconsin; O. E., 
whose name heads this article; and Emma, 
deceased. 

Mr. Karste attended school in his native 
town until he was twelve years of age. His 
time from that age until he was fifteen was 
spent in Switzerland, where he continued his 
studies in a public institute. Returning to 
America, he was employed in the bank at 



Sheboygan with his father, remaining with 
him two years, after which he was one year 
in his father's bank at Sheboygan Falls. In 
1883 he went to Chicago, where he was 
employed one year in the Merchants' Loan 
& Trust Company Bank and one year in the 
First National Bank. At the end of that 
time he returned to Sheboygan and the fol- 
lowing year was bookkeeper for the C. Reiss 
Coal Company, of which his father was vice 
president. 

His identity with Ironwood dates from 
1 886. That year he established the Bank 
of Ironwood, and was at first its sole pro- 
prietor. The capital stock, however, has 
since been increased, now amounting to 
$25,000, and he is cashier of the institution. 
Since locating here Mr. Karste has invested 
largely in real-estate. He is also the owner 
of one of the largest insurance agencies of 
Upper Michigan, and is doing an extensive 
business in this line. In 1887, after the 
great fire in Ironwood, he advanced the city 
$20,000 with which to rebuild, and he has 
in various ways aided in the growth and 
development of the town. 

Mr. Karste was married in 1891 to Miss 
Gertrude Fitzsimmons, a native of Wiscon- 
sin, born at Fond du Lac, daughter of Cap- 
tain Mat Fitzsimmons, one of the oldest 
mining men of the Lake Superior region. 

Fraternally, Mr. Karste is identified with 
the following organizations: F. & A. M., 
I. O. O. F., A. O. U. W., K. of P., I. O. 
O. K., and M. W. of A. Politically, his 
views are in harmony with the Democratic 
party. He has served in various local 
offices. In 1891 he was Alderman of Iron- 
wood, representing the Second ward, and at 
this writing he is Alderman from the Fourth 
ward; and he served as Mayor of the city in 
1892. In 1894 he was nominated by accla- 



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mation for the office of State Treasurer, and 
although he was defeated he ran far ahead 
of his ticket. 



>Y'C>HN J. COLE, one of the leading 
^ and influential merchants of Iron 
A 1 Mountain, Michigan, belongs to that 
class of representative and enter- 
prising young men to which the West largely 
owes its prosperity and progress. He is 
also serving as Treasurer of the city in 
which he makes his home, and is a recog- 
nized factor in public affairs. Being widely 
and favorably known throughout this locality, 
we feel assured that the record of his life 
will prove of interest to many of our readers. 
A native of Ontonagon county, Michigan, 
he was born on the 6th of June, 1862, and 
is a son of John Cole, a Canadian by birth, 
who came to this State thirty-five years ago 
and settled on the Northern Peninsula. He 
is still a resident of Iron Mountain. 

The subject of this record is one of a 
family of ten children, and was reared and 
educated in his native county. In 1S83, on 
attaining his majority, he came to Iron 
Mountain and embarked in business for 
himself, opening up a stock of clothing, 
men's furnishing goods and boots and shoes. 
He has continued in the same location 
since, and in the twelve years of the exist- 
ence of this establishment it has become 
recognized as the leading store of the kind 
in the city. He began operations on a 
small scale, but, his trade increasing from 
time to time, he has enlarged his facilities to 
meet the growing demand and now carries 
an extensive stock. In 1891 he put in a 
stock of dry-goods and to-day is proprietor 
of the largest and finest general mercantile 



establishment in the city, and is doing a 
constantly increasing business. 

On the 9th of October, 1887. Mr. Cole 
was united in marriage with Miss Bertha 
Warren, a native of Pennsylvania and a 
daughter of Rev. George Warren, a resident 
of that State. Two children have been 
born in the family of our subject and his 
wife, — John Warren and George Thomas. 
Mrs. Cole is a member of the Methodist 
Episcopal Church, and is an estimable lady 
whose genuine worth has won her the regard 
of many friends. 

Mr. Cole takes a commendable interest 
in public affairs, withholding his support 
and co-operation from no enterprise that is 
calculated to benefit the community or aid 
in its upbuilding. He supports the Repub- 
lican party, warmly advocating its princi- 
ples, and in April, 1894, was elected to the 
office of City Treasurer, in which capacity 
he is now creditably and acceptably serving. 
In fraternal circles he is also prominent and 
active, and holds membership in the blue 
lodge and chapter of the Masonic fraternity, 
and has served as Treasurer of each for the 
past three years. He is an enterprising, 
progressive business man, a valued citizen 
and an honorable gentleman, who well 
deserves the respect in which he is held. 



ca 



> J. BROWN, Clerk of Iron coun- 
ty, was born in Greenville, Lower 
Canada, July 11, 1857, a son of 
John and Louisa (Engelson) 
Brown, natives also of that place, the 
former of English and Irish descent, and the 
latter of English descent. They now reside 
near Green Bay, Wisconsin. Their twelve 
children, nine sons and three daughters, are 



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MEMORIAL RECORD OF THE 



all living, and the youngest is now nineteen 
years of age. 

W. J. Brown, the eldest son and the 
third child in the above family, moved with 
his parents to Green Bay, Wisconsin, when 
twelve years of age. In 1876 he suffered 
the loss of his left limb in a sawmill, and he 
then taught school in Wisconsin for three 
years. Locating in Iron River, Michigan, 
in 1882, Mr. Brown embarked in the mer- 
cantile business, but one year afterward he 
became a real-estate dealer. In 1885 he 
was appointed Probate Judge of Iron coun- 
ty, continuing in that position until January 
I, 1887, and during that time he also served 
as Justice of the Peace and in other minor 
offices. He was re-elected Probate Judge 
in the fall of 1889, and held that office for 
the following four years. He was then 
made County Clerk, and re-elected to the 
position in 1894. In political matters, Mr. 
Brown is a stanch Republican, and is one 
of the most active and influental workers for 
his party in the county. 

He was married in 1889, to Susan, a 
daughter of August Wallin, of Swedish de- 
scent. They have two children, — Mabel 
L. and William A. In his social relations, 
Mr, Brown is a member of the K. of P. and 
the A. O. U. W. 



HK. THIELL, one of the most 
prominent physicians and surgeons 
of the Upper Peninsula, is located 
at Marquette. Without doubt the 
profession of medicine is by far the most 
important, as well as the most responsible, 
of all that have been evolved from the learn- 
ing of ages for the benefit of mankind; and 
when we take into consideration the fact that 



in the present age more radical and rapid 
strides are made in the advancement of the 
" healing art" than ever before in the his- 
tory of man, and probably far more than in 
any other branch of human learning, we 
may gain some faint idea of the position 
maintained by the worthy subject of this 
sketch, who is an honor to this responsible 
profession To take a hasty review of his 
life's work systematically, we will begin 
with his nativity. 

He was born at Kalamazoo, Michigan, 
on the i6th day of September, 1858. His 
father, A. C. Thiell, was a native of Vir- 
ginia and of Scotch ancestry. His grand- 
father, John Thiell, was a chemist, for a time 
connected with the University of Virginia, 
while the father, Mr. A. C. Thiell, has 
been in the Government service a number of 
yeai's, and is now special Deputy Collector 
for the District of Superior; he has been a 
resident of Marquette ever since the year 
1866. He married Miss A. J. Kline, a na- 
tive of New Jersey and of German descent, 
the Kline family having originally settled at 
the Anan Corners, in that State, and were of 
considerable note in that part of New Jer- 
sey. Of the children in this family there 
are now but two living, — Dr. A. K. (the 
subject of this sketch) and Elizabeth N. 

After graduating at the high school in 
Marquette the gentleman who is the imme- 
diate subject of this brief notice entered the 
University of McGill, at Montreal, Canada, 
well known to have been for a long period 
one of the most thorough institutions of the 
kind in America, and attended lectures, etc. , 
there from 1873 to 1877, graduating with 
the degree of B. A. The same year he en- 
tered Jefferson Medical College, at Phila- 
delphia, the best known thorough medical 
college in this countr}, and graduated there 



NORTHERN PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN. 



637 



in 1878. For a time subsequent to that 
event the Doctor remained in that city, con- 
nected with the Philadelphia Hospital as 
resident physician, and also, from 1877 to 
1 88 1, with the Pennsylvania Hospital, in 
various capacities. Ambition to excel in 
his chosen profession then led him to the old 
country, where greater facilities are offered for 
the advancement of each of the professions, 
and at London, England, 188 1-2, studied 
clinical medicine. Returning to Philadel- 
phia, he remained there in study and practice 
until he was disabled by a traumatic wound. 
Coming then to his old home in Marquette 
he at length recovered, and decided to re- 
main here for the pursuit of his profession; 
and he has indeed well succeeded, building 
up for himself a fine patronage. For three 
years here he was surgeon-in-chief for the 
Emergency Hospital, and in his practice there 
he saw the need of greater facilities in the line 
of hospital service, and persuaded the Sis- 
ters of St. Francis to come and establish a 
hospital, of which he has been surgeon-in- 
chief for four years. This hospital is an ex- 
tensive institution and rated among the first 
class. It is provided with fifty beds and all 
the modern facilities that may be required. 
The Doctor is kept busy, and his devotion 
to his position leads him to decline all other 
places offered him. He makes a specialty 
of surgery and of consultations, having a 
very fine set of instruments. For his office 
he has three finely furnished rooms and a 
good librar}-. 

He is a member of the American Acad- 
emy of Science, of the American Microscop- 
ical Society, corresponding member of the 
British Association of Microscopy and a 
member of a number of smaller associations, 
besides the Masonic fraternity, in which he 
has attained the thirty-second degree, Scot- 



tish rite, and he is also a Noble of the 
Mystic Shrine. 

He is yet unmarried. 



@EORGE E. VOOS, Register of 
Deeds of Iron county, was born 
in Waukesha county, Wisconsin, 
December 3, 1864, a son of Fred 
and Mary L. (Snellj Voos, natives respect- 
ively of New York and Maine, and of Ger- 
man descent. They were among the early 
pioneers of Wisconsin. George E., the 
second of their three children, two sons and 
a daughter, was left an orphan at the age of 
nine years. He attended the district schools 
of his native county, spent one year in the 
Union high school at Black River Falls, 
Jackson county, and remained the same 
length of time in the University of Wiscon- 
sin. After completing his education, Mr. 
Voos began the mercantile business at 
Schleisingerville, Wisconsin, which he con- 
tinued three years, was with the Portage 
Stone Company at Augusta, that State, and 
then removed to Hurley, to represent the 
boot and shoe house of John Beebey, re- 
maining there one year. In the spring of 
1889 Mr. Voos come to Crystal Falls, where 
he was employed as clerk in the dry-goods 
house of Parks & Company until he was 
elected to the position of Register of Deeds, 
in 1 892 ; and he was re-elected to the office 
in 1894. He has "also served as Assessor 
and Marshal of the city. 

In January, 1885, our subject was united 
in marriage with Edith E. Saylove, a native 
of Wisconsin. They have had three chil- 
dren, — Bernice C, Walter A. (deceased) 
and Claud A. In his social relations, Mr. 
\'oos is a member of the K. of P. and the 



638 



MEMORIAL RECORD OF THE 



I. O. O. F. Politically, he is a stanch Re- 
publican and is one of the active workers for 
his party. 



^y^ E. SUTHERLAND, captain of 
I I the East Norrie mine, Ironwood, 
/^^J Michigan, is a native of Lancaster, 
Ontario, Canada, the date of his 
birth being November 19, 1859. His par- 
ents, George and Eliza (McLeod) Suther- 
land, were both born in Lancaster, and the 
father was a farmer by occupation. He 
died in Ironwood, Michigan, at about the 
age of tifty-four years. The mother is still 
a resident of this place. Their family is 
composed of six sons and four daughters, 
the subject of our sketch being the eldest 
son and third child. 

Captain Sutherland spent the first twenty 
years of his life in his native place, receiving 



a common-school education only. In 1879 
he came to the Menominee Range and spent 
the summer of that year in the Curry mine. 
He then went to Metropolitan, Michigan, 
and was employed as time-keeper at the 
mines, and since 1885 has been identified 
with Ironwood. He was time-keeper and 
general supply clerk at the Big Norrie one 
year. In the spring of 1886 he opened the 
East Norrie mine, and has since been cap- 
tain of this mine. 

Mr. Sutherland was married in 1889 to 
Miss Anna Hartigue, a native of Michigan, 
and they are the parents of one child, a 
daughter, Florence. 

He is a Democrat in his political views. 
For two years he served as County Treas- 
urer, and he has been an Alderman of Iron- 
wood ever since the city was organized. He 
is a member of Ironwood Lodge, No. 123, 
K. of P. ; the Maccabees, and the A.O.U.W. 




BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 



Adams. John Q 291 

Anthony, E. C 63 

Anthony, T. C 623 

Arenz, John 543 

Arnott, J. F 281 

Aronson, P. A 106 

Ashford, Edmund 163 

Ashnuin, R. D 132 

Asire, M. E 140 

Astrup, Lars 256 

Atfield. T. J 436 

Atkinson, H. J 579 

B 

Bacon, A. E 296 

Bailev, Thomas 156 

Baker. Fred K 191 

Ball, Dan H 17 

Barbour, F. A 391 

Barry. J. D 443 

Bartiey, Casper 67 

Bartley, George 149 

Ba^Yden, Richard 386 

Beattie, J. M 264 

Beauchamp, R 363 

Bedford, L. F 349 

Be Dell, A. B 260 

Beehler, G. O 411 

Besffs. S. S 536 

Benton, H. 1 188 

Besson, Charles 108 

Blank. Andrew 298 

Blank, George 299 

Bohn, F. P 405 

Boissonnault, J. R 373 

Bone, John H 617 

Borg, J. F 303 

Bosch , Joseph 444 

Boss, C. M 419 

Bourion, H 257 

Bowen, O. C 61 

Boyce, C. O 319 

Boj'ington, A. J 477 

Boynton, L. R 121 

Braastad, F 36 

Bradt, E. F 150 

Bredeen & Bolger 115 

Bridges, C. O 619 



Briggs, Charles 340 

Broad. Josiah 335 

Bronson, W. C 170 

Brotherton, C. E 73 

Brotherton, D. A 69 

Brown, A. S 502 

Brown, B.J 14 

Brown, E. F 258 

Brown, G. A 336 

Brown. W. J 635 

Browning, R. C 220 

Buch, William 213 

Buck. Curtis 376 

Buudy. D. R 420 

Burbank. J. W 546 

Burt, William 10 

Bushnell, H. L 353 

Butterfield, S 462 

C 

Cady, W. B 283 

Campbell, J. A 519 

Campbell, Youug S63 

Carleton,. Guy H 77 

Carley, Ira 126 

Carlson, A. F 223 

Carlson, C. J 178 

Carlson, Conrad 533 

Carpenter, A. C 237 

Carpenter, P. C 324 

Carr, E. D 97 

Carroll, T. G 603 

Case. C. W 454 

Chamberlain. E. B 552 

Chamberlain, F. C 631 

Chambers Brothers 511 

Chandler, William 176 

Chantler. George 173 

Chapman. C. H 48 

Chisholm, A. D 615 

Chisholm, J. A 74 

Cholette, A. C 51 

Chynoweth, R 413 

Clark, F. 41 

Clark, Frank 172 

Clarke, H. W 169 

Clearv, D 534 

Clifton, Nels 194 

Coggin, F. G 494 

Cole. John J 635 



Coltou, H. S 394 

Comstock, J. H 446 

Conway, E. H 174 

Cooper, J. B 360 

Corbett, S. H 484 

Corcoran, J. F 632 

Corgan, James 447 

Costello, John 168 

Cotton, Wm. A 74 

Coughlin, Dennis 569 

Cox, James N 399 

Cox, W. A 600 

Cracknell, A. B 279 

Crawford, C. H 239 

Crawford, J. D 327 

Crocker, F. E 432 

Croze, Joseph 357 

Cuddihy, J. D 469 

Culver, Rush 38 

Curnow, J. U 427 

Curry, S. S 505 

D 

Daniell, Edward 227 

Daprato, John 627 

Davey, T. H 423 

Davis, F. D 395 

Davis, James 532 

Davis, J. W 124 

Day, J. D 541 

Desjardins. A 62 

Dingman, E. W 606 

Donovan , Edward 186 

Douglass, F. A 367 

Driscoll, C. B 520 

Dunham, John 228 

Dunn, P. E 584 

Dunn. William A 358 

Dunning, F. L 530 

Dunning, M. A 240 

Dunstan, T. B 367 

Dunton, C, W 598 

Duvall, Henry 570 

Dymock, J. S 339 

E 

Earle, G. W 214 

Easterday, T. R 33 

Edblom. C. P 25 



640 



CONTENTS. 



Eddy, N. A 104 

Ehnerd, Charles 537 

Eifler, Conrad 180 

Erabs, Carl J 117 

Endress, E. G 567 

Eng-blom, John 221 

Engrdahl, Fredrik 110 

Erdlitz, Franjf* 244 

Erickson, Ole 49 

Esbrook, W. G SIO 

Ethier, Joseph 550 

Evans, John 586 

Everett, J. H. D 125 

Everett, P. M 82 

F 

Farnam, A. H 489 

Farrand, H. C 91 

Ferguson, R. G 267 

Ferg-usou, \V. F 268 

Fernstruin, F. G 189 

Fichtel, C. L 437 

Fifield, H. O 231 

Finch, G. W 105 

Fisher, Henry 632 

Fisher. John 587 

Fitch, Walter 442 

Flannigan, R. C 598 

Fleshiem, Joseph 252 

Flood, Robert 280 

Foley, J. F 142 

Foley, M. M 428 

Foss, Wm. A 517 

Foster, J. C 28 

Foster, John R 461 

Fox, H. E 492 

Fowle, Otto 286 

Friniodig-, I. W 364 

G 

Gag-ner, J. J 321 

Gallagher, N. C 187 

Gardner, W. H 542 

Garner. A. D 389 

Garner, N. H 475 

Geers, A. W 526 

Girard, C. L 288 

Girard, P 471 

Glaser, Einil 26 { 

Gogarn, Julius 322 j 

Gooding, C. M 409 

Goodland, W. S 449 | 

Gothard, William 525 i 

Green, J. R 299 | 

Greene, F. F. W 338 | 

Gregoire, Joseph 551 

Grierson, P. W 549 1 

Grignon, Eugene 246 j 

Gross, John 109 

Guay, J. C 218 

Guck, A. A 385 



H 

Habermann. A. E. 
Hafertepe, A 



.116 

.480 



Haggerson, G. H 223 

Haines, W. S 516 

Haire, N. W 450 

Hall, Josiah 342 

Haller, J. P 347 

Hancock, R. J 211 

Hanscom, C. A 582 

Hansen, H. P 107 

Haring, J. M 404 

Harlow, A. R 5 

Harris, H. L 127 

Harrison, H. A 177 

Harter, Phillip 263 

Hatfield, W. B 490 

Hawley, John 538 

Hayden, G. W 134 

Healy, F. A 430 

Hedin, O. A 173 

Heimerdin^-er, C 221 

Hewlett, James 47 

Hickler, H. J. F 437 

Hicks. John F 230 

High, Wm. B 217 

Hill, Amos L 158 

Hill, C. P 98 

Hill, W. H 158 

Hillemann, H 544 

Hix.son, V. 1 476 

Hoar, R. M 356 

Hoch, H. W 143 

Hoch, Reiner 131 

HoUev, S. H 333 

Hollister, S. D 456 

Holmes, William 309 

Hotton, M. S 501 

Hubbell, Jay A 381 

Hubbert, J. W 406 

Humble, John 506 

Hunt, JohnP 365 

Hunting, A. H 338 

Hurley, William 220 

Hursley, A. F 604 

Hursley, Jay 277 

Hursley, Wayne 269 

J 

Jackman, G. C 524 

Jackson, Andrew 438 

Jackson R. G 337 

Jacobs, J. H 610 

Jenson, F. A 525 

Jepson, Jacob 547 

Jepsou, Louis 102 

Johnson, John 377 

Johnston, A. G 411 

Johnston, H. D 589 

Johnston, J. M 620 

Johnston, W. H 373 

Jones, J. D 209 

.Jones, John 568 

Jones, John T 329 

Joslin. T. J 59 

K 

Kallander, M 375 

Karste, O. E 634 



Karthei.ser. F 614 

Kaufman N. M 113 

Kehoe, M 385 

Kemp, George 472 

Kern, John P 84 

Kezar, W. P 219 

King. John W 311 

Kingan, W. F 502 

Knight, W. H 495 

Knight, William 466 

Krafft, John E 275 

Kratz, J. H 262 

Kreuier, A. J 586 

Kruger, Fred 554 

L 

Laing, W. S 335 

Lake Shore Iron Works 332 

La Londe, Seraphin 602 

Landstrom, George 103 

Lang, A. B 428 

Langan, J. M 543 

Larson, O. J 366 

Laughlin, N 81 

Lehmann, William 206 

Leighton, Perry 392 

Leisen, Jacob 225 

Levedahl, J. H 26 

Lindahl, C. A 215 

Linden, O. V 203 

Lindquist, A. V 591 

Lipsett, J. L 265 

Locke, W. S 119 

Lockwood, Wm 462 

Long, C. H 72 

Longyear, J. M 12 

Look, J. Q 346 

Loope, G. L 387 

Loth, A. N 224 

Louks, A. G 310 

M 

Macdonell, A. R 408 

Mace, R. E 529 

Machts, August 141 

Maclntire, Allan 561 

Mackenzie, A. C 85 

MacKinnon, D. C 564 

Main, Alex 615 

Maitland, A 167 

Mallet, E. M 560 

Manhard, M. R ..139 

Marceau, F. S 425 

Marsh, W. C 618 

Marson, C. B 217 

Mason, C. E 305 

Mason, Richard 513 

May worm, C. A 445 

McArthur, William 313 

McCall, Charles 318 

McConnell, S. W 383 

McDonald, D 81 

McDonald, H 630 

McDonald. J. H 29 

McDonald, M. F 345 

McGowen, P. C 99 



CONtENTS. 



641 



Mcllroy, Wm. J 212 

Mclnty re, A. D 66 

McKenna, James 276 

McKenzie, D. M 282 

McKernan, J. Q 431 

McKesson, R. C 571 

McLaughlin, Hugh 212 

McLeod,D. N 608 

McLeod, J. A 523 

McMillan. John 369 

McNaughton, John 333 

McNaughton, W. W 424 

McVichie, Donald 65 

Meads, Alfred 452 

Meeske, Charles 435 

Meilleur, C 627 

Meloche, F. B 466 

Menard, P. C 19 

Menge, August 33 

Mercer, James 449 

Merritt, D. H 43 

Merrj-weather. C 88 

Mersereau, C. B 97 

Mersereau, J. D 164 

Mette. August 626 

Midlam, L. W 195 

Miller, R. T 211 

Milroj'. John 565 

Miron, Joseph 314 

Mitchell, Samuel 595 

Moase. W. L 588 

Moe, John 100 

Moloney, J. F 348 

Monroe, J. S 528 

Mooney. Robert 488 

Moore, F. M 192 

Moore, George 138 

Moreau, Joseph 259 

Morgan, N. C 274 

Moriartv, M. H 548 

Morse, C. E 320 

Mulcrone Brothers 555 

Murphy, P. C 491 

Murray, A. Jay 29 

Murray, John 585 

N 

Nester, Timothy 580 

Neumair, J. E 477 

Newett, G. A 87 

Newton, H. L 606 

Norcross. F. S 190 

North, George S 549 

Northup, M. A 545 

Northup, Wm. R 144 

Norton, James 384 

Nowack, F. C 229 

O 

O'Callaghan, J 493 

O'Connor, John 565 

Olsen.O. B 559 

Olson, Peter 183 

Opsahl, J. M 241 

Oren, H. M 562 

O'Rourke, C. H 566 



Orr Brothers & Co 162 

Orr, E. N 161 

Orr, George H 255 

Osband, W. W 331 

Osborn, C. S 417 

Osborn, R. H 23 

P 

Parent, C. E 209 

Parker, J. G 457 

Parker, A. A 459 

Parnall, Wm. E 487 

Parsille, W. K 155 

Patenaude, A 215 

Pauli. A. J 243 

Pearl, B. 612 

Pease, C. H 407 

Pecard, Joseph 511 

Perrizo, Pollet 123 

Penberth V, E. R 482 

Persons. G. R 368 

Peters, M. B 573 

Peters. F. H 495 

Peterson, P. M 23 

Pfeiffer, J. B 372 

Phillips, B. T 232 

Phillips, F. 1 351 

Phillips, W. H 249 

Piper. Jaines 451 

Powell, A. H 599 

Power, John 137 

Powers, H. M 500 

Powers. M. A 460 

Prenzlauer, A 156 

Primeau, J. H. ! 520 

Primeau, Peter 80 

Prince, Wm. 1 414 

Pryor, James 577 

O 

Quick, M. H 153 

R 

Radford, E. P 393 

Rains, H. D 509 

Ransom, D. J 371 

Ratter, George 222 

Reding, Nicholas 359 

Reindl, W 542 

Reynolds, H. B 73 

Rice, Leyi S 478 

Richardson, W. W 441 

Rien, J 302 

Riley, M. M 531 

Riley, Nicholas 295 

Ripley, J. L 463 

Roach, A. B 421 

Rodger, Nancy 188 

Rogers, J. M 572 

Rolph, A. H 53 

Roscorla, N. B 529 

Rowe, P. T 629 

Rundle, A. J 212 

Russell. John 597 

Ryan. Dennis 587 

Ryan, James R 328 

Ryan, John R 583 



Sampson, R. M 216 

Sattler, J. M 160 

Sawbridge, E 224 

Sawyer, A. L 247 

Sawyer, W. F .483 

Scanlan, J. F.. 427 

Scheuermann, P 355 

Schmidt, C. L 52 

Schuldes, Carl 607 

Scott, Edward 545 

Scully, M. C 35 

Seifert, H. J 519 

Sheedlo. Frank 181 

Sherwood, E 315 

Shields, A. G 590 

Shields, R. H 412 

Shipmau, G. F 46 

Shove, B. W 527 

Shuster, A. E 465 

Sibenaler, P 250 

Sims, Thomas 317 

Smith, Gad 45 

Smith, Charles 410 

Sorsen, C. J 400 

Soults, J. E 261 

Sparling, J. W 151 

Spies, A 95 

Stafford, Joseph 118 

Stafford, M. H 633 

Stafford, T. H 507 

Stannard, L 464 

Steinberg, J. H 513 

Steinlein, J. A 305 

Sterling, L. T 210 

Stephens. T. 470 

Stephens, W. W ..378 

Stephenson, Isaac, Jr 239 

Stewart, W. H 465 

St. Ignatius Church 526 

Stiles, J. W 199 

' St. Jacques, E. M 330 

[ Stone, J. W 195 

Streeter, A. T 354 

1 Strom, Alex 535 

I Stuart, R.J 618 

Suess, J. E 313 

Sundstrom, Wm 208 

Sutherland, D. E 638 

Sutter, D. W 396 

Sutton, Jay W 352 



Talbot, S. H 301 

Tallon, M. L 526 

Taylor, Byron 453 

Taylor. H. H 285 

Taylor, J. H 421 

Thibodeau, J. A 288 

Thiell, A. K 636 

Thomas, S. A 68 

Thoren, C. J 392 

Thorsen, M. T 116 

Tibor, J. B 145 

Tideman, H 238 

Todd, James 402 



642 



CONTENTS. 



Tolan, J. C 294 

Toutloff, M. B 120 

Trebilcock, Wm 388 

Treg'embo, John 456 

Treiber, Charles 216 

Tuten,R. P 90 

V 

Valentine, J. W 219 

Vandwenter, J 90 

Van Duzer, J. C 179 

Van E vera, J. R 389 

Vertin , John 185 

Vincent, James J 401 

Vivian, John 429 

Vivian, Johnson, Jr 306 

Voorhis, Clayton 55 

Voos, Georgfe E 637 

W 

Walker, C. 1 222 

Walters, Thomas 152 

Walton. J. H 243 

Warn, Asa S 70 

Watson, C. A 318 

Watson, Wm. C 426 

Webster, Wm 508 

Wells, J. W 273 

Wells, W. T 605 

Wendell, W. W 445 



Wertin, Joseph 534 

Westlake, H. E 270 

Westmon, G. H 579 

Whitehead, Lewis 312 

Wilde, Georg-e E 205 

Wilkinson, J. M 198 

Williams, G. M 370 

William, Father 32 

Willson, R. A 590 

Wilson, J. H 481 

Wixson. J. T 293 

Woessner, H. J 204 

Wrig-ht, A. F 207 

Wright. B, W 198 

Wright, C. D'A 569 

Y 

Young, H. O 439 

Youngquist, O. E 52 

Youngquist, O. G 193 



Ziebur, G. L 480 

ILLUSTRATIONS. 



-•Adams, John Q 290v' 

Bartley, George 148v 

Beauchamp, Regis 362''' 

Carleton, Guy H 76 



"^Carpenter, A. C 236" 

•Case, C. W 454 >^'' 

Clark, F. 40"^ 

t)Cox, James N 398-- 

. Crawford, J. D 326 >/ 

iCuddihy, J. D 468V 

•Curry, S. S 504 v 

• Day, J. D 540v' 

I Harlow. A. R Frontispiece ^ 

' Hoch, Reiner 130 v 

•Holmes, William 308''' 

•Hubbell, Jay A 380 "^ 

Joslin.T. J 58^' 

/ Kaufman, N.M \V1^ 

a Linden, O. V 202- 

oMcDonald, M. F 344- 

»^McLeod, J. A 522^ 

''McVichie, D 65 -^ 

' Meeske, Charles 434 ►' 

•Mitchell, Samuel 594 >^ 

'Olsen. O. B 559"^ 

"Orr, George H 254V' 

►Osborn, Chase S 416 1/ 

'Osborn. R. H 22v 

'Parnall. Wm. E 486^ 

iPeters, F. H 495'^"' 

' Pryor, James 576 >^ 

' Spies, A 94 ' 

'-Sutton. Jay W 352 . 

Vertin. John 184' 

Wells. J. W 272 • 




